"I can still vividly remember it was around 4 PM when I was from my daily hustle when I heard my phone ringing. That was alerting me of a new message and since I had anxiously been waiting for one, I decided to check. I couldn't believe what I saw, I just wish you could see how reacted at that particular moment. I was overwhelmed with joy and started celebrating with my family for grace."

"It was exactly 8 am when I was at my farm preparing my firm with my helper. I heard the message notification on my phone after checking it was my transfer from Givedirectly. I felt very happy after receiving my transfers."

"I was preparing lunch for my family when I received the good news that I had finally received the long-awaited Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy and up to date, it feels like a dream to me, receiving such a huge amount of money that is non-refundable and unconditional. I was positive that I would achieve a lot through the transfers."

"Mostly my children do not have clothes or soap to wash their clothes so the go to school. They sometimes go to school hungry."

"I am still in disbelief that I have been enrolled in this programme. O will use this money to buy food, beddings, cooking utensils and i will also pay school fees for my daughter"

"Honestly I am able to provide for my family and I do not struggle as some people do."

"I am really grateful for being enrolled in this program. This means a lot to me. I plan to buy Matresses and nice beddings. I will also buy some clothes for my child. The money will also help in supporting my day to day living."

"The money means a lot to us as a family. The house we are living in belongs to my mother and we live together. We really struggle to make both ends meet as we do not have a stable source of income. We will use the money wisely such that we will be able to buy kitchen utensils, livestocks and enough food to carry us throughout the year. I will also use the money to build my house."

"I was heading to my daily hustle at exactly 9 AM when I heard my phone ringing continuously. Since time was not on my side, I ignored the notifications and proceeded to my shop. On arrival, I decided to check, the content of the message. Only to realize it was an Mpesa message from GIveDirectly, I was overwhelmed with joy and even decided to close the shop and rushed back home to share the good news with my family members."

"This money will go a long way in reducing poverty in my household. We depend on our small garden as a main source of food which is never enough and sometimes my husband goes to do a bicycle taxi business. When we receive the money, I am going to consult with my husband on how we should spend the money as we have many problems. However the main priority will be to secure enough bags of maize so as to have enough food for the coming winter when maize prices are up. The other money will go towards having an iron sheet roofed house and also buy some livestock to rear and sell them in future."