"I spent part of my forst transfer on buying some building materials which include twenty pieces of iron sheets KES 20000, building poles, timber, and nails at 25000, and labor costs 10000. I had to purchase all these to construct a new modern house because the previous one was very old and it would collapse anytime and that was my biggest fear. Some of my children had to stay at their grandmother's houses which were also small and they never have privacy all over. With the little amount that has remained, I bought enough foodstuffs for my family that would sustain us for the days few days. I am happy GiveDirectlky finally transformed my life positively."

"I will do business to support myself when I receive GD transfer. I have be doing business for different people and making profits for them. Getting GD'S transfer will get me on my own feet."

""Those challenges I'm currently faced with are, firstly, the issue of sending my children to school, secondly, feeding them, and lastly, to build my own house within this town, these are all challenges I'm faced with, reason being, the crops I have aren't much, and sometimes it takes eight to nine months to produce before harvesting; I sell those produce, the little cash I raise is what I use to support my children in school and feed the home as well. After attending to these demands, there can be nothing much left to even start my building project, and there are times where I can fall short, in the sense, the dears and other animals can sometimes waste our efforts by eating these crops, which can lead to shortage in fund, and cases effect on my children's school fees payment.""

""What I plan to do with my cash transfer is, to buy land and build my house right in this town, reason being, when our children sometimes come to visit us it causes serious embarrassment, the single room is too small to contain everybody, so, if I build my house then this will not be an issue, my children will have their own room/rooms to lay their heads.""

"It was around 8 AM when I was at the farm watering my vegetable then I heard my phone ringing continuously. Without wasting time I had to notify my helper to confirm its content. Since we were very busy he suggested that we should proceed with the farming exercise. After about five minutes another message popped in. I couldn't control my patience and asked him to check for the second time. I was so excited after realizing that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. We even decided to return home and spread the good news to my family members.."

"I spent KES 47000 of my first transfer on starting a cake-baking business for weddings and birthday parties. Before receiving the transfer, I was doing this business at my home with few orders from my customers thus less income. My plan was to have my own shop where people can visit and make orders. I am happy that through this transfer, I rented nice premises within our trading centre. I bought the necessary equipment like a mixer and now I can serve many clients as compared to doing this at home. Besides putting my expertise into practice, it has now become my source of income. Through the income, I am able to take care of my family's needs with ease and also pay fees for my children. I saved KES 8000 in my savings account to help me out in case of a business emergency."

""The plan I have for the cash transfer is the educate our daughter. I didn't have the opportunity to be educated so I want the best of education for my child. I believe by doing so will make her a better person in the society.""

"Receiving this money means alot for me and my household as it means that now I Will be able to buy enough food as I did not harvest enough food during the last harvest season due to lack of money for fertilizers which resulted in low yields resulting in hunger. I also intend to buy some fertilizers for the next growing season so that I harvest enough food and do not have to starve anymore"

"I am a young woman who dropped out of school when I got pregnant and I was abandoned by father. He stopped paying my school fees ever since I returned back to school and I'm the one doing everything to see myself out of high school. It's a major challenge for me, but I'm trying in my weak way to overcome it."

"The dream of being a landowner was almost diminishing since I had no money because of my poverty conditions. I spent KES 15,000 to complete the payment of a piece of land that I had bought by failed to complete due to financial challenges. The seller was threatening to resale it to a different buyer something that worried me a lot. In addition, I spent KES 17, 800 to start a small shop business in my house a job that earns me a profit of KES 300 on average per day. In addition, I spent KES 4,000 to purchase a solar battery that I am using to light my house as well as charge phones for my neighbours at a fee of 15 per phone. I also used KES 7000 to assist my husband in paying off a debt that he owes our neighbour."