"I spent KES 16000 of my first transfer on clearing the college fees arrears for my daughter who is pursuing a teaching course. This has been stressing me a lot because I did not have a reliable source of income that would finance that. Later on, I bought a piece of land at KES 24000 which very soon I plan to construct a new house. The previous one was not in good condition at all and it was almost collapsing. To add to that, I bought new clothes to replace the old ones that I have been using all along. With the remaining amount of money, I bought foodstuffs for my family and it's now a relief to us since we no longer skip meals."

"When I cash out my money, I will buy three bundles of zinc, and a cartoon of zinc nail."

"Givedrectly promise to transfer money to my mobile account on a monthly basis and they are committed in transferring the money. I am not aware of anything that Givedrectly has not done well. Thanks to Givedrectly for such a great help given me. I am so excited."

"I am a consistent farmer and my husband is a Boda Boda rider, together we are blessed with 2 children, I had a cow before but unfortunately, it died, I never had any other source of milk, this forced me to be buying milk daily which was very expensive yet what I could afford was not enough to feed the children, when I received my transfer I, therefore, bought a dairy cow so that I could reduce the cost of milk thus I used KES 35,000 in purchasing a dairy cow, I then placed KES 10,000 on my saving, finally I used KES 10,000 on foodstuff."

"My husband works at a local shop as a casual shopkeeper, on the other hand, I do sell vegetables within the village, our source of income is not stable due to so many responsibilities attached to us, we have six children at the moment, The biggest difference in our daily life today is that we managed to purchase a dairy cow with which we will get a surplus of milk to feed the children, I am so relieved because I will no longer spend money in buying milk daily."

"Givedrectly always transferring money to my account according to schedule. I am not aware of anything that Givedrectly has not done well. Thanks to Givedrectly for being trustworthy. I haven't notice anything that Givedrectly has not done well in my village."

"I am currently in college but I owed the institution some fee arrears which forced me to defer the final semester. When I received my first transfer I spent KES 35000 on clearing the fee arrears. Finally, I will be able to sit for my final examinations and graduate. I also did not have seats in my house, so I spent KES 10000 on decent seats. We could sit on the ground and borrow seats from neighbors whenever we had visitors but currently do not courtesy of the Give Directly transfers. The rest of the money I spent on both foodstuffs and clothing for my family."

"I am a motorcycle taxi operator but the work is challenging due to climatic conditions, high competition, and road accidents. Being the main income earner I had to strain so that I could fend for my family. Leaving the house very early in the morning before my children woke up and coming back late at night while they had slept was the norm. I never got time with my children and only got updates on their welfare from their mum, yet we stayed in the same house. I am glad this is not the case anymore because I was able to meet most of the family's needs with the first transfer hence I do not strain. Currently, I rarely go to work on weekends nor do I leave the house early and get back late. I, therefore, have enough time with my children, and they are happy we spend time together. This is the biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving the transfers from Give Directly."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving the transfers is the feeling of independence, happiness, and peace of mind I have for having my own home. I can now make decisions on my own. There are also no more unnecessary quarrels with my in-laws."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the happiness of having managed to construct a new, better house. It is more decent and fits my family. We also have our privacy because we do not share a sleeping room with my grown-up children."