"I have stayed in Nairobi for more than 5years now. During December holidays most people always travel back to their rural homes to spend time with their families but that has not been the case for my family. Back at home, my husband has not yet built a house. This has been a serious problem, my children do not know their grandparents and they keep on asking why we do not travel home like other families. So when I received my recent transfer, I sent my brother-in-law some amount to facilitate the purchase of iron sheets. I am planning to start the construction of my house, this means at the end of this year we will travel home and spend the holidays with family. Besides that, I also bought a new high-density mattress since the one I had was old and uncomfortable. The remaining amount I bought a cupboard to help me keep my glasses. Initially, I used to store them under my bed."

"My life has changed in that I now have peace of mind having acquired a piece of land for me to stay. I was staying in my parent's home and my brothers were not happy with me because I came back when the marriage broke. In my culture it is not right for a girl to leave the marital home regardless of the conditions of marriage."

"My life has changed because I have married a wife. My wife takes good care of me and I 'm happy. Before I married I had a challenge because cooking was not easy and I could sleep without food some days."

"My life is different now because I sleep in an iron roofed house. Before I got the transfer, termites could destroy the thatch and the wall of my hut and I could replace grass thatch yearly. Now that am aging and getting weaker, GiveDirectly has saved me from this struggle."

"My life is different in that I now own a cow, got farm land on mortgage. I will also cultivate a variety of crops come the rainy season unlike before when I had only one acre of land ."

"My life has changed, I now have enough kitchen utensils and cooking is easy. I and my husband also got treatment that we were not able to get due to lack of money. I had a complication in the uterus while my husband has Hepatitis B I had one sauspan and cooking was not easy . I could first make sauce, pour in the dish when it got ready and use the same sauspan to mingle bread."

"My life is different because I own my livestock and I dress well. Before, I did not have cows of my own."

"For the last few months I have been experiencing serious back pains that has started affecting my productivity.I do firewood business whereby I buy firewood from the neighbouring county of Narok and then sell in my county of Bomet.For two months now I cannot do this work because of the back pains which I suspect was caused by this job.I have been doing this business using my back as a means of transport for close to ten years now.It is quite a distance from where I get the supply to my home not to mention distributing to my consumers. I have depended on this business for that long and for the last two months I have started struggling in meeting the basic needs since I cannot support my husband in doing so.I have visited the hospital three times and everytime I get a different response from the doctors.This includes brucellosis and typhoid.I am very confused about this.I hope to get well soon but I am confused on whether to go on with this business or to quit;This has been my source of income for a very long time but on the other hand poses a health risk.Receiving the cash transfers from Give Directly might help me find an alternative source of income which is less physical."

"My life has greatly changed because this transfer has made it posdible for me to own a bigger bed and a mattress. Futher more, I'm in the process of constructing a permanent house for my family members. Before, I used to sleep on a smaller mattress for 13 years of our marriage. I had a challenge of looking for scare thatch yearly to renovate my hurt."

"Through this support I was able to settle the debt that was got for my treatment and operation. I am now a happy mother of twin . This transfer also facillated the required treatment and buying food until I recovered fully. I didn't have hope of getting money, honestly my relatives couldn't have borrowed UGX 1,050,000 if I wasn't excepting any money from GiveDirectly because there was no way of paying it back. They would have taken me to the nearest health center where I could have lost my life or the twin I was expecting. Even buying soft food like rice and irish was expective."