"My husband is a teacher but he is not paid well and on time therefore, we do farming for survival. Due to the bad road conditions, our produced from the farm spoiled before reaching the city to sell. If God blessed me with this money, I will put zinc ontop of my house and used portion of the money to pay my children school fees."

"I was awakened by the loud vibration from my mobile phone at around 11 in the evening. I was a bit curious and surprised at the same since I wasn't expecting to hear from anyone at that particular time of the night. Therefore I decided to check the contents and I could believe what I saw. It was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly, I had finally received the first cash transfer as I had been promised some news weeks ago. I was so happy and thanked God for the financial breakthrough. I finally knew that the idea of owning some goats will finally be a success."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I will be able to sit for my exams at a technical institute after a long wait, this is because I never had enough money to register for the exams due to financial constraints, I am happy because I am hopeful that once I get the certificate I will be able to secure a stable job, I am grateful for the support that I got from GiveDirectly because it brought so much joy and happiness in my life."

"I usually cut palm make oil and set tract to support my family but to find plam now is hard because everybody cutting plam so to find it now is very difficult, so if I am qualify for this program and i received any money from Givedirectly I am going to send my daughter in Cestos to go to school, the learning process here is very poor and I am also going to buy zinc to zinc my house and lastly I am go to buy my goat to raise."

"The main challenge is insufficient finances. I am the sole provider to my three children since I lost my husband more than five years ago and I have raised them on my own. I work as a casual laborer at a Petrol station being paid KES 7000 a month which goes to meeting my household including food, school fee, and clothing. I do not own a cow and the small piece of land can not give me enough to feed my family."

"I was making business before but my market brake down because my husband is sick, so if I am qualify for this program and I received any money from Givedirectly I am going to start my business again to support my children in school and walk after my husband illnesses because it is a African sign."

"I am a high school graduate and a college dropout. Due to lack of finance, I was unable to complete my college education.I am currently a hunter, but not earning much. With the cash transfer, I will use part of the money to complete my college education. I will also use portion of the money to build a house.The house I am living in presently ,belong to my family member and I am only occuping a room in it."

"I have a house that I build for my family. The roof of the house is thatch. During the raining season, there are leakages everywhere , which caused the house to be very uncomfortable for sleeping during the night hours, because of this I have decided to buy zinc. with the cash transfer, I will reroof my house with the zinc and also use part of the money to send my four children to school."

"I am an 88-year old woman and because of arthritis disease that I have, I feel so much pain whenever I walk. The distance between my main house and the kitchen is a bit distant and my desire is to bring them closer together so that I do not struggle as is the case now. Because of age, I do not engage in any economic activity that can earn me money to have another kitchen constructed. I plan to spend KES 15000 to build a spacious kitchen that is closer to my main house. Receiving this money will enable me to accomplish my desire of having a kitchen closer to the main house so that I can move easily between the two houses"

"I was a fisherman but things have become so difficult and fish is not dying as we expect, so I am sitting home and have nothing doing. Because of this reason, I have decided to start a business with my cash transfer. I want to start selling things that are in demand in my community. Like slippers, clothes and soft drink. I will also save some of the cash to build my house later.Presently the house we are in does not belong to my family and I."