"I spent my third transfer on cementing the floor of my house at 25,000 KES, used 15,000 KES to admit my child into high school, bought 40 kilograms of maize at 1,500 KES, a water tank at 1,360 KES, a mattress at 5,000 KES."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of farm equipment. During dry seasons, it is so difficult to artificially apply water that sometimes make our crops wither and wilt resulting to great loses."

"I spent my first transfer on purchasing 2 lorries of sand that I planned to use in plastering my house which was in a very poor condition. It's only through plastering that I knew I could curb the frequent expenses on repairing the walls once washed away by rain water."

"I spent my first transfer on plastering the walls of my latrine which was prone to damages caused by rain waters during rainy seasons. Other than that, I purchased 7 pieces of iron sheets and kept aside in preparation for construction of a new house to replace the old, leaking and tiny house that I had before."

"I spent my first transfer to buy a sack of maize for my family's consumption. I bought a water tank at 2,500 KES to help me store water, bought for my children school shoes at 3,000 KES and also bought food for my family."

"I spent my first transfer on purchasing a water tank to store more litres of water, bought food for the family consumption and used most of the transfer on paying fees for my child who was already sent away because of the fee arrears."

"I spent my first transfer on sinking a pit latrine at 2,500 KES, a solar lamp at 2,000 KES, utensils and three water containers at 3,500 KES, I then added some money to the rest of the cash and cultivated land at 2,600 KES. "

"I was out fetching water to a nearby lake and I saw the message from GiveDirectly confirming that I had received the transfer.I felt very happy and hopeful that my living standards will improve positively since I will be able to accomplish most of my plans which I could not do earlier due to financial instabilities."

"I spent my third transfer to buy a bicycle because I used to get hard time to move to the hospital and also fetching water. I also renovated my house because I was living on a dusty floor which I now cemented."

"I spent my first transfer on purchasing water pipes to use in watering my vegetable farms. I am a large scale vegetable farmer who depends entirely on my farming for survival. I faced a lot of challenges in the activity, the greatest one being lack of proper watering methods. For this reason, I have been experiencing low yields. Having enough water pipes this time round would mean enough supply of water from the nearby streams which will in turn lead to high quality and quantity produce."