"Receiving this money means a reliable source of income for my family. I plan to spend KES 40000 to start a kiosk that will act as a source of income and I will be assured of getting KES 500 per day. I will further spend KES 30000 to renovate my house and add one more room so it can comfortably accommodate my family of 8. The remaining amount will cater for other household expenses like food."

"Being a parent of 7 children who are all in primary school, the first thing I did was to settle the school fee issue so that my children can have good time in school learning. In that regard, I bought them some school uniforms for KES 1200.00 and paid the school fees of KES 3500.00. Thereafter, I decided to construct a new house because the old one was collapsing. I bought 22 pieces of iron sheets for KES 20900, poles for KES 9600.00. I reserved the remaining amount for the contractor and also for the family upkeep."

"My house is very tiny, receiving this money would mean a bigger house for me. A bigger house with iron sheets. I would also use the money to buy food, maybe 10 bags of maize so that I break from buying on a daily basis. I would also buy mattress, for a comfartable sleeping place."

"Even though I have the charcoal business but I rely much on the shop. The fact of restocking the shop with goods worthy KES 27000.00 was a great achievement and a big difference in my life. The shop has now established itself and it’s something I can say it’s a result of the first transfer from GiveDirectly. Initially I used to sleep and wake up very tired because of the state of the bed and the mats I was using. The bed was very small and the mats were torn apart. As at now, I sleep comfortably and I even sometime oversleep because the shelter is very nice and enjoyable. All this is the doing of GiveDirectly."

"After withdrawing the money, I bought 5 goats for KES 20000.00 since my desire was to keep livestock at home. The appropriate one I thought of was a cow but looking at how dry the area is I opted for goats because goats can resist more than cows. I also repaired my motorbike which has been assisting us in fetching some water as well as doing some little light transportation of goods and even people from one destination to another at a fee. The repair cost KES 7000.00. Having settled the two issues which were in my top list, I also bought a bed for KES 6000.00, school uniforms and other clothes for my children which cost KES 5000.00. I also paid KES 1000.00 school fees for my nursery school child. For the remaining amount I took KES 6000.00 and bought some poles and kept the rest for food and other family issues. The poles I bought mark the beginning of how I will use the second transfer because I am planning to construct a house."

"I will be happy to receive this money because it is going to lessen my burdens. I want my kids to sleep on a comfortable place, I will use the money to buy mattress. I will also use the money to buy food and iron sheets to renovate my house."

"The challenges i am currently facing is lack of my money, for the past years i was depending on my husband to look after the family but since he died everything is difficult i couldn't find a fixed source of income instead of some piece of work which i am paid not more than a thousand which is very little to look after the family"

"For a long period, we have lived on a small piece of land, an eighth of an acre. This land was given to me by my parents after I got married in 2019. My goal has been to purchase a bigger piece of land than this to engage in large-scale farming. I plan to use approximately KES 70,000 to add up to my other savings and purchase the land. For the rest of the amount, I will purchase a dairy cow which will be earning me income through the sale of milk."

"Financial constraint is the biggest challenge am currently facing. I own a small quarry where I mine building stones and blocks. Mining these stones is time-consuming and tedious. I lack the necessary materials and tools to break the bigger rocks into smaller pieces. It takes a minimum of one week to fill a trailer of a tractor which earns me KES 2000. This amount is insufficient to cater to my family's needs as well as pay school fees for my two children at pre-primary school."

"My husband and I have been fortunate to have 6 children of our own, of them are now adults and live on their own but the remaining 4 live with us in our one bedroom house. They are forced to sleep in our grass thatched kitchen because there is no room for them in the main house. I plan on using my transfer in building a 3 bedroom house that can accommodate all of us and the estimated cost is around KES 30,000. The cost includes labour and cement because I already have timber and poles for the foundation."