"I have bought blankets and iron sheets since i want to renovate my roof"

"I have spent the money iron sheets since i want to the improve my leaking roof"

"When irecieved the first tranfer, i bought all I The important thing is that I need to build a house. With this transfer, I bought remaining materials like nails a poles for the roof and also used some of the money to pay the builder"

"My life has completely transformed for the better. I never dreamt that I would one day live in an iron roofed house, or that I would own my own bicycle. GD has really pushed me far from limits and with the push I have gotten I believe that I am even on my way to getting myself a motorcycle. I consider these funds as capital and investment into my life"

"I am planning on finishing the house that I started building using the first transfer. I have bought iron sheets for the roof of my house. I saved some of the money so that I can buy cement to use while finishing my house."

"Having my own house brings the biggest difference in my daily life. Before the coming of GiveDirectly in my village, I used to sleep in my relative's houses since mine was in poor condition and I was afraid someday it might collapse when I am inside. My life was so miserable and no peace at all. My children could sleep at their friend's house which was very small it could not accommodate them all. They could get some enough space to do their evening assignments and thus was really affecting their academic performance at school. I am now happy and hopeful because all is sorted now. My children can now do their homework without any interference and we now living happily as a family under one roof."

"I spent part of my first transfer on buying some livestock such as goats at a total of KES 8000. I have been yearning to own them for years but I could not afford them because they were quite expensive. Also, I bought building materials such as iron sheets, building poles, nails ad timber. This was for the construction of a new better house because the current one was too small with a leaky roof. During the rainy season, it was so frustrating because I used to seek shelter from friends and some of my properties could get damaged, some being stolen. I had to undergo all those because I never had the required money to construct a decent house. With the remaining amount of money, I bought enough foodstuffs for the family"

"For all those years, I have been living in a temporary house with a leaky grass-thatched roof. My life has never been full of stress because whenever it could rain, I had to seek shelter from friends. Also, I had to change the grass roofing yearly, this was costly according to my financial status. After receiving the transfer, my first thought was to construct a new house and live comfortably like the rest of my family members. Currently, I am so glad since my family and I are sleeping under a decent spacious iron-roofed house. I will no longer get stress up during the rainy season like I used to do back in the days."

"The fact that I now own a better spacious house has really brought the biggest in my daily life. Previously I used to stay in a small house with a critical condition and almost collapsing. I had been yearning to have my own permanent house for a long time but I did not have the required materials to construct one. Since I am the breadwinner of the family, it was frustrating. I had no hopes of constructing a decent house in my life. The little amount of money that I was earning used to cater to my family's needs such as chasing foodstuffs. I am now happy for the coming of GD in my life since it has transformed my life in numerous ways. I am now sleeping under an iron-roofed house and I no longer worry about the rains which have been a bother in my entire life."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have a decent iron roofed house to live with my family. For many years now, I have depended on charcoal burning from which I was getting little money. Because of the nature of this job, I could not do it daily. Thus every coin from this was just for food. I had no plans of building a decent house since I could not afford to purchase the required materials. I am grateful to GiveDirectly for fulfilling this to me."