"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."

"I am much healthier at the moment and can work to earn my own money. The transfers came in when I was really sick I had been diagnosed with inflammation in the pancreas. I had spent most of the money that I had on my medication. I was in great debt and the transfers came in handy and sorted me out. I am now healthier and grateful to GiveDirectly.I also spent the transfers to start a business dealing with household goods and food items. The business is doing very well. It meets my family's needs and has also enabled me to pay for my medication as I still go to the hospital for check-ups."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now self-employed. I now have a business of my own and I do not have to spend the whole day sitting on the ground waiting for unpredictable and unreliable laundry jobs. I make some money everyday out of my shop."

"I spent the KES 20,000 to start a clothe selling business.KES 2000 to pay rent and KES 10,000 to pay school fees for my children in secondary school. I then spent the remaining KES 4800 went towards buying food items for my household."

"I spent my most recent transfer to expand my shoe business, to pay my school fees and to purchase some household items. I have been selling second hand shoes where I live in Mathare, Mlango Kubwa village, since last year, 2018. I usually buy these shoes from the popular Gikomba market near the Central Business District in Nairobi, and I resell them back in Mathare. I spent part of my transfers to expand this business because I did not have sufficient stock. I added stock to my business and I am happy that my business is doing well since. I also purchased some seats and a mattress in my house. I now live a more comfortable life."

"The difference is that I currently have all those things that I had wished to have before but consistently lacked resources to buy them. I sleep in a king size bed, my children can enjoy watching their favorite TV programs in the comfort of their home and my visitors can now sit comfortably on the comfy sofas thanks to GD. This is a drastic improvement from the small bed I had with a worn out mattress, old seats with no cushions, and did not even own a TV my children were always found in my neighbors home."

"I expect in the next six months to have cultivated a bigger parcel of land and through this, I will be been able to feed my family members with ease from the doubled harvest and pay school fees for my children after selling a portion of it as well."

"I expect in the next six months to have saved money and buy building materials which I will use in the construction of my homestead. At the moment I am staying at my parent's homestead and as the saying says it comes a time when a man shall move out and start his own home. I feel the time has come to be independent and my motivation comes from the transfers I get."

"I expect in the next six months to have improved my house. I will manage this by using the income from the small business trading in livestock and that of the farm produce."

"I expect in the next six months that have completed building my kiosk. I will facilitate all this using the transfers and the savings from the table banking."