"I currently intend to achieve my motorcycle ownership goal. I currently charge a fee to transport passengers and luggage on a bicycle. I'm 51 years old and no longer have the stamina to ride a bicycle. As a result, I am unable to make enough money to support my four in-school children as well as my spouse. I've been saving up my prior transfers, and I still have plans to do so in order to hopefully buy a motorcycle in April. It will be a good fit for our household's revenue source because, at the very least, it uses less energy to run than a bicycle and makes more money."

"In my opinion, what GiveDirectly does well in this program is that we receive the transfers in lumpsum amounts. This helps in planning as one is in a position to do something huge as compared to when the transfers are given in small instalments. Another thing that GiveDirectly does well is that the unlearned recipients are taught how to use mpesa. This has reduced the number of theft cases in the community as most of us managed to change our pins to a more secure code. What needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household to avoid household conflict. During enrollment, those individuals who did not have responsibilities by then were left out of the program yet these are the same people who steal from their old and vulnerable parents. Another thing that needs to be done differently is enrolling all the communities in a specific village for uniformity purposes and this will prevent too many complaints coming from the communities that are left out during the registration to the programs."

"I used the transfers to pay for school fees of my kids who are in secondary school. Before the transfers my children were in and out of the school and they almost dropped out of school due to lack of school fees. I used kshs 15,000 to clear their fees arrears that have accumulated for the last one year. I also started a new business of selling ladies clothes for kshs 20,000 in a nearby market, so far the business is doing so well and I get enough profits to cater for food for my family of five. I never had a cow before, I used kshs 15,000 to buy a female cow for milk production for my family consumption. I thank Give Directly for the transfers."

"I have been an orphan for the last three years. Before I was enrolled in this program, I was living at my uncles place since I never had any other place to be in. Immediately I received the transfers I built a house for kshs 30,000 . I am so happy and grateful to GiveDirectly as I have a place to call home now. I used kshs 21,000 to buy a water tank for storage to be used during drought."

"Currently I am living in a grass thatched house which is too small and not enough for my family. My children sleep at my neighbours house and most of the time they skip taking supper during rainy season to avoid being rained on, besides, most of the homes in my community have no access to electricity and so they have to go so early to avoid moving in the dark. I am planning to build a decent house in the coming one year to avoid such inconveniences. In the coming year and beyond I am planning to build a kiosk structure by my homestead for starting up a small business of selling groceries and cereals. The profits gained will be for the basic needs like food, clothing and education of our children."

"I used the transfers to pay tithes and thanksgiving in my local church for kshs 5000. I am a parent of three kids. Two of them are in Secondary school, form one and form three, while the other one is in college pursuing bachelor in Education. I used kshs 30,000 to pay for their school fees. Getting regular and balanced meals has been the most difficult thing in my family. I used kshs 10,000 to stock food and this lasted us for almost two months. I thank GiveDirectly for the transfers as my family fed on healthy meals for two months. I used the rest of the transfers as savings for future use."

"I used my first transfer to improve my house by installing Windows and doors because my house was still incomplete before GiveDirectly came in my town so I am using my money to improve my house."

"What I am hoping to accomplish this coming year is to build my own house because I am presently living in my Mother-in-law house. However, accomplishing means a lot to me that is while I used my first transfer only on building materials."