"The most noticeable difference in my daily life is the comfort of sleeping on a comfortable mattress in a bed that I purchased with money from my first transfer. I am currently sleeping well and waking up less with back pain caused by the hard floor and light rags I was sleeping on. I am grateful to GiveDirectly and hope that the subsequent transfer will continue to transform my entire family."

"After living under an old roof with my family of six for the past two years, I am glad to see the biggest difference in my daily life since GiveDirectly arrived. The construction I am about to begin will bring a significant transformation to my family that I did not expect to happen so soon, and I am grateful for the generous support that has made it possible for me."

"When I received a message from GiveDirectly confirming the receipt of the first transfer, I was overjoyed. Despite the fact that I was unable to identify the sender by name, the amount indicated in the Mpesa message provided enough of a hint to identify the source. I was with my mother and my spouse at the time, and they were both overjoyed with the news when I showed it to them. I had everything planned out, and my family and I had been waiting to get started on our plans."

"Due to the hot season, my plants ( bananas have not yielded enough) have all dried up.My need is lack of seeds ."

"Currently the challenge I am facing is not being able to provide the necessary needs like food, clothes for my family. At the moment I don't have any income generating activity from which I would have the ability to reach them clothing, food and medical attention."

"In the coming year, I hope to expand my poultry farming by purchasing additional layers. At the moment, I own 20 chickens which are producing 10 to 15 eggs every day earning me an income of $2 per day. I intend to increase the number of chickens to 50. Once I accomplish this wish, I will be able to earn more income from the sale of eggs that would comfortably cater for the family's needs like food without much struggle."

"In November of last year, I signed up for a tailoring class to learn the trade that will enable me to support myself. My parents work as casual laborers and make meager profits from the sale of charcoal. The responsibility of providing for me and and my five siblings is a huge burden on my parents. I therefore intend to use the transfers to pay for a tailoring course over the course of the next three months. I will finish the course at the end of the year, which will allow me to start my own business and help my other siblings as well."

"My goal of enrolling in a nursing program will be realized. I graduated from high school in 2018, but my mother, who is the only wage earner, was unable to pay the tuition, thus I was unable to enroll in college. Although she is currently too elderly to do it, she burns charcoal for sale. Thank God GiveDirectly brought back my faded hopes. To do this, I want to buy additional goats with the upcoming transfers in addition to the seven I already had with the prior ones. They multiply monthly, increasing their profitability. I'm hoping that by the end of the year, I'll have more of them, enough to pay for my college expenditures for the three years that I'll be there."

"I am grateful to GiveDirectly for sending the transfer because, besides the transfer helping me to take care of my basic needs like daily food, I am owning livestock which includes 2 goats and chickens. I'm planning to join a college to learn some driving skills later this year and I am expecting to sell this livestock to raise the fees I need. I am also planning to save Ksh. 1000 in our local merry-go-round so as to raise the required tuition of Ksh. 10000. I believe I will be able to secure employment once I become a qualified driver because currently I am surviving on casual jobs and looking after animals."

"Poverty which has brought about poor yields of crops as a result of flash floods which sweeps over the garden and whatever crop is the garden is always destroyed and at the end the harvest is very disappointing. Due to the effects of flash floods it has caused shortage of food in my family hence hunger torturing my family. This is due to lack of other income generating activities a side from farming."