"I spent my transfer on fixing my house and I also bought food and clothes for the children. I also bought a goat. With the next transfers I plan on investing the money on agriculture tools so that I can start taking farming seriously. I also have in mind to buy a motorbike for business use."

"I spent the money on housing materials, we are building a house so thats where most of the money is going. roofing, cement and bricks."

"I am a livestock farmer and I mainly depend on keeping poultry and dairy cows. At the moment poultry keeping has been a good source of income since I can make close to USD. 15 a month but diseases and predators have been the major challenges. With this money I would like to build a spacious and safer unit for them complete with a feeding system and egg laying area. I will also purchase an incubation unit so that I shall be selling small chicks. All these will increase my income to probably USD. 85 monthly."

"I spent KES 2600 of my second transfer on purchasing a dairy cow to bring to an end the daily high expenditure used on milk. I have three young kids thus I am forced to buy at least three liters of milk every day. I also bought three goats which is now a source of wealth in my family. I used the remaining amount to buy food for my family."

"Financial inadequacy has been the biggest hardship I have faced in life. I have been struggling to make ends meet through farming but what I get from it, is hardly enough to meet my financial needs. I have 0.5 acres of land which I have subdivided into portions. In this land, I have grown maize, beans, and kales. When I sell the product, it is not enough to cater to my domestic expenses, not even enough to save. Owing to this, we separated with my wife 2 years ago and my prayer has been to get some cash to settle her dowry."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by giving out financial aid and I do not see anything that they do not do well."

"Receiving this money means clean water to my family and health life. As a housewife getting clean water to drink for the family has been my biggest concern, I have been going up to 3 kilometers to get clean water from a nearby River. When I receive this money I'll spend ksh 30,000 to buy a water tank of 5,000 liter's, I will be able to tap rain water and get clean water for family use. I will use ksh 40,000 to buy a dairy cow and the remaining will go for foodstuffs and clothing's."

"Without a reliable source of income it has been difficult to meet the basic needs for my family. This is because I depend only on casual jobs and Farming and of late the production from the farm has been so poor leaving me without any soure of income."

"My life is now different in a way that I have enough food. My life Is now great than before. I am a happy person"

"I plan to spend my transfer on building a house."