""Lack of school fees and money to buy food now that fishing is not reliable.""

"I will purchase my own boat and use it for fishing and this will increase our income level."

"i spent the larger part of my third transfer on buying 20 fishing net and now I am hiring them to other fishermen hence I am making profits of which I use to provide basic needs for my family. I also bought sofa set seat."

"I spent my third transfer on purchasing fishing nets for my spouse to facilitate his fishing activities. Previously he relied on the neighbors nets who would in most occasions deny him the use of his nets. This brought us a lot of challenges as generating daily income for the family could not be accomplished."

"I spent most of my third transfer to buy fishing-net since l have fishing-boat, so l am using it as my source of income. I also spent the transfer to buy building materials as l am planning to build a spacious house, the remaining balance l spent to buy furniture. "

"I spent my third transfer on buying a fishing net 30,000 KES, bought a cup board at 8,500 KES, utensils at 4,000 KES then used the rest on food and other little house items."

"My life has greatly improved with the transfers from GiveDirectly. Today I am fully involved in a business that generates me much income at the end of the day. My spouse too has managed to acquire tools and machines required in his fishing work. "

"I spent my third transfer on building a bigger and more spacious house considering the big family that I have. I then put some of the money on building a fishing boat which I am currently using for fishing as an income generating activity. I then spent the rest on buying two sacks of corn to help me feed my family during this drought season."

" I spent the larger part of my third transfer on buying fishing nets 30,000 KES. I also completed constructing my boat which I had started constructing with the second transfer and now my husband is getting double income as he no longer hires a boat nor a fishing nets."

"I spent my first transfer to buy a bed and bedding. I used to sleep on a mat on the floor.Now I can sleep comfortably. I also bought a fishing net that cost me 3000 KES being that I am a fisherman ,I know my market will increase and so will be my income. Using 5000 KES,I bought sheep that is now my Investment."