"The biggest difference in my life today is that I now have a dairy cow, with I am certain that I will be able to cut down on the daily cost of milk, therefore saving up some money which is a very big relief on my side, secondly, I cleared school fees arrears for my children, lastly, I renovated my house. Indeed this is a blessing from above, everything went on smoothly as I had planned am I am grateful for the support that lifted my life amazingly."

"Farming is my main source of income, this is what I depend on to pay for my children school fees, this has been my major challenge because I have eight of them, therefore my life is different now because I was able to pay for the fee arrears, and also managed to buy a piece of land so that I can increase the yields which would mean getting an extra income. I also bought a dairy cow which I am hopeful that I will be able to get enough milk for our daily usage hence cutting down on the cost of buying milk daily.GiveDirectly gave me hope of a better tomorrow and I am thankful for that."

"The ongoing drought is really taking a toll on my family and I as we are running low on the stored food we had. With my old age, I cannot start on looking employment in order to provide for my family so I have resorted to burning charcoal for sale. Honestly, there are days we go without food, a situation that has begun to worry me because the weather does not seem to be getting any better. I hope and pray this drought does not finish us as we look helplessly."

"As you can see, this house is falling apart, I have no difference with the homeless people who are sleeping on the street. I hope to construct a much more decent house and at least enjoy the comfort of not being rained on as I sleep or the sun making me uncomfortable during the day. I will save the money I get to 50,000KES then start constructing slowly as i keep improving it as time goes by."

"Buying food I brew alcohol Low income Wife not working At the moment, I'm working as palm wine tapper making very little money. My wife is unemployed and what I'm making is not enough for anything. Unemployment is my biggest challenge."

"At the moment, I am a housewife who is quite ambitious. I totally dislike sitting at home with nothing to do because in my earlier days, I used to be hardworking, I liked getting my own money but that was disrupted by childbirth. My husbmd asked me to stay at home and look after our children although now I feel like it is the right time to get back to work even if it means starting a business. I intend to save all my transfers for the first year, the accumulated amount of 33,000 KES will enable me start a retail shop and in the following years, I intend to save more money and buy a few cows as well as goats for farming and resale."

"Me and my family's everyday lives have changed so much since receiving money from Givedirectly because now we have enough food for the whole family and the bags of maize that i bought will be able to sustain us up to the next harvesting season."

"I am very happy to receive this money. I will use the money to build a bigger house. The old house that I was living in was destroyed by the rains last season. I want to live in a house with iron sheets because I am tired of living in a house with a thatched roof."

"So far everything that the organizations did ,really went on well here we are we have received both transfer's with no challenges at all"

"At mid-morning, I was at my cafe going about my daily duties. I heard a notification on my phone and when I checked it, I realised that I had received the cash transfer I had been expecting from GiveDirectly. I was overjoyed and so excited to finally start the expansion of my business."