"The biggest difference in my daily life is that through the transfers, I was to purchase a dairy cow which has brought a positive transformation into my life. For all those years I have been depending on my spouse for our family's daily upkeep which most of the days couldn't meet the family's needs. He is a carpenter by profession and in a day, he sometimes KES 300 though it was a temporary job. Therefore I had to think of an asset that would facilitate my children's education journey. I am now hopeful that once they transition to secondary schools I would have saved a lot from the dairy business. In addition to that, we will also be healthier because we will not have to buy milk, it will supplement our daily meals. I am now a happy mother because I am so sure I will no longer strain to cater to the family's needs as before courtesy of GiveDirectly."

"I can still remember very well, it was around 9 AM when I was at my business place ( selling vegetables like tomatoes, kales) when I heard my phone ringing continuously. I was so curious and without wasting time, I decided to check the content of the message only to realize it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I was extremely happy because I knew that finally, I would achieve most of my long-time goals. Together with my family members, we started celebrating such a blessing in our lives."

"It was exactly 9 AM when I was at my daily hustle (taxi driver) when I heard my phone ringing continuously. I was a bit nervous since I was not expecting to hear from anyone, therefore I decided to check the content of the message only to realize it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I was overjoyed with happiness because I knew my financial problems would come to an end. Later on, I had to share the great news with my dear wife and children and they were all super excited."

""If we are successful to get this money, our plan is to build a better house. We have planned to build a new house because as the house we live in is old, and it's not grantee, and decent. During the raining season we have no peace because the roof is badly leaking and the wall falls everytime. For the past 3 years we have rebuilt parts of this house over 6 times. Whenever it's midnight and it rain we will remain standing till morning. When it rains heavily during day time we either sleep in neighbors house. This house was built on an old dump site. We're afraid that one day this house fall on us. We're worried everytime it raining. It has always been our plans to have a better house of own where we will have no embarrassment and shame everytime it rains. With a new house we will not pay people everytime to dup, we will not sleep in water each time it rains or embarrass our neighbors for accommodation. When we able to build a new and solid house, we will be free from embarrassment and shame, and we will have peace. Building a new house for ourselves is a plan that had long been made by us just that we have not had money. So with this money, we definitely planed to build our own house so as to make us feel as a better family, and stop being mocked at."

"I spent part of my first transfer on buying a wooden bed and a mattress at a total of KES 12000. I had to prioritize this because I have been sleeping on the traditional beds made of ropes which I was experiencing lots of discomforts. In addition, I bought livestock more so four goats at a total of KES 15200. These are now the living assets that I am relying on. I later cleared a hospital bill for my son who has been ailing for quite a long time but because I am a widow and very poor I could not afford to raise the medical charges. Later on, I paid school fees of KES 3000 for my son who is still in primary school and I am happy he is no longer being sent home regularly as he used to be. With the remaining amount of money, I bought enough foodstuffs for my children."

""If God help us get this money our plan is use portion to buy a piece of land in Monrovia for our children and use some to buy goods for our shop here. Though we were not lucky to get land from our parents which make things hard for us.Today, to give your children good education you will have to send them to Monrovia, but not having your own house will be hard. Before my husbands illness 3 years ago, three of our children were sent to Monrovia for school. Because we have no house in Monrovia, we rented place for them and paid for their schools. If we had inherited land from our parents, we could it developed and the issue with living place wouldn't have been an issue. Since my spouse under went surgery in June making him unable to engage in active farm work like before, we couldn't rent a place due to no money. The childrens school stopped because they are not able to pay both rent and school fees. Getting a piece of land for our children will help reduce the burden for their children. If they get money of their own they will only think on building house that could help their children by not renting or living with relatives. Land has a long term benefit that can be given our children as life time inheritance. We also decide to use portion of the money to buy goods for our shop to start selling to have money to support our family and send our children back to school. Since we built our shop there's no money to sell. My husband was told not to do hard work because of his health condition, which makes things difficult for us.To feel the family it's hard, and to pay our children school fees it's not easy. At least if we can put money in the shop, the profit can be used for family support as well as supporting our children in school."

"I will buy new building materials to renovate my house."

"The challenge I'm now facing is how to generate money to treat my son. He was the only person taking care of me, now that he is mad I'm left all alone. four years ago, my son carried palm oil to LAC for sale and I was called that he is mad. I have spent my last savings but to no avail. I'm looking for money to take him to a place that was shown to me."

"Our main challenge is the lack of money for our four years old son Alfred Wrobone who is surferung from hydroseed. This condition has been existing since his birth."

"The cutting of palm and the production of oil as a source of income for family upkeep is a challenge for us."