"I am very happy to be included in this program. This money will mean alot to me since I have been living in this village for a year now but nothing has come close to the money am about to receive. This money has given me plans to consider having a land of oir own to farm and build a better house. As a fisherman, on good days I make around MWK20,000 per trip from the lake. This is used to buy some food and other household items in the house. I will also use some of the money to support my children who are staying with their grandmother from my former marriage. Some will also help us to clothe ourselves as we have very few clothes."

"Receiving this money means self employment. I am a mother of 3 children. I live in a polygamous household of two wives. I am the second wife. My husband is very old and not of good health. My children have been fully depending on me for approximately 1 year and a half. Without any form of employment, providing for my children is a very big challenge for me. I work as a charcoal burner where I make very little (3,000 KES per month). This income cannot comfortably sustain the needs( food, school fees, medical bills) of my family. I am planning to open a business of selling fast foods ( french fries, cassava crips, and chapatis) at Palakumi center. I will first build the kiosk and then buy the stock I will use. The initial capital will approximately be 20,000 KES. I will roughly be making a profit of 1500 KES per week. This amount will be helpful in paying school fees for my children and also buying food for the family."

"I am so grateful for the opportunity of receiving money from GD. With the money, I have managed to buy Mattress which amounted to MK 75 000. I also bought 20 iron sheets so that I can build a house next year. I have been desiring to lay livestocks and I am happy that I managed to buy 2 goats. I also bought blankets for the entire family."

"Life has been hard and acquiring some assets like livestock has been impossible especially when one has no stable source of income. This is the state GiveDirectly found me in when they came for enrollment and buying milk had been my routine. On receiving my transfer, I decided to spend KES 35000 to buy a dairy cow so that we can always have enough milk for consumption when it reproduces. Also, I spent KES 11000 to restock my shop by buying more items since I had started using the income from it to meet our daily needs without restocking it. As a way of improving my house, I spent KES 5000 to purchase ten pieces of ceiling and I am happy that my house will very soon look more beautiful and presentable."

"Being able to build a more spacious house for my family is the biggest difference in my daily life. This is because achieving this on my own was impossible before due to a lack of finances. I am happy that very soon, my children will be sleeping at home and their security will always be guaranteed since they will no longer be walking at night looking for a place to sleep."

"I spent all the money on medication. Weeks before receiving the money I started feeling ill. I visited the chemist took some over-the-counter medicine but it did not help me as such and everything became worse for me. I lost my hearing sense, I was no longer able to walk, became very weak, and even could not talk properly. So when I received the money I decided to use it for my medication. I visited the general hospital in Kilifi for medication and was even admitted. I am grateful that I am now getting better but still not out of danger."

"Yes, I have goals in which I want to build a good house for myself. The house I am having currently is not in good condition and I want to improve it. I also want to buy goats for rearing purposes. I also would like to pay school fees for my school-going children."

"Yes, I do have them. I would like to pay school fees for my children who are currently in the senior classes of form three and form four. Paying their school fees is going to help them continue with their education without any interruptions. I have always wanted to own livestock of my own and I am planning to buy goats and also cows so that I can rear them and help me in the future once their numbers have increased."

"My major challenge right now is to complete my new house. It has been a serious embarrassment for me because I have my children and my mother who are here with me. All of us have sleep in this small room because I have not completed my new house."

"According to my own opinion, I think that Give directly is on the right track and does not have to change a thing. Their whole motto of providing money for people like me who are less fortunate to enable us to fend for ourselves has been a blessing in disguise. The money has helped me to have financial security a stable home and a comfortable lifestyle."