"Clearing school fees arrears for my children in secondary school, buying a dairy cow for milking as well as buying a 2000 litre water tank for harvesting rain water is what receiving this money means to me."

"Our major problem right now is water. Even though the nearest source of water is approximately 100 metres, it is in someone else land and I feel I am encroaching on somebody's property. I am now yearning to have clean and reliable tapped water in our compound. I am planning to use approximately $250 of my transfer to buy and connect water pipes in the compound from my neighbors place since it a communal water."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received these transfers in that I have been able to acquire building materials and pay workers to build a new house for me. I am the happiest person since with a nice built iron sheet house, I no longer worry when it rains nowadays and harvesting water from the roof for household use is an added advantage. Before, the previous mud house usually had dust and sometimes affected our health. This is a long gone story through the courtesy of GiveDirectly."

"I have been living in a mud-walled house for the longest time I can remember. This structure requires a lot of maintenance and since I cannot do that myself due to health issues, I usually depend on my children and other family members to maintain it for me. I sometimes feel that I take so much of their time which they would have otherwise utilized it somewhere else. The mud floor also usually has a lot of dust and it is unhealthy. This will soon change because of the new house that I am almost done building. The iron roofed and timber walled house with the cemented floor will not require much maintenance. Apart from this, I will also be harvesting rainwater for domestic use. I am really happy and grateful to GiveDirectly for enabling me to achieve all this."

"When I received my second transfer, I spent some amount to pay for my husbands medical bill. After he passed away, I spent some amount to cater for his burial expenses. Also, I spent some amount to buy sheep as a way of investing this money. I spent the remaining amount to cater for our daily bills after saving some amount. I bought food to last us for some time, clothes for everyone in my household and a tank to use in collecting and storing rainwater."

"After I am done with my usual household chores of preparing break fast for my kids going to school, cleaning utensils and preparing lunch for those who will come later, I head to my nearby farm to carryout some farm activities like weeding, transplanting etc. The happiest part of my day now comes in the evening when I successfully water all the area of my farm that have transplanted seedlings."

"When I receive my first $550, I have planned to install a 3,000 litre capacity water tank worth $250 and a heifer for $180. The water tank will solve a water crisis that has seen me waste so much time everyday going to water pans in long distances which in any case is not clean and safe for use in the household."

"I am planning to spend $250 of the first transfer to build a new house so as to stay close to my old and ailing father-in-law who has not been feeling well for a long time and needs close attention. With a part of the remaining amount, I want to use $150 to draw piped water to my homestead so that my children and I can get access to clean and safe water for drinking. For a while I have been using water from open water pans which potentially poses serious health complications. GiveDirectly cash transfer will make a huge impact in my life."

"I have been yearning to build another house since the one I am living in is old and water oozes from the ground due to its state. Owing to the fact that I am old and weak, I am unable to work and earn money to build a house. I am planning to use approximately $3000 of my first transfer to build a better house and use the rest to improve it. Therefore, receiving this money mean an improved life and a better place to call home."

"I am growing old and actively attending to mt daily chores is slowly becoming challenging for me. In the next four months, the new goal I have for my life is to buy a water tank. I believe having one in my home will reduce my daily chores since will have clean water at my doorstep."