"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on paying school fees for my son who is in the university and now I am relieved since before the transfer five of my children were in school with a lump-sum arrears which was a weight that I didn't know how to go away with.I added stock onto my seedling vending business (mainly cereal) which I had started with the second transfer and the profits I make assists me to carter for my family's needs."

"The cost of kerosene was high and the world is also moving so fast, so I decided to connect my house to electricity so that I also move together with the world in terms of lighting. I, no longer use kerosene for lighting. The remaining I spent on buying a fridge and a TV set. For the fridge it helps me to preserve food and I do not have to buy food every day. It saves me that money. I also leased a piece of land using some money where I have grown rice."

"I used a portion of my third transfer on 24 bags of cement, sand and paint which I have used to renovate the house I was living in from mud to plastered because I was tired of smearing my house with cowdung. The remaining amount, I spent on sofa set to add beauty to my house and also bought fertilizer and seeds because I did not have them yet it was planting season."

"I am a horticultural farmer, so when I received my third transfer, I bought a generator for pumping water from the lake. I do not have to wait for the rains given that I bought a generator for pumping water to my crops. The remaining I spent on buying clothes and food for my consumes."

"I spent my third transfer on building a house since I had a small house which couldn't accommodate us with my family.we are happy as family for our new house."

"My co-wife was also a beneficiary so both of gave out half our half third transfers and bought a motor bike for my husband. We have hired it out. This gets our family more income. The remaining I used on buying household items I did not have after constructing a new house."

"I used a portion of my third transfer to buy sand and cement which I have used to renovate the house I was living because I am sickly and cannot continuously smear my house with cowdung. The remaining amount, I spent to pay school fees for my grandchild who is an orphan and solely depends on me."

"I spared 30,000 KES of my third transfer towards secondary school fee for our child who is in Class 8 and we expect him to do well and join High School come January 2017. I spent the remaining 17,000 KES on cementing parts of our house."

"I spent my third transfer on buying a cow for milking. I have been buying milk, but only when I had the money. I also managed to pay school fees for my son in secondary school. The remaining I spent on corn for my family.I am grateful for the money I received from them."

"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on building decent spacious newly iron sheet roofed house and now I am happy since I have achieved my dream house ,before the transfer life was really staying-up the whole night at the safes point of the house when it rained as the grassed thatched roof could leak and cold could strike us through the holes of the mud cracked walls .I also paid school fees for my two daughters who are high school .Thankful to GiveDirectly for transforming my living standard positively."