"GiveDirectly has enabled me to purchase a cow. I have been much stressed on whom to get milk from to feed my children. Finding a farmer who would be willing to sell milk to me was difficult. This is because they prefer delivering it to the processing plant at higher prices. Currently, I milk my own and used it for consumption in my house and then sell that remain to the processing plant."

"I have started saving toward building my new kitchen and I believe in the next six month I will be in a position to have finished its construction. This will change my life in that I will not have any worries in case I get any visitor unlike now which is very tricky I have to go ask for a neighbour for a sleeping place."

"I spent my second transfers to expand my second hand clothes business. I started this business last year 2018, in December, after I received my first transfers. Previously, I was a community volunteer at a local Non-governmental Organization, SHOFCO(Shinning Hope for Communities), at their Mathare branch here in 4B village. I used to earn a small stipend every month. When I received my first transfers, I started out with hawking second hand clothes here in Mathare. I then expanded this business using my second transfers by acquiring a stall in Huruma Estate where I sell the clothes from. I also added new clothes for grown ups in my shop. I experienced a few challenges of recording low sales in the month of January; like is always expected in that month, but I have to say that so far my business is progressing well and picking up well."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have finished paying school fees for my child. I will then start saving the money I would have otherwise used in paying school fees and use them to buy a goat. When this goat will have increased in number, I will be selling them one by one in order to use the money to pay college fees for my child so that she can further her studies. I value her education most because it is through it that she will be assured of a brighter future. I am sure that the knowledge she will gain during her studies will enable her to make wise decisions in life."

"The next six months, I believe I will have bought the land. This will help me do extensive farming and get enough food that will last my family for long and also save the money I would have been using to buy the food to use it to provide the best education to my children in the future."

"The transfer came at a time when I was in real distress now that I had a family and my house was too small for all of us. That morning I was on my house chores and I received a message notification. On checking to confirm, It was from GiveDirectly that I had received the transfer that I had anxiously waited for. The thought that I would soon build a new and spacious house brought happiness and peace again, no more distress."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I paid a water bill of KES 7000. This bill had been pending for over 2 years since I did not have money to pay it. I had even been denied access to that water due to that bill. Life became really hard for me due to this since due to the state of my health I could not walk for in search of water. We are greatly affected by long dry spells and at the moment life is much better and easier for me. I water my cattle at home, access clean water and If all goes well I am planning to irrigate my garden for better crop production."

"In the next six months, I will have already bought a water tank. When this goal actualizes, I believe the harvested water will last me up to the next rainy season. This will save me from walking a long distance to river Yala in search of water. I will use this time to rest and do more important activities like cultivating my farm."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that my family will be having enough food because I will be using part of my transfers to achieve this. Through the use of our transfer, we will have bought six goats and I will be glad owning them since I do not have even one at the moment."

"I boosted my shoe business hence increase in income, can pay rent out of my business, buy food, and school without any difficulty. Initially, I used to ask my father for frequent financial assistance sine paying rent and school fees for my children was not an easy task due to the low income I use to get from my business."