"Although I have not yet started building my commercial house, I see a great change in my life as I will be having a reliable source of income when I start renting it off. This will help me to supplement my existing restaurant income to see to it that my children get a better life, and education. In addition to this, my life has changed in that I was able to renovate my already existing house. It now looks very beautiful. Before, the house was very unpleasant as it was not plastered, cemented, had no windows and no proper door."

"My life is different now in that I was able to build a house that together with my children, we shall have a safe and spacious place to stay. Despite the fact that I am still staying in my grass thatched house that leaks and conjested, I am a happy that soon my permanent house will be completed. "

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have bought a dairy cow. Being able to get the dairy cow will make me very optimistic that very soon, I will stop buying milk from my neighbors. In addition to this, I will also be able to earn an income through the sale of surplus milk when it reproduces."

"I used the money to meet a number of financial needs which included starting off a small scale business of selling second-hand clothes, selling sweets and cigarettes at my small shop. I also had some few cash still left which went into opening a chicken parlor which has so far been a pillar to my survival and daily life here in Mathare. Apart from that, I spent a bit of the money to pay my debts to the creditors amounting to around 15000 KES. Since I live in a rental house, I also had to make sure that the rent for that month is fully settled within the required time. My kids also had to go to school looking decent so I had to make sure that I bought them a new school uniform and also paid their school fees in full amount."

"I expect to start up a business that would generate more income for the family. I have been having the idea of having a business for a long time but that was a far away dream. I pray that by the end of the next few months, I will have this business up and running so that I get to salvage the situation my family is in. For once, I believe I will have an easy flow of income in my house."

"I have seen a change in my life because I have been using the money to pay my rent every month without worries as it used to happen way back in the past. Before I started receiving the transfers, I could stay for almost three months without paying my rent because I never had enough money to take care of my bills but eventually all that has changed today, thanks to the transfers from Give Directly. I am also able to pay school fees for my sister effectively as opposed to how I used to struggle in the past when my kid could have arrears all the time which at times forced the teachers to send the kid back home."

"I expect to buy bedding i.e bed, mattress and bedsheets and a few household items like utensils and water storage tanks that I will use when I join college later this year. I also wish to pay rent with the amount of money I have been saving in my bank account when I finally join college."

"Receiving the transfer from GiveDirectly changed a lot of things in my life. There has been a lot of transformation in the agricultural part of my life where I have improved drastically in both subsistence and livestock farming. Imagining how lives would have been if we had never received the transfers, I can say that it would have been very hard. I would not be having a new house at the moment, buying of milk would still be the routine since I would not be having a cow and also my family members together with me would be depending on the old clothing that we had before since we had no money to buy everyone new clothing at the same time. Thanks to GiveDirectly for considering us as part of the program."

"My life is different in that I no longer work for long hours doing casual works like I used to do before I received the transfers. I have been self employed with my motorcycle and my milk selling business. This has brought so much joy and happiness in my family and I feel proud as a father who is able to meet the needs of my family."

"In the next six months I would have achieve my dream of buying cow, I will no longer spend the money to buy milk from my neighbors once, when it gives birth it we save me from spending money to buy milk from the neighbor."