"Receiving this money means proper education for my daughter and at the same time revive my firewood selling business. My daughter completed secondary school in 2019 and performed well. However, due to financial constraints in my household, I have been unable to take my daughter to college or any other institution of higher learning. I am planning to use KES. 50,000 to support in paying my daughters college fees. I will use a further KES. 15,000 to revive my firewood selling business. I have been engaging myself in selling firewood for a decade now but the harsh economic conditions brought about by the Covid 19 pandemic really affected my business and I had to close. With the KES. 15,000, I am assured of making a monthly profit of KES. 13,000 which is a great profit in as far as businesses in the rural setting is concerned. I will use the balance from the GiveDirectly transfers to buy food for my family. Doing all this will make me a happy woman and accord me the reputation I have always desired to get from my village people."

"I had children who were in school, and being that I was not employed, it has been a struggle all through to ensure they get proper education, I had to sell all that I had including a piece of land to enable me clear the fees. I was not able to do any development in my home and being that I old now we can not do much but I would like to have a better home to stay."

"Recieving this money means a comfortable life for me and my family, my husband works in a security company in Nairobi which is a risky job to him because he always work on night duty shifts. This has been for a while now, we have ambition of purchasing dairy cows and settle at home since we shall be selling milk and earn from there. I plan to spend KES.60,000 to purchase three dairy cows and use the remaining to build a small structure for them, and also buy food at home."

"Recieving this money means I will start my business of buying maize in large stock and selling them locally, it has been a while since I thought about it. I will also offset a huge school fees balance for my children who are in secondary school. Being a single mother,for now a decade when I lost my husband who was a bread winner in the family, it has been a struggle of here and there to us in the family. I want to thank Givedirectly for coming to my home. I plan to spend KES. 45,000 to pay school fees, KES.50,000 to start the business and the remaining balance to buy food."

"It was early in the morning as I was getting ready to go to the farm when I heard my phone's SMS ringtone ring. I immediately checked to know who would have sent me an SMS at such a time and to my surprise, it was a Mpesa message indicating that I was KES 55000 richer. Upon seeing this, my heart was filled with happiness and I dialed GiveDirectlys number to thank them for coming to my rescue at the time when I was facing financial challenges."

"My life has never been the same again ever since I received my transfer because I have added an asset in my homestead as I was able to purchase a dairy cow. Because of this, my income from the dairy project has increased due to the increase in the amount of milk that I supply to the cooler plant. I will be setting aside part of this money so that I can use it in buying animal feeds and supplements and use the remainder in paying school fees for my children."

"I was with my helper feeding my livestock when my message notification ringtone rang and I requested her to help me read its content. It was at this time that I saw her smile as she informed me happily that I had received money from GiveDirectly and I was equally overjoyed. I knew that my daughter would finally resume her studies since she was at home after being sent back to collect her fee arrears."

"It has always been my dream to build a more spacious iron-roofed house where I can harvest rainwater for domestic use when it rains and where I will not be forced to assemble all my beddings and clothes in one corner during the day. I never thought that I would ever be able to achieve this again due to my old age since currently, I depend on my children for most of the things as I cannot do any casual work. I am grateful to GiveDirectly for making my dream come true as I was able to use my transfer to achieve this thus changing my life. I am so excited and can't wait for it to be completed so that I can move in."

"It was until when my daughter who doubles as my helper informed me that I had received the promised money from GiveDirectly that I came to realize the good news as I had not read the Mpesa message that I had received. Upon hearing this, I became so happy and immediately informed my spouse who started singing praises to GiveDirectly for fulfilling their promise. After the celebration, I requested my helper to go and withdraw the cash the same day so that the construction of our house would commence."

"My biggest hardship is a lack of finance to support myself and carry out my development plans. This is because I depend on riding a motorbike for someone to earn something. This is little and not even enough to buy food for me."