"I am really grateful for being considered in this program. This means a lot to my family. I have a small house which I built and it has a grass thatched roof. With the money, I will buy iron sheets so that I can replace the roof. I will also buy mattresses and new beddings. We are sleeping uncomfortably because of lack of beddings. The money will also enable me to buy kitchen utensils. I also intend to buy some bags of cement so that my house can have a concrete floor."

"I was confused about how I will educate my children since I had no savings after losing my job. I am now glad for receiving my transfers I will be able to educate my child without any problem. Also, my family is staying in a decent shelter after completing roofing my house."

"My life is now different than it would have been in that I was able to construct a decent shelter for my family, unlike the other time that I could spend the whole night awake with my small children due to my leaking roof. Also, I was able to pay school fees for my children."

"When i recieved the money, i was very happy and greatful i did not have a house so i bought iron sheets so that when i start building a house i can use this for my roof."

"I have bought 3 bags of maize for food. I have bought mattress to be sleeping comfortably. I am also moulding bricks because i want to build a proper. I have saved saved some for buying woods/timber for roofing and for those to do the work."

"This money means a lot to me. I will use it to buy iron sheets to renovate my house. My house is thatched with grass, I change the roof annually which is tiresome. I will also buy maize because the maize we harvested won't last us till the next harvesting season. On top of that, I will buy a matress and a bed."

"It is over three years now since I got married but I have never had a good house, comfortable for me and my children. I can now afford a smile knowing that when I receive this money I will be able to build a two roomed house with an iron roof to replace the grass thatched one. This will save me the stress especially with the leaking roof during the rainy season. The house will cost me approximately 300 USD. The old house will serve solely as a kitchen and this will make us avoid smoke while sleeping or relaxing."

"The biggest hardship i have faced so far is hunger and shelter,i live in a glass fatched house and i wish to have a house with iron sheet roofed."

"I am priviledged to have an iron-roofed house but even so,my happiness is incomplete.Having such a house would have eased my constant problem of collecting water from a river which is about 1 kilometer away .However,the house does not have the ridges meant for collecting rain water as well as a water tank.This means that during rainy seasons,I watch as water pours down the roof and afterwards proceed to the river to fetch water.I am very happy to be enrolled into the GiveDirectly program as the transfers that I hope to get will enable me buy a water tank at a cost of Sh 20000.I also intend to furnish my house as there is barely anything that a visitor can sit on in it.With the remainder,I will buy a heifer which will be a constant reminder of the kind gesture I received from a "strange" organization.This is not something that happens everyday."

"Receiving this money means a descent and a spacious house for my family of nine. I have been living under a leaking grass-thatched house for the 5th year now. Upon receiving this financial aid from GiveDirectly, sleeping under a leaking roof will be a thing of the past. I will construct a two bedroom house which will be enough to sustain my family. I'll use the balance to buy goats for domestic rearing. The goats will give birth, multiply and later sell them to cater for my children school fees."