"Receiving this money means I will own land. Currently am still under our grandfather's land, We are 5 men in the family, each member has a household and things are going from bad to worse. The land we are staying in is so small and every day the children play they a times fight resulting in bad quarrels between the brothers. I plan to use KES 100,000 to buy ⅜ piece of land. By doing that I will stay away from the rest and reduce fights and have peace in my life."

"My goal is to complete the construction of my house. I was able to build the house with the income from my previous employment as a waiter. I could not complete it since I got a sprain on my leg as I was attending to some clients at work. In time the leg was infected and made it unbearable to work. My employer had to let me go and since then I have been jobless. I plan to save the transfers for about 6 months, once I have enough cash, I will cement the floor and possibly build pillars to support the house to prevent it from falling especially when it rains."

"Receiving this money is a game-changer. I sell charcoal for a living, and I usually buy them on credit and pay it up after I have made sales. There are days I get orders from clients but I lack enough money to buy the goods. The challenge is that not so many people are willing to sell on credit, it is a risk that they are not ready to incur. The fact that I will now be able to buy the product without much hustle from any vendor is a relief. A bag of charcoal is about 400 KES but on credit, I buy at 450 KES. I sell a bag at 700 KES and per trip I carry seven bags. The extra 350 KES I have been incurring will cater to other needs like maintenance for my motorcycle. This will be a boost to my business."

"Limited capital and unstable job are the greatest challenges am facing .I work as a shepherd in the neighborhood where I earn KES 3000 a month.This amount is limited as compared to the several needs of my family.In my family of 6, we spend approximately KES 250 a day to buy milk , maize flour and other household items.There are occasions when I do not get work and therefore my family has to suffer from hunger or eat one meal a day."

"I am not able to get enough food to feed my children at the moment, my husbands' business of selling charcoal has hit a rock and he now has to borrow from friends to feed our family. I am currently eight months pregnant and I cannot do much to ease his weight. It has not been easy for him and in my current condition, I cannot go a day without eating."

"I would not have picked a better time to receive this money. Honestly, it has been hard making ends meet in the past few months. I had to stop selling charcoal because I was not able to repair the motorcycle I use for transport. I have never been employed and I am more skilled in business. I am looking forward to raring chicken with the first transfer I get. This business is not new to me, I once had around 50 of them but they were all infected and at the moment I do not have even one chicken to my name. I have learned from my failures, and I am now better equipped to start this business. I never knew that it is wise to vaccinate chickens against diseases, I did not calculate the risks but I am now wiser and I know the dos and the don'ts. I will be sleeping better at night knowing that I have a business that is profitable and seamless. A chick goes for about 150 KES, but once grown it can be sold for about 600 KES."

"I came from bathing by night, sitting listening to news on the radio when my phone alarmed. I call my brother to help me read my massage. To my suprise it was a massage from Givedirectly. I was very happy! because life has not been good to me. I have been sleeping in one room with my two children. I can't even afford school fees for them .since i cash out my transfer, i see myself as a rich woman among my peers. My children are now in school and my business is going well. All thanks to GiveDirectly for their immense efforts to wards me."

"My husband gets a daily wage of KES of 300 per day when he's fortunate enough to get a job. He works in people's farms and sometimes as a watchman. It has been difficult to pay school fees for my children and buy food for the family."

"The biggest challenge I am currently facing is prolonged chest pains attributed by the energy draining charcoal burning occupation I engage in. Sometimes I manage to get two 90kgs bags of charcoal a month and sell at 800KES per bag. This earns me utmost 1,600/=. This is not worthy the energy drained during burning the charcoal. Sometimes I spend a big portion I the money to buy medicine to treat my chest pains."

"Receiving this money from GiveDirectly means I will take a permanent break from the repairs I always make on my house. My house is made of mad walls and whenever it rains, the rain drops wash away the mud and I am forced to repair again. This has consumed a lot of money, money that would otherwise have been channeled towards meeting other basic needs. In addition to this, the repairs have been time consuming too. I am planning to use 80,000KES from the GiveDirectly transfers to construct a three-bedroom permanent house for my family. The house will be spacious enough to host my entire family of six. This will make me happy because it is what I have always desired to do the moment I get money."