"I spent the money I received from GiveDirectly to purchase a water tank. We used to walk for a long distance to get clean water for domestic. This was taking much time and it was fine consuming. I also renovated my house to look so decent I had always wanted to do this. Finally I bought food and clothes. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has enabled us to own assets which could have taken quite some time."

"" Firstly I want to appreciate God almighty for this opportunity. Life in this village hasn't been easy. If eligible I will make sure to enrolled all of my children in school. Lastly I will engage into business to help maintain the family full responsibilities as long as I live .""

"I am so grateful for the fact that my family now has access to clean water. Before, we had to fetch water from the well, about 30 minutes from our home. This process is usually very exhausting and I could not wait for the day I could afford to buy a water tank. This transfer has enabled us to do just that. We now harvest our water for use at home and life is so much better."

""Currently I'm facing financial problems where im unable to provide for my family due to finance. I've struggling into having a business of my own but it has always been unfortunate for me. I'm dreaming of owning a very big farm and investing into a business for my wife.""

"I was filled with happiness when I receiving a message from GiveDirectly that informed me of the receipt of the first transfer that morning. My life had been so hard as I had been buying milk every day from the neighborhood for more than two years. This was so expensive, and had been eagerly waiting for this opportunity to finally invest in a lactating cow. I was with my spouse whom I ensured that she also check and confirm the total amount in the account. We could not doubt the message since everyone in our neighborhood received it at the same time just like we were told, thus had to celebrate as soon as we saw the matching figures in the account."

"After two years of hopelessness since I was involved in an accident back in 2018, receiving a message from GiveDirectly that confirmed the receipt of KES55000 was a miracle to me. I was alone then at home as my wife had been out taking care of her sister who was admitted to the hospital. With a lot of excitement, I had to call her and share the great news that made her equally happy as she wished she was at home at that moment to celebrate with me. We had been going through a lot of struggles together as she had been working hard in most cases to vent for the family when I could not since the only work I was doing to earn some income failed after the accident."

""I have actually been to send my children to a city or community to get a quality education because where we live I don't see a quality education up to had I want my children to be educated. If am lucky to receive transfer from Givedirectly I will achieve my dream to get quality education, to where I want them to go, Forward more I will use some of this position to build a new house for my family and i this will make us happy..Because the current one we live in is not comfortable for my family and I""

"Since my parents didn't put me to school, If am lucky to receive some of this money.I would love to start a small business and forward my children Education and will make sure my children reach to where I were unable to reach and use some to build a new house for my children.."

"I spent part of my first transfer on clearing school fees of KES 12000 for my children one secondary and six in primary schools respectively. To add to that, my spouse and I are planning to start a business of buying and selling goats in the local markets which I am positive will do well because goats are in high demand as compared to other domestic animals. Back in the day, we used to run this business then it collapsed due to insufficient capital. I am glad we will finally be able to revive it. I later spent the remaining amount to buy my family's basic needs such as foodstuffs and decent clothing for my children and paying for some daily household expenses."

"Initially my family had some difficulties in getting daily meals. For them to take breakfast, lunch and supper was a nightmare due to the hardship we were passing through. As at now, my children are happy since daily food is a guarantee thus living happily and they are now healthy. Before GiveDirectly we had some cases of malnutrition due to lack of balanced diet but for now we are singing hallelujah because we are all in good health."