"I am so grateful for every work done by GiveDirectly not only to me but also to every other household in the village. Everyone's life was elevated making the villagers work harder to ensure that every coin out of the transfer could be accounted for. I am also glad that every household within the village was enrolled, and no one ever complained as we were given equal amounts to spend on any project we saw fit."

"I spent a huge portion of the first transfer on assembling the construction materials towards the construction of a spacious, decent, and semi-permanent house. I had to purchase all the material needed in the construction process that in turn cost me a lot more than I expected. Among them were 20 iron sheets, building posts, frames, timber, nails, and also paid the labor cost at a total cost of KES40500. I had been living in an old structure that was always leaking over the rainy season with my current family of three. I saw it good to put up a new one that will sustain us for another good number of years ahead. With the remaining amount, I spent KES4800 on the purchase of foodstuff, KES7800 on bedding, clothing, and a pair of shoes, and the remaining 500KES on a handbag. It was great spending all this since I am currently not paying any school fees as my lastborn son dropped out of school last year. I am still pushing him back to school as this would have been his last year in secondary school."

"Having a better shelter has been my dream and upon receiving my recent transfer, I spent KES 13000 to complete building a spacious house for my family as I had started building it using my first transfer. Also, I spent KES 7000 to clear fee arrears for my children so that they would not be sent back home. In addition to this, I spent KES 8000 to purchase two goats as a way of investing this money. I decided on this since living in a dry region and due to prolonged period of drought this year, cows have started dying due to lack of feeds and keeping goats is advantageous as they eat leaves. I spent KES 20000 on food and clothes for my family."

"Looking back at my life before receiving the transfer, my neighbors can testify that my life has totally changed. This is because I have been able to build a house for my family and bought a heifer. Even though I still buy milk on a daily basis, I am glad and hopeful that this will end soon. Before receiving the transfer, I used to live in a small house that we were using as a kitchen and living room during the day and we would turn it to a bed room at night. Due to this, I was always not comfortable welcoming a guest to my house as I knew that she would have longer nights due to insufficient beddings and most old people does not like the idea of sharing a room with children. Currently, I have the privacy that I really needed and I no longer shy off from welcoming guests to my house."

"I am a masonry though a casual labourer, My income is not reliable because our work is not consistent, My house was in a bad shape, it was very old in that one side had crashed down, hence we were covering it with a plastic bag, this was very embarrassing but we had to bear with it due to financial constraint, The transfer came as a big relief because I was able to build a decent house for my family, I used KES 29200. Am grateful for the support that changed my living standards."

"I am into a motorcycle taxi business, I have 3 children of which two of them are in high school, school fee has been my major problem due to my unreliable source of income, therefore, when I received my transfer I used KES 8000 in paying for the school fees arrears, I then started a goat rearing business where I bought 8 goats at KES 28,000, Kilifi region is a favourable environment for goat keeping making the project more sustainable and in no time I will be getting a return, With that, I believe that all my school fees needs would be catered from the project. I am relieved and happy for the support that changed my life."

"This money money means renovation to our household.We have been combining our house with the groceries shop for so long but now with the transfers we will be able to develop the house properly and have a proper shop."

"The cost of living has really risen since there have been Covid restrictions making it hard to survive. it has been hard to find piece works in order to earn more and my husband's job hasn't been enough to support the family."

""The biggest hardship is we don't have enough utensils,we don't have a sleeping place(no mattress and beddings)we also suffer from hunger since we don't make much money from our piece jobs,I will definitely use my first transfer to finish this house i live in since it doesn't have windows and doors."Said Hawa Changamire in Njingama village"

"I am so happy to receive these funds from GD. I already have iron sheets and burnt bricks all I needed was money for building the house and these GD funds have come at the right time for me"