"My desire has been to start a small business of selling vegetables and other food stuffs at Mushongoleni center. This dream has never materialized since I majorly depend on my husband whose job is to vend water at Mombasa.The money he earns is at most two hundred and fifty shillings in a day which can not sustain our family needs. Receiving this money will mean starting my longest desired business and also enable my husband to start a charcoal selling center at Mombasa. This shall earn us extra income to sustain our family needs."

"Previously, I used to wake up so early to look for water in a communal borehole where there were specific times we could draw water. I am tilling my farm right now and I do not have to worry about where to get water before I go to the farm in the morning or after doing tedious farm work. I drilled a borehole in my compound using the transfer so I have a day to day supply of water in my home. Thanks to GiveDirectly, my life has changed tremendously."

"The happiest part of my day is in the afternoon. Normally, my day starts at six in the morning and after preparing my children for school, I embark on household chores that involve cleaning the compound, washing dishes and drawing water from the water pan. Thereafter, I take my goats to the grazing field and it is in the afternoon when I get time to rest after preparing lunch for the family. The evening part is always a busy time for me. By the time I retire to bed, am always exhausted."

"My daily life is better because I have been in position to fix metallic windows plus a door and plaster the wall of my house. These windows have facilitated good aeration within my house. I have also got a water drum for storing water and a new mattress. Before, I had blocked the windows with bricks and mad that prevented good aeration within the house and I was having wooden door. I didn't have where to store water whenever it rained."

"On a normal day, I wake up early in the morning and as usual do my routine household chores. Afterwards, I feed my chicken and go to my farm to cultivate some vegetables i.e kales. In the afternoon, I come back and cook for my children who are coming for lunch from school. Later in the evening, I go back to the farm, water the vegetables and carry some for supper which we enjoy with my family-This is the happiest time of my day."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I no longer to buy food and pay rent as I used to do in the past. Before I received my transfer, I was depending on casual jobs such as fetching and selling water to my neighbors and the money I got was little. At times I could sleep hungry when I did not get money to buy food. I am now happy since I have enough food in my house and can pay rent in time."

"The most evident change is that I am now debt free because I was able to service an outstanding loan that had spent over two years. I also bought a bicycle that has made my transport means very easy and it is also used for fetching water from the borehole. However, in the past I was sad because I could not service that loan. I was living in shame though I could not admit it. More so I used to carry one jerrycan to fetch water which was cumbersome. With the bicycle now, I can carry four jerrycans of water at once."

"The biggest change in my daily life is that, I have acquired a bicycle that has eased fetching water and taking my child to the hospital, I can now carry 4 jerrycans at once with my bicycle. I have also got bricks for constructing a permanent house for myself. Before, I used to move on foot to fetch water, carrying only one jerrycan that was time consuming and tiresome. I was not having money to buy bricks much as I wanted to construct a permanent house."

"My day is usually very busy.From going to the river to fetch water and looking after cattle and sometimes crossing over to the neighbouring county to get grocery supplies.The happiest part of my day is in the evening since I get to relax with my children after a busy day."

"I spent part of my transfer to purchase building materials. We have been dreaming of building a larger house because the one we had was not spacious enough especially the time when we get visitors. Also, the nature of this house could not harvest rainwater. We wanted this not only to accommodate visitors but also to assist us to harvest rainwater. This will assist us to reduce the long-distance walking searching for water. Lastly, I spent the other part of transfer on purchasing a dairy cow. Buying milk every day is very expensive because we depend on casual jobs as our source of income and sometimes we could not secure one because most of the people in my area depend on it also. Thanks to GiveDirectly. The transfers have really brought change in our lives."