"I bought a new mattress that I now use that is very comfortable unlike the one I had before which was quite uncomfortable and uneasy to sleep on."

"The moment l received the money l was very happy that l tried calling Give Directly's number but unfortunately l did not get anybody on the line."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that l have manage to do a large scale sugarcane farming that l have never done and so l am very sure of getting enough profit. My spouse business also is doing well this has boost our source of income. "

"The moment l received the transfer l was very happy that l thank God for his blessing through give directly."

"We have been living in an incomplete structure which we started building some two years ago. Completing the construction of the roof and the floor have been a problem since we have never gotten enough money. We have been struggling to settle the payment of the school fees which have been taking most of our money and receiving the transfers from GiveDirectly means completion and settling in a complete house."

"I expect my life to change for the better in the next six months since as I am planning to purchase a dairy cow, I will no longer incur expenses on buying milk. Besides, since it will have calved down by then, my herd size will increase"

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to lease a farm to plant water melon and tomatoes. Currently there is big demand for water melon and cultivating it shall increase my income. I will save part of the transfer to pay fees to my son who sat his KCPE this year as he will be joining form one. I will also boost my wife's tomatoes business because she is the one who budgets for minor expenses like buying food daily in the house from her daily earnings. "

"Currently, I have no assets of my own that would help me gather for my needs in the family. Receiving this money will enable me have a cow of my own which will help me raise my young children comfortably. I also will be self reliant in the coming days."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to improve my farming immensely. I own a parcel of land next to a waterpan that I have been ploughing manually to plant vegetables and tomatoes but on small scale.Now that I will be receiving this transfer,I plan to purchase two oxen and and ox plough to enable me plough a large portion of the land so that I can engage in large scale vegetable farming.This will enable me supply bigger markets like Bamba and Mariakani thus greatly increasing my income. "

"On April 2018, I got a loan from Kenya Women Finance in collaboration with other women. I paid my part but the others defaulted to pay hence making us to be blacklisted from securing other loans. This has really affected my family as I depended on the loans to run my farming business which is the main income source for us. "