"I spent my transfer in constructing a decent house for my family by purchasing 21 iron sheets at KES 800 each, 40building poles, timbers, and nails. I also set aside some money for labor charges. This is because my house collapsed two years ago and I was forced to relocate my properties to my neighbor's house. For all those years, I have been missing my privacy and freedom since I was not comfortable in someone's house. With the remaining amount, I bought sufficient food for my family."

"Before I could start receiving my transfer, I have been living in a family house but with the help of GiveDirectly transfer, I was able to buy my house materials and my husband and I are building our own house."

"I spent my recent transfer to pay debts and Educate my kids."

"My life is different now because everything is changing, I barely afford food to eat before receiving this money, but now my life has improved. I can now eat on time and regularly because of the transfer."

"In my opinion Givedirectly is doing everything well, because my life has improved greatly since I started receiving transfer from Givedirectly."

"My long-term desire has been to construct a decent house for my 2 boys who were seeking shelter from our neighbors. Seeing them moving from one neighbor's house to the other eat away the join of my life. I spent KES 17,000 to purchase iron sheets and payment of Labor charges for the construction of the house. My kids are now happy staying in a proper shelter like other kids in our society. In addition, I used KES 15,000 to renovate my house by constructing an additional room since the one I had was very small. Even though it was small, I was sharing it with my co-wife. Furthermore, I used KES 7,000 to pay part of the school fees for my children one in secondary and the other 4 in primary school. We used the remaining amount to purchase 2 goats and food for my family of 10 members."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the completion of our main house. The money has seen us put tiles on the floor and erect ceilings as well. The house is now complete and my family and I can't wait to move in once we get to paint it."