"I am very thankful to God for the assistance I did receive from Givedirect which I didn't work for, but was given to me free without pre condition."

"We bought a motorcycle for fast business with the money we received"

"I felt excited about the money when I saw it in my phone"

"We earlier planned to build our house which have been our dreams from time to time and fortunately we received money from Givedirect assistance."

"I am planning to pay the school fees,buy one mattress for myself, food and use the balance for small business to help"

"My new goal that i have for this my new transfer is that I'm not feeling well. I'm going through a very hard time with sickness that is giving hard time. I use all of my money that i received from GiveDirectly programs. I'm Praying to get well soon so that i can build my new house. I only bought three (3) bundles of zinc and with the first transfer. I was sick at that time so i was not able to use all the money on the house. Even this second transfer that I received i just used little on the house."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that through the transfers, I was able to purchase two dairy cows. These have brought a positive impact on my life considering the fact that they have numerous benefits as compared to the other domestic animals. I have however been dreaming of owning them for years but this was not achievable since they were very costly. I, therefore, settled for them because first, I will be getting some milk for free for my family consumption. Also, I am planning to sell the remaining liters to the local markets whereby a liter goes for KES 50. This business is normally profitable since there is a scarcity of milk in my region. This will be my major source of income since for now, I rely on unstable jobs to fend for my family ( six members). I will be saving the little money that I will be earning and pay school fees for my children once they graduate from secondary schools since it has been my main concern. In addition to that, I will also be able to take good care of my family from the sale of milk."

"After the demise of my husband a year ago. I was left with the responsibility of raising my family of 10 members single-handedly. Being jobless and unskilled, educating my eight children through secondary school was a big challenge for me. This forced 2 of my children to drop out of school due to lack of school fees. After receiving my transfer, I spent KES 11,000 to pay part of the school fees for the 6 children who are still schooling. They were constantly at home due to the huge fee balances. Furthermore, I purchase building materials to renovate my house by putting up a new roof since the one I had was leaking and had been blown away by strong winds 2 days after I received the transfer. With the remaining amount, I spent KES 1000 to boost my farming by hiring an ox-plough to prepare my farm. I also bought sufficient food with the remaining part of the transfer."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since i started receiving money from Givedirectly,is there's happiness in my life. My life is changing gradually because my children are happy seeing their mother not crying to build house for them anymore. Since the death of my husband, life has been completely hard for my children and I. I have been the biggest laughter of this town people call me all sort names, some even said I'll live in family house until i die. My children been helping me to make farm and produce the cassava and make fufu out of it. We sell the fufu used the money to pay my children school fees and buy food.all thanks to GiveDirectly ."

"After a long struggle to raise school fees fr my children, I was glad to receive support from GiveDirectly. With my two sons in secondary school at the moment, I ensured that I cleared all the KES29000 that was required for the whole term. At the moment, I feel relieved and can now concentrate on other projects that can still generate income and in turn, will boost my savings before paying for the next term. I also inject KES2400 into the poultry project that I had been running after bringing in six more chickens and KES3100 on a chain link that facilitated the expansion of the chicken coop. Even though the project is still small, I am hoping to see it grow as I had been saving a lot from the eggs I had been selling and later using the same amount to bring in more chicks. With my family of six, I also have four orphans that I had been supporting and living together making my family number go up to ten. Providing enough foodstuff had never been easy and such a great opportunity could not pass without ensuring an additional purchase of foodstuff. I spent KES8000 on two sacks of maize and a 10KES pack of rice. I am grateful for this far, and I am still looking forward to the second transfer."