"My most recent transfer was spent on buying bundles of zinc for my new building construction and for the treatment of my wife illness."

""Presently the house I'm living in zinc is old and I want change the entire roof of my house. For this reason I have decided to save all my money to be to buy all my maternal at once. Right now, all am doing is saving."

"I received a message tone from my phone when I was asleep at night, but I dismissed it because I cannot read. When I got up in the morning, I contacted my granddaughter, who also serves as my helper, to check for me what kind of message had been sent to me. She checked and informed me that the initial $550 transfer had been made by GiveDirectly. The joy of getting the money flooded my entire being. I attempted to remain quiet so as not to draw notice from others, but I was unable to do so. Instead, I ululated with joy because this was the first time, at my advanced age of 64, that I received a sizable sum of money."

"The death of my husband was sudden and has affected and changed my life. Together, we had three children who are all in primary school. When I got enrolled, my husband was suffering from a stroke and as soon as I received my first transfer, his situation worsened. The first transfer was used to start my business of selling clothes, fried fish, and sardines so as to earn a living. The rest of the cash catered for our food and some of it paid school fees for my children. It left me with $100, which paid off money borrowed from a Sacco for my husband’s medical treatment. The second transfer of $180 was used to buy building materials to build a one-roomed house. The other $150 was used to buy a bed and a mattress for my children. Unfortunately, during this time we lost my husband and the rest of the funds were used to cater for his burial ceremony. It was devastating, but the funds assisted the family to settle his medical bill and organize for a burial ceremony."

"My goal is to look for contract jobs and work towards completing my house. The funds played a major role in fulfilling one of my long-term goals. I hope that as we usher in the new year. My family will move to a new home"

"Despite the financial challenge that I am currently facing, my goal is to educate my children. It is a challenge to pay for the school fees for the two in secondary school and the one who joined a medical college recently. My goal is to open a business either selling vegetables or second-hand clothing to foot all my bills. I am worried about my child who will join his brothers in secondary school next year because I am yet to find him a bursary to support him in his studies."

"I want to have a house of my own that will make me feel like a man, sincerely it's sometimes embarrassing when seeing your friends building a house while you cannot afford yours. Besides the building of the house, I will establish a business that will help to sustain us regularly."