"Receiving this money means that I will expand my grocery business. I live by selling vegetables in a nearby shopping centre on a retail basis. I get about KES 400 per day as profit. However, it is possible to make about KES 2000 on a day's sales if I expand it to a wholesale arrangement. I intend to use about KES 20,000 on this and then buy a piece of land to build my home. I do not want to continue to live on my parent's farm, which will all be inherited by my four brothers. As a single mum, I will be removed from the farm, hence the need for me to buy my land."

"My biggest aim is to build a house a better house than this mud hut. I need to have a bigger house made of iron roofs to make its maintenance easy. I will also have enough room for my family of six children. This will give me joy to house all of us properly. I will spend about KES 40,000 on this construction. I will then buy one more cow to increase milk production, therefore strengthening my income source to be able to meet all my families needs, mainly food and education for the children."

"I have managed to build a house. I did not have a good house then. The one I had before was old and very small. Fitting in it with my family was very difficult. It was a mud thatched house. I am happy to say that my dream has come true. I have managed to spend the transfer I received to buy 32 pieces of Iron sheets to build an iron-roofed house and pay the house constructors. The foundation was already laid, and the house is ready to be occupied"

"Receiving this money means having a separate housing unit to comfortably accommodate my family. I am currently living in a house where all the household activities like cooking, sitting and sleeping are all performed in one space. I usually get frustrated when I have guests from far and want to spend the night at our house. This is because there is no space for them to sleep and there being an open place, I also lack privacy. I intend to use KES 45000 to build a spacious house with two rooms so that my children and guests will have their room to study and sleep accordingly. Thereafter, I plan to buy dairy cattle and start a small business using the remaining transfer amount."

"I felt so much joy in my heart. I couldn't get over the fact that my dream of staying in an iron roofed house was no longer going to remain as just a dream and was going to be actualized. I looked at my small hut that was grass thatched and thanked God that it was going to change sooner than I had imagined."

"Receiving this money means a great impact in my family. I have been a middle man in buying and selling of second hand clothes for almost three years now.This has been my source of income to feed my family and pay for their school fees.I had an ambition of starting my own business of buying and selling goats to the butcher men. This is going to be realised by the transfers I will get from Givedirectly. I am happy today that my ambitions will come to reality. Therefore the plan is to use KES80,000 in starting with the stock. The remaining amount will cater for food for my family."

"It was past 5:00 PM when I sent my son to collect my phone from the nearby center where it was charging. By the time he got home everything was sent for bathing my baby but then I decided to switch on the phone before proceeding. The confirmation message that I had received money from Give directly marked the end of everything. I got overwhelmed by the excitement leading my children to join in the celebration even before knowing what I was celebrating. I then called my spouse who was 150 KM away to inform him about the good news. He was overjoyed and could not wait. He traveled the same day and got home and got home at around 9:00 pm."

"This money will help me complete my house, especially the roof. We built a new house last year and all we have been lacking is enough money to buy iron sheets for the roof and to put cement floor. My husband who is working in south Africa is trying but still limited with his income. He sent on average MK70, 000 monthly which we use on daily basis. From that we fail to save as it all goes to household needs such as food and medical bills."

"There is nothing wrong with the way GiveDirectly works. Everything went on very well"

"We live in a semi arid area and it hardly rains. Our farms have become unproductive and when we cultivate maize for consumption we do not harvest at the end of the season. This is due to maize disease that has infested our farms for the past four years. Purchasing food everyday when there is no stable income is difficult and we are forced to forego a meal for two meals per day with my family. Therefore lack of sufficient food is a challenge."