"Receiving this money means God favours me because I always pray to him for help."

"Receiving this money means helping us to end some of the challenges that we have been facing such as purchasing iron sheets to improve the roof of my house as well as buying enough food.."

"I was about to take my afternoon meal when I heard my phone vibrating so loudly. I ignored it and proceeded with what I was doing. In a twinkle of an eye, I heard of my neighbors celebrating and shouting mentioning GiveDirectly. I definitely knew there was something great. Therefore becasue I couldn't read on my own I asked one of my grandchildren to check what the notifications were all about. On checking, he realized that GiveDirectly had debated my first trasfers. I was overwhelmed with joy and started celebrating with my family members for the huge blessings."

"The program means a lot to me and I am very excited to be one of the beneficiaries. My house is very small as you can see. The money will be used to build a bigger house which can accommodate all of us. My harvest is always little. This is because I have a small piece of land and lack of farm inputs. The money will enable to rent a big piece land for farming and buy some farm inputs to increase food production."

"I most times struggle to find money to buy food and fertilizer in my household. We are in constant hunger. During the cold season we are cold and prone to pneumonia"

"The biggest challenge has been that of insufficient income to support my household interms of food and other basic necessities.."

"I can still remember just like the other day when I was preparing for my daily activities when my mobile phone started bringing continuously. This was a clear indication that there was an incoming message. Becasue i am illiterate, I asked on some assistance from my helper and after checking, he realized that it was an Mpesa from GiveDirectly. On receiving the news, I felt so happy for the blessing and I even left the task I was handling."

"The biggest hardship I face is not having enough money to build a house."

"The main challenge is food. Our harvest is always little."

"This means a lot to me. I will buy livestocks such as goats and chickens. The money will also help me to buy iron sheets and build a nice house. I also plan to buy enough bags of maize. I will invest the remaining amount in agriculture. This coming growing season, I want to increase maize production and I will buy farm inputs using the transfer in readiness of the growing season."