"I have many children to support and I am failing to provide for them as I depend on casual labour for survival and its not always easy to find piece work"

"Our daughter suffers from pneumonia and we are frequently visiting the hospital which has drained alot of resources for our family"

"Receiving this money means I will be able to buy enough food to feed my family as I am currently spending some days without food forcing my children to beg from other peoples homes which I feel is not fair as I am struggling to provide for them"

"I bought a cow for me to milk and paid for my hospital expenses when I went to have my legs checked, because they have been ailing me for a long time that walking was almost difficult. I also bought food for my family."

"The goats that I bought can be milked and now we can enjoy a very nice cup of tea. It was hard for me to plough my shamba at this time but with the GiveDirectly transfer, I have been able to do so and planted maize which are about to sprout."

"I had just woken up to check the time on my phone when I saw a message on my phone. I wondered who had texted me that early and upon checking , it was GiveDirectly transfer and I jumped out of bed and jumped up and down with excitement."

"It was at 7.02am in the morning when I saw the text and I was taking care of initiates, when I saw the message, I was very delighted and jumped up and down that initiates wondered what was going on and when I told them about the transfers, they shared in my happiness."

"It was at 6a.m in the morning while I was milking and I heard a message notification on my phone. I hurriedly milked my cow then went ahead to check the message and it was the GiveDirectly transfer. I went down on my knees to thank God and GiveDirectly for helping me at a difficult moment."

"Owning a decent house has made my life to be totally different in such a way that I never expected it would happen this soon. Previously I used to sleep at my relative's houses together with my children's since my house collapsed so many years ago. Life has been so tough and because I did not have enough money to buy the required materials for the construction of a new house, I had to seek shelter be in the summer or winter season. The coming of GD into my life has changed my story. I am now a proud owner of a decent iron-roofed house. We are now living happily as a family and we no longer worry about the rains or even the insecurity."

"I spent KES 40000 of my first transfer to revive my shop which I had closed down due to inadequate capital to operate it. I ventured into providing taxi services so as to save enough money to revive it, but it was not enough compared to the vast family needs. I lost hope of bringing my business to life again until GiveDirectly visited me. When I received the transfer, I purchased enough stock of different products to serve my clients. I am expecting to get a good profit to expand and also take care of my family's needs. I spent the remaining amount to do a shopping for my family. I bought clothes for my children and also enough foodstuffs that will take us for weeks."