"Receiving this money means an improved standard of living in terms of shelter and food security. My priority is building a two roomed house which is spacious and good enough for my family of four children. My current house is in a bad condition which poses a health risk to my children especially during the cold and rainy season. The roof leaks and the walls are porous. The house will cost me approximately 400 USD. My second plan is buying two oxen and a plough at a cost of 400 USD. This will expand my farming activities which will definitely lead to more yield."

"Receiving this money would mean a better house for my family at the moment I stay in grass touched house and made of mud walls and when it rains the roof leaks, mud keep falling off making it very cold at night for my children. I also spend a lot of time repairing the walls and roofing.I will therefore spend ksh 50,000 to build a 24 iron sheet roof house for the family. The remaining amount I will buy a Dairy cow Worth ksh 40,000 and foodstuffs for the family."

"I am the third and the last wife to my late husband who died in the year 2015. When my husband died, my children were still young and had not build themselves houses. The house I used to stay with my husband was grass-thatched and the roof was leaking whenever it heavily rains. The house's foundation was weak and feeble and one day, due to heavy rains accompanied with whirlwind, my house fell down. I had nowhere to reside. At my age, I could not borough sleep to any of my co-wives' houses and so, I opted to go back to my father's home to seek refuge. My first born son, though young, decided to build a shelter for himself which then he transferred the ownership to me. This led to my return to my place of marriage to at least stay close to my children. Life was not easy because the house had little space, being single-roomed. The burden to feed my children and as well pay for their education overwhelmed my urge and desire to build a more spacious and better house for myself and my children. Up-to-date, my first born son together with my daughters borough sleep from the households in the compound. This puts me in shame, erodes my dignity and since I heard of this project, building myself a spacious house has been the desire and all it would mean if I were to receive the money."

"At my old age, I have always wished to own at least one milk-producing cow that will ensure constant income in my household. I currently depend on being provided for by my children now that I am no longer strong enough to engage in strenuous income-generating activities. $350 of my transfer will therefore help me fulfill this ambition. I also plan to use $150 of my transfer to build a granary. I usually store my threshed maize and other cereals in a leaking roofed granary which makes them get spoilt and unfit for consumption, which forces me many times to dispose them."

"Receiving this money means that we shall afford to build a better and more decent kitchen. This is because the one we have looks shaggy with a leaking grass-thatched roof. If some amount will remain, I will use it to build a house for my children since they have been sleeping in the kitchen. Precisely, the children have been suffering when it rains due to the leaking roof."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the availability of enough water in the recently installed water tank. This has facilitated a lot in that the clean water from the roof is useful not only for the livestock but also in laundry and other household cleaning activities. This has finally stopped the expenses of buying extra pots from the water vendors as I have even excess currently as it has been raining."

"Getting this money to me mean that i will be able to clear school fees for my child who is in secondary school. The school owes me 170 dollars. I also have a grass thatched house which i use as kitchen. Its leaking when it rains. Sometimes its even hard to cook. I want to construct a iron roofed house which will cost around 150 dollars. I also have a problem with water. Our source of water is the river which is far from my house and the water is not safe for drinking. We have tapped water and i would like to change to my house. This will enable me to get water for household use and even use for farming. Our area is prone to drought. So when i get this water i can do irrigation in my farm."

"My biggest plan, for now, is to renovate my current house which the roof is leaking making it very uncomfortable to live in. The house is old and since the roofing is old, I cannot harvest rainwater. This will cost me 50 dollars. For the remaining amount, I'll purchase a water tank since the one I have is small, it cannot store enough water for domestic use and farm use. This will also cost me 30 dollars."

"We have been struggling to raise school gets for my two children who are currently in grade 10. My husband gains some income, about 3 USD daily, by offering motorcycle services within our vicinity. Since the income is inadequate to suffice all our needs and raise the school fees, receiving GiveDirectly transfers will act as an assurance that our children shall have ample study time. This is because we shall pay all the required amounts. Even so, we shall utilize any remaining amount on building a better kitchen because the one we have has a leaking roof."

"For a long time, I have heard about giving direct support in the neighborhood. Your coming here means I shall be able to make my dream of living in a cemented house come true. I shall use approximately $600 to renovate and cement my house. I also want to add one dairy cow worth $250 because the one I have currently belong to someone within the village. Buying a dairy cow is a great investment to me because farming is not very productive now due to the nature of the soils here and the drought. I shall sell milk and earn at least $18 a month which will gather for my household needs. With the remaining amount, I shall purchase a water storage tank because I can collect rainwater from these roofs."