"I spent KES 25,000 on purchasing a heifer. I buy milk daily and this is so costly for me. I will cut this cost when it reproduces in the next few months. I deposited KES 15,000 and purchase a motorcycle on hire purchase. This earns me an income daily and I'm able to meet my household basic needs. I pay an installment of KES 400 per day. I will try my best to complete the payment and be in a position to own it fully. I spent KES 9,000 on purchasing a cooking gas and a radio. The rest of the money I spent on food and household items. I am so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has improved our living standards."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the improved standard of living after a great transformation in my household within a short time. The two houses are under construction at the moment and the foodstuff that I bought would not have been possible without the transfer from GiveDirectly." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Upon receiving my recent transfer, I used KES 12000 to connect electricity to my house. We decided on this as a family for lighting purposes since buying paraffin has proven a challenge due to the increase in prices. Also, I spent KES 22000 to start a small business of selling smokies in our nearest trading center. Since my spouse has been a stay-at-home mother, this business gave her an opportunity to earn some income daily since she is the one operating it in the evening. Aside from this, I used KES 6000 to pay school fees for my younger brother and spent the remaining amount on food and clothes. I am a motorcycle rider and I am glad that GiveDiurectly gave us an opportunity to diversify our sources of income." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"It was in the evening when I was busy preparing dinner for my family. Then suddenly, I heard my phone ringing and vibrating. Upon checking I realised that I had received cash from GiveDirectly, I was so excited and happy because I knew that I will be able to cater for the needs of my family. This was the happiest day in my life, I knew that God had answered my prayers. I then informed my husband and my equally happy children. Then finally we embarked on planning." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"If I'm successful to receive the Givedirectly cash transfer I intend to buy my own bike to start transport business to get money and go back to school. I have dropped out from school for the past three years due to lack of money. Though I do bike transport business for someone else but the money i earned is not money to pay my tuition fees.I want to go back to school to achieve higher education to be a help to the society and my family but there's no money. I will really appreciate any help from Give Directly to improve my livelihood." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I completed my secondary education ten years ago but did not proceed to college due to a lack of school fees. I ventured into doing casual jobs such as building houses, fetching water and working as motorcycle rider “Boda Boda”. Recently, fuel prices hiked up and this lead to lack of business. Customers are opting to use other cheaper modes of transport, leaving me with no income at all. I have struggled to buy food for my family and even incurred some debts. I bought food worth KES 1400 when I received my transfer. We lacked food for two days and buying the food was a relief for the family. I paid off a debt of KES 600 to my friend who helped me when I was going through a rough time. Finally, I bought a new phone for my grandmother after I accidentally lost hers at work. Buying the phone will enable her to communicate with her relatives and receive money with ease." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Three weeks ago, I lost my job as a motorcycle rider. I bought the motorcycle I was operating on hire purchase. I paid with ease the daily rate of KES 370 for the first three months after purchasing the motorcycle. Things became tough after the hike in fuel prices and I could no longer pay the daily rate. The motorcycle company took away the motorcycle after I failed to pay the daily rate for two weeks. Since then, I have no job and cannot cater to my family’s needs (food and clothing). When I received my transfer, I bought three packets of 2kg maize flour @ KES 750, ½ kg of sugar @ 70 and 2kg of maize @ 260. After losing my source of income, I had no money left to buy food, and it was getting tough each day."

"It was 6 pm when I had just dropped off a customer that I was ferrying on my motorcycle when I thought of checking my phone. I saw that I had a new message which apparently, I had received at 5 pm but I didn't hear my phone ringing. I opened it to see what it was all about and I was surprised to find out that it was an SMS indicating that I had received KES 55000 in my mobile money account from GiveDirectly. I was so happy on seeing this that I immediately called my wife and I informed her the good news. She was so thrilled and we gave thanks to God for the blessing since we now knew that the plans that we had made, were now going to be fulfilled." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I am a father of one child, currently working as a motorcycle taxi driver in a small village of Baraka, Kilifi. I was overwhelmed with happiness when I received my second transfer of KES 53,150. What I earned from the 'bodaboda' was never enough to support the entire family's basic needs such as food, and medical expenses. I am so grateful for the support in that the transfer would help me accomplish my goal of taking my wife back to college. She has always dreamt of pursuing a diploma course in beauty, something that made her happy when I shared it with her. I am also planning to go back to college to pursue a mechanical engineering course. I am grateful for the support because this dream is going to come true. I have been saving towards this from the little I earned from my casual job and I am planning to add it to the GiveDirectly transfer that I have received this month of May. Furthermore, I have a new goal of starting a business (shop) using KES 25,000. This will act as an additional source of income to help support my family's basic needs such as food and completing my studies as well as my wife's. In addition, I have also desired to complete my three bedrooms house construction in vain due to lack of enough money, I am assured of completing the construction process to provide enough rooms to the family hence improving privacy." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Upon receiving my recent transfer, I spent KES 30000 to buy a dairy cow as an investment. Buying milk has been our routine and we at times had to take tea without milk when I do not have KES 50 to spend on it. I am happy that we no longer buy them and my child gets enough for consumption in a day. In addition, my transfer came in handy in completing the construction of our house as I was able to spend KES 20000 on iron sheets. I provide taxi services using a motorcycle that I purchased on higher purchase and since we were living in a single room, I had decided to start building a bigger house as I continue paying for it. Using the remaining amount, I bought some food items." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)