"Educating my children is among my topmost priorities among my family needs since I know with the education they will be in a better position to tackle their future life challenges. When I received my transfer I took KES39700 to pay my children's school fees. I am happy that one was allowed to do her exams and the other one will not have problems when he resumes his studies. I took another KES10000 to clear water bill arrears, renovate my water tank and clean the pipes so that I could have clean water once again at my doorstep. I am glad that this was possible courtesy of cash transfer. In addition, I took KES5000 to my church as my offerings to thank God for the blessing I had gotten."

"for along time I have been living in a glass thatched house and most of the times when there rains my house is filled with rain water so soon after the money reflected in my airtel money account i rushed to go and buy ironsheet and i have improved the roof of my house"

"I have always wanted to have a biscycle since I had problems with my head due to carrying things which were almost my weight. So I wanted the biscycle mainly for drawing water. Life was very difficult as I used to rely on my two young daughters to carry them for me which could not last for the day. So at times I could borrow a biscycle from my neighbors who at times it was not possible. The cash gift has enable me to own a biscycle that allows me to draw enough water."

"Iam sleeping in a good house with iron sheets and iam not worried of anything during the rainy season. Previously, when it started raining at night i was waking up at night together with my children to avoid being soaked in water due to massive leaking. This however is history now."

"Since i was born I have never lived in an ironsheet house starting With my mother then I got married nothing changed it was even worse, now I am alone living my worse life than ever. In my house I only had a jerrycan with no cups but now I will have an iron sheet house I have utensils and good place to sleep I don't think you get what I am saying I was literally sleeping in the water with my children i could only cover my maize flour with a lapper things were not good at all."

"The recipient used her transfer to purchase ironsheets mattress maize fertilizer and water"

"I spent the money on buying my needs like house building materials as I want to build an ironsheet house for my family to avoid sleeping in water during rainy season,I also bought bed, matress, utensils, food and fertiliser"

"I was driving my cows to go drink water at the river when I heard my phone ringing notifying me of an incoming message. I stopped to check the content and to my surprise, it was an M-Pesa message saying that we had received the promised amount from GiveDirectly. I was so happy having read the SMS and I could not wait to get home to let my wife know of the good news. I therefore hurriedly drove the cows to the river and back home. My wife was so happy to learn the good news and we said a lot of thanks to God and GiveDirectly because they had opened a way for us."

"The transfer has brought a big positive change in our lives as a family. We were able to buy a water tank and hence we will no longer be having to make long trips to the river to fetch water. The tank will enable us to collect rainwater that is going to be enough for our household use. We will also be able to get more time to do other important works such as going to the farm. This is because making long trips to the river usually consumes a lot of our time. The transfer has also enabled us to fully complete the construction of the kitchen by cementing the floor and placing the plywoods on the ceiling and the walls. Having done this, the kitchen now looks good and warmer. My work has also been reduced because I will no longer have to go through the stress of looking for mud and smearing the floor. Also, having fenced well around the farm, the cows will no longer be getting into it and hence the crops will no longer be getting destroyed. The transfer also enabled us to buy seeds and hence we have been able to plant."

"I used to get water from the river and it took me 20 minutes to get 20 litres and I used to go 5 times to have enough water for the day. Right now I have water at home and I use the time I used to go to the river to do other duties at home and I get more time to also rest."