"Before I was enrolled in the program, I never had furniture in my house. I used to fear hosting friends in my family as they could misjudge me why I never had furniture. I used my transfers of kshs 25,000 to buy a five seater seats. This has boosted my self esteem and everytime I wish to host my friends just to confirm to them the type of changes I had been experiencing due to the transfers I received . I used the remaining part of transfers of kshs 25000 to buy female cow for milk production to be used for consumption and sale."

"I have experience in boutique business as I have been doing it during the holidays. In the coming years and beyond, I will be expanding my botique business and also I will employ some workers to take care of it as I continue to develop my career in education."

"My four children are in primary school, and the oldest is in secondary school. Paying their school fees has never been easy, and I am grateful for GiveDirectly's support. I had to pay $50 for all my four primary school children and clear $90 in secondary school arrears. I also spent $105 on three goats that I intend to sell later with their offspring to pay for my children's school fees and other new projects. At the time of my first transfer, I was working on a construction project and needed to spend $143 on six bags of cement and a door to complete it. Even though it is not yet finished, I am hopeful that I will be able to finish the remaining parts before moving in when I receive the second transfer. Furthermore, I spent $10 on school uniforms for my two children, $60 on household foodstuffs, and saved the rest, which I am still using to check and replenish household goods."

""Givedirectly has done a lot. It will now and after make me a Cocoa Farm owner forever and ever. Now as I speak, I have people working on my Cocoa Farm. From the beginning, we actually never had the zest in this program. But after being screened before being eligible to enroll in the program, I concluded that this is real and I must part. Actually, I am moved by the strategies and criteria GiveDirectly is using to qualify recipients even though it is a support initiative. I advice that she continue her methodologies and stick to her goals in reducing extreme poverty in bigger percentage. My kindest appeal is that GiveDirectly should also include post evaluation methods after the full transfers."

""The biggest differences this transfer has done is addressing my children schooling, the completion and renovation of my house and provided for our daily meal intake and the provision of soaps and other household materials"."

""Some of the biggest and greatest differences this cash will make in my life and family is that, it will change our living conditions, especially during the rainy season. Settled the financial obligations with my children's school. There will be a condition in which I can sit anywhere and point to the usage of my transfers from GiveDirectly"."

"I do small business of delivering items to the clients. Mostly I hire motorcycle which is quite expensive by the end of the day. I used the whole of the transfers of 51,350 to buy a motorcycle for the deliveries.Since I bought the motorcycle, I can now reach a higher number of my clients and this has increased the profits yield from the business."

"I have a family of five. Three of them are in secondary, they are in form two, three and four. Paying their school fees has been the most challenging task in my family and most of the times they have been in and out of the school. I used part of the transfers of kshs 20,000 to pay for their fees balances. I do subsistence farming for a living since I do not have a stable job currently, I used kshs 10,000 to buy fertilizers and to pay casual workers who assisted me in farming. I used the remaining part of the transfers of kshs 20,000 to buy a cow to produce milk for sale and consumption."