"I spent my third transfer on building a 3 room house since as a homeless lady this was my number one priority. It happens that I used to live in a rental house with my two girls at the Market Centre where the room I could afford was too small for us. My Employer offered me a room in one of her rental houses in exchange for the whole salary of 1,500 KES that she was supposed to be paying me per month, meaning I had literally zero earnings for quite some time. Fortunately, my employer accepted that I could make chips in the open at her shop verandah in the afternoons when there were few customers, and sell to enable me raise money to care for my children. I thank God that with GD support, I managed to buy a small piece of land with my second transfer, and put up a house using my third transfer and currently I am doing well with a spacious house of my own and I am back to earning a salary. My background is that I was married in a neighboring village before and had two daughters, until my younger sister came visiting, and took over my husband who then sent me away in a cruel manner, and that was how I ended at the Market centre and got a Sales job in a Hardware shop. Thank you very much GD."

"I spent my third transfer on face lifting my house, I bought a new bed, new furniture and other household items I lacked. I am happy my house is now so neat."

"I had started plastering my house with the second transfer unfortunately I was not able to do the whole house so I used part of my third transfer on completion of plastering my house. I bought bedding to replace my worn out bedding. I also built a kitchen where my children are sleeping because they are of age I feel uncomfortable sleeping with them in the same house."

"I spent most of my third transfer on plastering my house which was previously made of mud which was very embarrassing to me as a community health worker. Being amongst the people who took GiveDirectly staffs around the village, I wanted to pick on a project which could serve as an example of the relevance of GD project to everyone in the village especially the non-participants. I was glad that my aim was well achieved and my house has become the reference point to everyone who wants to design their houses. I am so proud and happy with GiveDirectly. Besides that, I paid school fee for daughter in school."

"I did not withdraw all my two transfers so when I received my third transfer, I added it to my previous transfers and bought a motorcycle that I am using for taxi business. I used to use someone else's and I had to share with him all the profits. Now I enjoy all the profits given that I use my own motorcycle."

"I spent my third transfer on building a 6 room house , that we started building using second transfer , though it is not yet finished.We always wanted a bigger house but had no funds."

"I spent most of my third transfer on payment of school fee for my four children in secondary school. I faced a lot of challenges in raising this school as I had no stable source of income other than sweet potato farming that I engaged in which again was not very reliable. At the time I received the last transfer, the children had accumulated a lot of school fee arrears which could not even allow them continue with their studies in peace. I was therefore so glad when I managed to clear these arrears and had my children resume their studies."

"I only had one chair which couldn't fit my family members and whenever I had visitors I could give them jerrycan to sit on so I used a larger portion of the third transfer on buying furniture. I bought building materials that I'm planning to use in plastering my house so that it can be stronger and last longer."

"I spent my third transfer on plastering my 3 room house that I had extended using my second transfer. I needed to live in a decent house, since housing is paramount and yet I could not manage to do it before receiving GD support due to the high poverty and the burden of providing Secondary education for my orphaned grandchild."

"I spent a portion of my third transfer on a sofa set to furnish my house which was very empty and embarrassing. Whenever I had visitors, say for example, Give Directly staff, I ran to borrow plastic seats from the neighborhood. This was a bit hectic but had no alternative to this. Secondly, I paid school fee for my daughter who was preparing to sit for her final primary school examinations. I can clearly attest that were it not for the transfer, the daughter could not managed to sit for her examinations but rather dropped out of school to get married. I am happy for the help Give Directly that has seen me this far."