"Just now, three of my children have been sent home for school fees. I think you have seen them walk in. Believe it or not, they are home because I cannot afford a mere KES 500. That is all the money I have to pay in arrears. Such a small amount that I cannot afford."

"My family depends on charcoal for survival. This business does not make us enough money. We make about KES 2,500 per week. That money is only enough to feed us and pay a small amount of school fees per term. We have arrears and I honestly do not know how we will offset them."

"This money will mean freedom and restored dignity. Currently, I live in my son's house. He works in Nairobi but comes home occasionally. Whenever he is around I am happy to see him but he has no privacy in his own house. Every month, I will save KES 2,000 towards building my own house. I intend to save up to KES 50,000. I know this will take well over two years but patience pays. The remaining one thousand will be used to buy food. I am very excited about it."

"I would love to improve my quality of life. For the past seven years or so, I have spent all my nights on a mat. I have no bed or mattress. With the first and second transfers, I will buy a bed worth KES 4,000. I will save up again to buy a mattress worth KES 5,000. I would not mind the comfort of a good night's sleep. After that, the transfers I get will be used to buy food and maybe some goats to keep me busy. My main priority right now is a bed and mattress."

"My goal is to build a house for myself, because I don't have any where to live since my house broke down."

"I bought zinc to build a house for myself and register My kids in school with the balance transfer."

"My oldest daught is not attending school, and our farm hasn't product much this year to provide for the family. Therefore, upon receipt of GiveDirectly's cash transfer, I plan to enroll my daughter in school, buy fertilizer for my farm, as well as establish a little business for my wife."

"Our house is old, and the entire roof have damaged, due to this, doing the rainy season, we don't sleep at night, because our roof leaks so badly."

"I am a farmer who depends on farming for the sustainability of the family of the family. Our farm didn't produce enough this year to meet our domestic needs. Therefore, we will use the the cash transfer from Give Directly to build new house and use portion of the money for children school fees and business."

"As I said earlier, the farm didn't produce this year which have hinder our living condition as a family. Moreover, I am suffering from rheumatism and my spouse is actually struggling to supports the family."