"I spend my most recent transfer to expand my poultry business. I build a poultry house and bought more chicken. Before receiving my transfer I used to earn little income from the poultry project since I had few chicken and also get little money from casual jobs which was not constant. I expanded this project so as to get more income from the poultry project to cater for my family needs. I also saved part of my transfers in a Sacco since I am planning to add to my third transfer and use it to buy a motorcycle and venture in motorcycle business. This will thus be an additional source of income to my family."

"I was with my husband when I heard a ringtone from my phone that meant there was a message notification. On trying to find out where the message was from, I could not believe what I saw. It was a message from GiveDirectly and I told my husband that we had just received KES 55000 from GiveDirectly. My husband was so happy. It is then that I realized that my phones battery was running low. I quickly excused myself and ran to the nearest Mpesa shop to withdaw the money lest it would disappear."

"It was seven o'clock in the morning when I woke up, checking my phone I was excited to see the message that I have received my first transfer from Give Directly. I was very happy because I knew that from that day I will no longer struggle to provide for my family as I will be getting a helping hand from Give Directly. Thank you Give Directly for the cash transfers."

"I spend my most recent transfer to start a grocery business. I decided to venture in this business because for a long time I have been doing casual jobs so as to meet my basic needs. The casual jobs was also not constant and most of the times I could stay without food and it was also a challenge to pay rent. I am now happy since I used my transfer to start this new business and I have a constant source of income to meet my basic needs such as food. I no longer spend all my time doing casual work and I can also pay rent using the money I get from my business."

"After I have completed constructing the new kitchen which I am currently planning, I will invest in a grocery business which will earn me some extra income even after this project is over. In my poor health status, this is the only thing I can do without having to strain. I hope that this will change my life by making me enough money to take care of my needs and becoming totally independent once again."

"I spent the most recent transfers on Paying rent of KES 2500 shopping for household items at KES 2500. I have my own business that takes care of all the other needs."

"Through this support, I have been in position to buy cows, that will help me educate my children in future. I have also taken my children to school with ease this term. With this transfer, I have acquired better clothes, utensils and food for the family in that, we can now have 2-3 meals a day. Previously, we used to have one meal a day and I had few clothes and plastic plates. My children's education was based on agricultural produce which left the family without food."

"In the next six months, my stay in school will be more comfortable now that I am able to cater for my basic needs and pay my rent without asking my parents. This will give me peace of mind and hence result in good performances. My parents will also be left with focusing on my kid siblings which will be less strenuous for them."

"In the next six months, I expect my lifestyle to greatly improve thus it will change for the better. My business will continue to grow and from it, I shall raise more money which I shall invest in livestock and poultry farming. My sources of income will thus be diversified because when I shall be in need of money, I shall comfortably sell one of the animals."

"I am planning to build a new house in my rural home. Earlier on before the transfer, I could not be able to raise such a big amount to enable me to build a new house. I could rely on menials jobs whose income only catered for our family's needs."