"The first payment which I received from GiveDirectly as my initial transfer has enabled me to make a greater step in life. First, I spent KES 20000 on adding more stock for my cereal business. I injected this amount so that I can earn more profit. I then spent another KES 22000 on buying a heifer for rearing. I then bought some furniture at KES 6800, water container at KES 1500 and food at KES 5000"

"I am one of Mau Forest evictees, and since we were kicked out of the water catchment tower life haven't been the same again. When GiveDirectly came to my parental home I had been given a house to live by my relatives and I would go out to look for some casual jobs to raise money for food for my family. Luckily, I was enrolled to be part of the recipients and W when I received my first transfers, I spent KES 38000 on buying an 1/8th of an acre where I am in the process of building our new home. I also spent KES 10000 on purchasing building materials for constructing a new house. The remaining amount, I spent on buying some maize, clothes, shoes and beddings such as matress and blankets."

"My day is usually very busy. I start by doing the house chores and fetching water. I then embark on looking for charcoal to sell. This involves a lot of movement and hard work in the scorching sun. I am usually tired by the end of the day. Evening comes as a relief to me since I get time to relax after a busy day. This makes it the happiest part of my day."

"I have a deep passion for poultry farming which is my greatest source of if income. I usually begin my mornings by ensuring that my chicken coop is clean and also ensuring they get enough water and feeds for the day before proceeding to do other household chores, which makes morning the happiest part of my day."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is our new house which we recently completed and we now enjoy a more specious room. Not only about the specious room alone now I can harvest rain water which we can use for cooking and laundry. Before we were living in a small grass tauched where we were forced to renew the roofing materials before rainy season began."

"I have running water in my compound and my house will will electricity soon. This is such a good change in my life . And I will always remember GiveDirectly for all this"

"I spent my transfer on buying a cow at KES 17000 which I am currently keeping in my homestead. I did not have any livestock in my compound though I desired to own them. I could not afford to buy at my own cost. I am happy that I will be selling the milk to earn some income. I am also expecting it to reproduce and have many of them. In addition to this, I also bought a plastic water tank. At least I have a water storage now that we are facing a water shortage in our region. I also did some shopping on new clothes for my myself and for my family. I also had some some debts which I cleared through the transfer. I spent the remaining amount on buying daily foodstuffs for my family."

"i was doing irrigation farming and i was irrigating my field using a watering cane. it was tiresome since my garden is big. since i received my first transfer i have i have bought a treadle pump and it has made work easier."

"For a long time i have been thinking of starting a business that should be generating money for me and my family but I lacked capital so after I received my first transfer I bought a Fridge where I put water and local home made thobwa that i sell and make money I have also bought a cooler box that I am using to carry the bottles when going to the market"

"I have managed to buy water paint, oil paint and other roofing materials"