"Receiving this money will enable me and my household to build a permanent house that will improve on our living standards. The house we stay in is grass thatched and termites have eaten the grass. It's very expensive to renovate due to scarcity of grass. This permanent house when built will reduce the cost of renovating it periodically."

"Receiving the money means I will buy an acre of farm land that will support in growing crops. After some time, I can sell crops and buy oxen that will support in farming. I own only two acres of land which I have constructed part of it my home. "

"My life has become good because we bought a motorbike that my husband rides for business and from it we are able to get money for meeting basic needs like food, soap, sugar, paying medical bills and many more. Before, we depended on casual labor for survival, we had no time to do our own farm work. Now that we have a source of money, all our concentration is in our farm. I thank GiveDirectly a lot."

"My life is different now because the money facilitated agricultural activities and I harvested 4 bags of ground nuts, I still have crops in the garden which I am optimistic of getting good harvest. I am able to buy any thing that I want because I have the money. I saved money that I am going to use for constructing an iron roofed house for my self. Previouly, I used to do farm work a lone which was tiresome because all my time was spent in the farm."

"My life is grate now because I am able to feed my children well and meet their medical bills in case they fall sick. My children now sleep on a mattress and good bedsheets. I am a single parent who has been struggling to raise 2 children without a mother. Initially, I had to offer casual labor for their survival and I had debts in the clinics that I could not pay."

"My standard of living has improved because I have acquire household items that I did not have before. These include clothes, bedsheets, 3 mattresses and utensils. I feel proud because I can serve my visitors with nice utensils and I have an extra mattress for them. In addition to these, I have bought an ox that will be used for ploughing. I shall no longer hire oxen since I have my own."

"My life is better now because I have bought my own land for settlement. Even when I have not yet shifted to stay in it, I feel happy . In addition to this, I bought a cow and household items. They owner of the land I am currently staying in is threatening to chase my family a way."

"I do hawk second-hand clothes around Mathare area to earning a living. I am glad to have this business since it enables me to meet my daily household needs. I loved it and I had always wished to improve it to earn higher profits but couldn't happen due to limited resources. With GiveDirectly transfers, I was able to expand my business by bringing in more and different types of clothes into my business. Currently, I have increased the second-hand clothes I normally buy from Gikomba or Korokocho market. I currently enjoy higher profits which I save part of it I am hopeful that in the next few months I will quit hawking and rather have a stationary place to put up this business. This will help my customers to easily locate my business and reduce the movement I make in a day thus will relax as I earn from my business. I expect to get more profit in return."

"Currently, my life is different from how it was because I have a business that I started with the first transfer. This has really helped me to pay rent and take care of my needs easily. My stress levels have reduced because I am in a position to handle my financial wants."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now self-employed. Before receiving GiveDirectly's transfers I used to do casual jobs around like cleaning other people's clothes among others. From this, I used to earn KES 250 KES on a day I get it. Even though It could barely meet my family's daily needs, life was challenging since my resources were unreliable. Opening a butchery using the transfers is a great opportunity in my life since it has enabled me to meet my family's daily needs with ease and even get extra income to save. I am hopeful that I will soon have some money from this business to enable me to expand or start another new business."