"The biggest difference in my life is that, i now sleep in a comfortable bed, unlike before when I did not have a bed and when it rained my bed would get soaked with water and I would not sleep the whole night. I have been able to pay my children's school fees early and also pay for their school requirements in time without any stress of hustling to look for money, previously my children would lack books,pens, uniform and school fees,I had a lot of stress because it was difficult to get this money,I am now stress free and happy."

"It's very good to see that my living conditions and and standards have changed. Formally, I was sleeping in a leaking semi petmanent house but Givedirectly through my first transfers had enabled me to buy cement to renovate the house I was sleeping in. I had also acquired household utensils in order to have hygienic living conditions that have been lacking in my home. When a vistor came to my home, I would feel a shamed to draw water for the visitor because I did not have presentable cups for drawing water. I used to sleep on the floor but now I sleep on a bed and my children are clothed well compared to the previous days."

"I used a portion of my third transfer to buy timber which I have used to build a bigger house because I was living in a very small house which was not very comfortable, I paid laborers who were building my new house. I bought sofa set because I did not have seats in my house, I bought water tank to help me store water since we walk long distance looking for water. The remaining amount, I spent on food for my family and also bought decent clothes for my children."

"I spent a portion of my third transfer on livestock, that was, 2 oxen for ploughing and a donkey for fetching water. I lived in a very dry region where streams were a bit far from residential homes. This therefore called for long journeys in search for this precious resource. Having a donkey to aid in this was the best decision ever. Other than those, I paid school fee for my children in school."

"I spent a portion of my last transfer on purchasing a water tank for reservation of water for use during dry seasons. I also plastered my house which was previously dusty and could easily host jiggers that in turn affected our health."

"I spent my third transfer on paying school fees for my three children who are in primary school.I bought cupboard and a table.I also bought a water pump which assist me to sprinkle water on my crops mainly during drought seasons as a result I am not worried of low yields on such seasons."

"The biggest hardship i have faced is hunger. My household fully depends on farming. Most of my gardens are in a water logged area and because of the current heavy rains, our crops have been washed away by the rains.These days, my household starves without food since there is no money to buy food which have become expensive "

"I am not used to taking milk tea because I did not have the cows and I did not have the money to buy the milk. Black tea was the order of the day in my house. I am happy this will be a gone case soon as I spent part of my third transfer on buying two cows for milking. I also spent part of it to take my son for a mechanical course. I am happy he will be able to depend on himself after acquiring the skills. The remaining amount I spent on buying a water container being that my area is dry and there is always water shortages. This is my water reservoir. I appreciate the work done by GiveDirectly."

"I built a kitchen with my last transfer before building the kitchen I used to cook out in the field so when it rained this duty of cooking would be difficult since I also wouldn't want to fill the main house with smoke, I also bought super drum for storing water and a suite case to store my clothes and my husbands too."

"I spent my third transfer on giving my husband to pay my parents dowry as had been agreed upon (20,000 KES), a water storage tank (7,000 KES) to facilitate my family, bought a heifer (16,000 KES) to provide family milk in future and spent the balance on cementing our outer verandah."