"I spent part of my third transfer on paying tithe 5000 KES. I partly completed the construction of the my permanent house which I had started building with the second transfer and my savings , what has remained is just plastering it.Living in a permanent house has just been a dream to me since due to lack of money and staying in a small squeezed mud house was the only possibility. Thanks to GiveDirectly"

"I spent my third transfer on my farm. I planted maize and sorghum in large quantities. I also bought fertilizer which really increased my farm yields and now we have enough food at our home. The remaining part of the money I used to pay school fees for my children who had fee arrears at school."

"I spent my third transfer on expanded my house and now it accommodates my family members comfortably unlike before when I was staying in a small squeezed house.I plastered the external walls of it as well and its now partly plastered and partly muddy .I bought a table, cupboard ,household utensil and three full school uniform. I also bought household expenditures and food for my family's consumption."

"I used to suffer from stoke each and every time. When I got my third transfer I went to the hospital for a Magnetic Resonance Venography (MRV) test. The results of the test showed that The stroke resulted from the brain so the doctors put me under medication. I also bought a fridge which I used to store medicine that was prescribed to me by my doctor. The pharmacist advised me to store the medicine in the fridge in order for them to be effective. Now I feel much better and I am able to go about my daily activities thanks to GiveDirectly."

"I used the last transfer to pay my dowry after deliberating this with my husband, I also took part of the money to buy cement and plaster my house permanently the stress of always plastering it with mud when its cracked was tiring, and because using paraffin was expensive and unhealthy I also installed a solar panel to help in lighting and finally I built a kitchen."

"I have a two acre piece of land, so when I received my third transfer, I ploughed it and planted sugar cane and some maize. The sugar cane will help me with school fees payment when harvested being that sometime we get the fees and sometimes we do not. From this we will always have fees for our children. The maize will make us never go hungry. I also spent part of the money to buy a heifer that is almost giving birth. I am soon saying goodbye to buying milk for my young children and again for a long time, my cattle have been sleeping outside so some money I spent on constructing an animal shed. They are now free from the harsh weather conditions. What option can I have if not to give GiveDirectly my gratitude!!"

"I used my last transfer to lease a land in the irrigation scheme to plant rice to later sell the rice for profit and use some of it for my own consumption, I also used the remainder of the cash to finish up my house which I had started building with the second transfer."

"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on expanding my house into a spacious three roomed with a corridor and now its spacious enough to accommodates my family members comfortable with my church-mates as well when they come visiting. I paid school fees for my child who is in high school 10000 KES . I also bought food for my family's consumption ."

"I spent most of my third transfer on constructing a 3 roomed house to replace the tiny one that I had before. I really found it challenging spreading tattered on the floor for my kids to sleep on. A time would come when people visiting me early in the morning would find these children on the floor of the house with very pathetic bedding which highly displayed our poverty. i am so happy today that my children no longer squeeze themselves in the single room that I had before but instead have their own bedroom."

"My sister had a college fees arrears, so I offset all her fees balance with all my third transfer."