"I mostly feel very happy in the evening because of the ample time I get to rest from my tiresome day's activities. When I wake up in the morning, I leave to go and fetch water from a water pan which is five kilometers away. When I come back home, I feel so exhausted but still I am required to work at my farm. Therefore, I consider evening as the happiest part of my day."

"Our biggest hardship is inadequate financial resources to meet our daily needs such as food and water. After our husband passed away, meeting these needs became a challenge because he was the sole breadwinner. Since am old, I cannot engage in any strenuous activity and despite my co-wife being younger, she is mentally challenged and does not contribute much too. Our greatest hope is her son who does odd jobs in Mombasa town so that he can cater for us. "

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly has been of great impact on my whole village. This is because the majority of us now own livestock such as goats, dairy cows, and oxen. This is still like a dream to us because were it not for the help of the organization, our lives would have not changed this much. We really thank God for the financial support from GiveDirectly because the majority of us have been able to construct permanent houses. The majority of us are now sleeping under iron-roofed houses which helps us in fetching rainwater. Previously we used to live in small huts that were very uncomfortable. We are now happy and grateful because we are now living in a spacious house courtesy of GiveDirectly. For those reasons, I fell that Give Directly is a good organization. I have not heard or seen any thing they have not done well"

"I feel so excited in the evening owing to the fact that, It is only this time when I get relaxed and share meals with my children. My morning and afternoon hours are very busy moments to me because of the tight schedules for the day. Fetching water from a water pan which is one kilometre away and doing my usual charcoal business including other household chores make my day tiresome. Therefore, I consider evening as the happiest part of my day."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that l manage to buy furniture and now I am sitting on very comfortably place as compared to before when I was sitting on a water container. My children too is now in school learning without worrying of being sent home. I also have hope of putting a spacious nice house."

"I plan to use this money to buy wire mesh and some logs that i will use to demarcate my land into pardocks where my livestock will be grazing.I also intend to complete paying school fees for my sister inlaw's child who is in form three and is an orphan living here with me. The remaining part of my transfer will be spent in buying a 2000 litres water tank to harvest and store water during rainy seasons."

"Receiving this money means a huge relief for me in terms of accessing my basic needs of food, water and shelter. I currently reside in an old small thatched roof house that leaks during rainy seasons. With this cash, I will be able to build a new and bigger house with an iron sheets roof. I will also buy oxen and ox plough to assist me in farming since am too old to till a big portion of land manually. Last but not least, I will purchase a bicycle for my son in order to cut cost of ferrying water using a motorcycle."

"My first priority is to invest in a new business. I plan to open a salon and a cosmetics shop in Ruiru. I will first pay the premises rent and buy a blowdry and other items I might need for the salon. Secondly, I will use it to buy a dryer, and other cosmetics. I currently work as a hairdresser and I have acquired some experience, I feel I am more than capable to start my own business which will enable me to save and in future buy land outside Mathare and build a house for my mother. I value her so much and would want to give her a comfortable life, where she lacks nothing. Lastly, I want to buy some household items like a television and a water tank to store water due to water shortages we constantly face in Mathare. I need a television so as to stay updated with the current events and even watch movies and series. I am an introvert and I like staying indoors, I tend to sleep alot when I am free and would want to be entertained once in a while by programmes on the television."

"My first priority is to invest in a new business. I am a casual worker, I wash clothes for people at Eastleigh and also do construction work at construction sites. These work is very tiresome and does not pay much. I want to start a business of selling African attires here in Mathare. Previously I had tried to venture into it, I would go to Malaba to buy stock once a month, but I could not keep up with it because of the high cost of transportation. I want to put up a structure where I can sell the attires instead of hawking and be able to go to Malaba more frequently to purchase them in larger quantities. Secondly, I want to pay my childrens school fees. I am a single parent, my husband and I separated awhile ago and I was left to take care of my children all by myself. Currently he is married to the fourth wife and he does not assist me in taking care of our children. I have three children, two girls and one boy. I would want to invest in their education especially my daughters. I would not want them to drop out of school as I did. I dropped out of school at a very early age, my parents passed on and from the age of 12 I became a housemaid. I would like to give them a better life than I had, this I know I can achieve by investing in their education. Lastly, I want to be able to pay my National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), I registered awhile ago but I have not been able to make my monthly payments. I have incurred a great interest and I would like to settle it inorder to take my children to hospital when they fall sick. One of my daughters got burnt by hot water as she fell into a sufuria while she was playing on the bed, this affected her reproductive organs. I need to be taking her to hospital for check ups but I have failed in doing so since I lack the finances. My other daughter has ulcers that causes her to faint when she has not eaten. I lack money for food at times and in school they eat maize and beans which is not good for her, this means that she has to stay without food till she comes back home and hopefully I have money to buy food. The NHIF card will come in handy whenever they need treatment."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build a better house.The house that I currently live in is very old and during rainy seasons water flows in hence the wooden poles that support it have become weak.I have always been afraid that one day the house will collapse on me.With this money I will buy building materials and begin building a new house in a better site on my farm."