"I am a consistent farmer and my husband is a local businessman in the village, we are blessed with three children. For a long time now I have been buying milk for our daily consumption, this is very expensive for us due to unreliable sources of income, therefore I decided to use my first transfer in buying a dairy cow worth KES28,000. I also bought seats worth KES 9000, then lastly I bought foodstuffs with the remaining part of the transfer. I am humbled and happy that I was able to accomplish so much within a short period, my children are happy now that we own a dairy cow. The support that I got from GiveDirectly lifted my life to a higher level and I am thankful for it, looking forward to receiving the second transfer so that I can build a decent house with it."

"My living conditions here is not satisfactory. My major challenge is being jobless . My wife and I have to struggle in the bush to get food for the family. And sometimes use part of the money generated from the farm, to take of the children wellbeing which is not enough. Financial constrain has my family and myself serious challenge we are face with here."

"I am a marketeer, who was into the out of town business , travelling from county to county, buying oil, slippers and other things, I will most often bring goods to my county and sell. But for two years I have stopped selling and due to my husband health conditions. He came down with some sickness which I was told by native doctors that it is african sign. I spend all my business money I had, but he is still not getting well. Now I have been left with nothing. With the cash transfer from Givedirectly, I continue with my business.I will be station at home and open a table market , like rice, argo oil and other thing that are needed in the community. This will help me pay more attention to my sick husband."

"It was around 10 am when I was in my house taking breakfast with my family members. My sister-in-law came to my house very excited, I was eager to know why she was very happy and she inform me that she had received her transfer. I left what I was doing to check my phone which was in the bedroom. I felt very happy after realizing that I had received the transfer like others since it was the only hope that I had to improve my husband's business."

"For more than a year now, I had been running a boutique shop that has been doing quite well despite the many challenges I had been facing. Even though it is located some distance away from home, I had been opening it late in the mid-morning due to other errands I had been running first back home before leaving. I always have to ensure that all cows are in ropes as I had not been having any stronger fence thus the need to feed them while restrained. On receiving the first transfer, I spent KES 33500 on obtaining fencing poles, barbed wire, and nails that made it possible for all my fields to be completely fenced and partitioned. This has eased the grazing management as I lock them to freely roam in an open field without having to tether. This has saved me some hours enhancing more business opening hours that translates to more customer time in the shop. I also spent KES 7300 on obtaining two bags of maize and a 25-kilogram bag of rice as household's foodstuff. With the remaining KES 10000, I added the stock to my business as I had been receiving lots of orders from the customers but could not meet them since I was operating within a small capital range. I am glad that I am slowly increasing my profit margin, and thanks to GiveDirectly for the great support."

"Allowing us to choose how best we could send the transfer was the best decision by GiveDirectly after giving us the support. I am glad that I got to address the most pressing needs first. No one has ever complained since we were enrolled however, there are a few households that were promised to be enrolled by the visiting officers but it never happened since they were not visited after."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that the financial support has enabled me to contract a new permanent rental house. I have been longing to have one but  I could not afford it due to my poor financial status. Since my spouse is jobless I believe this is going to be a lucrative business because I will be receiving some money every month from my tenants and this will be a source of income for me. I will be able to pay schools fees for my two children without any struggles like before. In addition, I will cater to all the family's basic needs like daily food and clothing. Lastly, from the rent will be getting on a monthly basis,  I will use it as capital to even start another business like a kiosk which I believe will also uplift my living standard from the profits. I am so happy and thankful for transforming my life positively."

"At mid-morning, I was at home chatting with my neighbour when I heard my phone beep. To my surprise, I saw the message notification letting me know that I had received cash from GiveDirectly. The sombre mood I had from my children being sent home for lack of school fees was immediately replaced by overwhelming joy. I could not believe this was happening."

"I spent part of my first transfer on buying an ox at KES 20000. I have always wanted to keep it for a long time now but I couldn't afford them because they were very costly. I am now happy GiveDirectly has empowered me financially and managed to buy the bull at once. I also bought few building materials like the building poles, iron sheets, timber, nails at KES 16000. This was for the construction of a new house becasue the initial one had cracked walls and an old roof, I was worried it would collapse any time soon. I later paid school fees of KES 12000 for my five children and I am happy they are studying peacefully with fewer disturbances."

"Poor rainfall patterns have rendered farming, which is my only occupation, useless. At the moment my two children are the ones responsible for my survival. Since they have their own families, their support is quite limited. Getting my basic needs is therefore an issue because I cannot engage in any hard jobs due to chest problems."