"The money which I receive from GD, I would spend to buy sheep which mature faster and when it multiply I would then sell to buy a dairy cow for milk production. This would then give me a reliable source of income."

"I have an experience in welding which I did a while ago immediately after my high school. I will use my next transfer to open a workshop where I will be making metal products for sale. There aren't many of such workshops around this area making it a profitable business because of less competion."

"At the moment, my children do not go to sleep in other peoples houses as they did before as I have been able to build a bigger house for my family. This makes me more comfortable and I am always happy unlike before as my children now have their own room."

"Nowadays, my family is living happily as we have been able to build a bigger house which is more secure compared to the previous one. This makes me happy as my children do not ask me when I will build them another house where they will not live in fear."

"It was around 5 am in the morning when I received my transfers. When I saw the message confirming that I had received them, I was so happy and since I did not want to make noise to my husband and children who were still sleeping, I sang silently giving praises to the almighty for his blessings upon my family. I did not go back to sleep but waited patiently for dawn to break so that I could share my joy with my family."

"After the death of my husband, I took the responsibility of raising my children single handedly. No one in the family was willing to help and due to harsh treatment from my in laws, I had to flee from my matrimonial home. Life has never been because I do not have a stable job to feed and educate my children. The much I can give my children is primary school education, which is not enough to make one rise in the Kenyan economy. Therefore, I can say my biggest challenge is financial instability."

"For a long time, I have been having health complications which makes me not to do work which needs a lot of energy. Because of this, I usually employ some women to help me in dusting my house as my children are not around most of the time. This is now in the past as I will not have to do so anymore as I have plastered my house and this will help me save some money which I could have used in paying tthose women."

"It was around 6.30 am when I woke up in order to prepare myself for the days work. I took my phone in order to call my friend and check if he could find some work for me to do on that day and that is when I realized that I had two unread messages. Upon checking them, I was overwhelmed with joy as one of the messages confirmed to me that I had received some money from GD. I called my family and shared the good news with them. We then sang some songs and prayed to thank God for His blessings on that particular day through GiveDirectly. My happiness knew no bounds on that day that I even did not even call my friend again."

"I want to build a new house for myself because at the moment I stay in my brothers house where there is little freedom for me. I believe that this is the right time for me to get a house of my own."

"For a long time, I have been selling just three items in my grocery shop which did not give much profits. I decided to use part of the money I received to expand the business by adding more items such as fruits a variety of vegetables that I did not have before. I also used some of it to clear a loan I had borrowed from my table -banking group to avoid accumulation of interest. A bit of the money was spent on foodstuff and the rest saved for future use."