"For all those years, I have been living in a temporary house with a leaky grass-thatched roof. My life has never been full of stress because whenever it could rain, I had to seek shelter from friends. Also, I had to change the grass roofing yearly, this was costly according to my financial status. After receiving the transfer, my first thought was to construct a new house and live comfortably like the rest of my family members. Currently, I am so glad since my family and I are sleeping under a decent spacious iron-roofed house. I will no longer get stress up during the rainy season like I used to do back in the days."

"I spent part of my first transfer on buying one dairy cow worthy of KES 15000. I have been yearning to own it for years but I could not afford to but it since it was so expensive. I later cleared school fees for my children who are in college, secondary and primary schools. To add to that I purchased some new pieces of school uniforms to replace the old ones that they have been wearing. With the remaining amount of money, I bought enough foodstuffs for my family."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now own a pair of oxen. Previously, I used to hire those of my friends whenever I wanted to prepare my farm. This was costly for me and sometimes I could fail to prepare and plant on time which led to poor harvesting products. I am now a happy farmer because I can plough my farm in good time unlike before. This has really helped me from the expenses of hiring labor the way I used to do. Whenever I did not have enough money for labour, I was forced to use my own hands and this meant that I would only dig and plant a small section of my farm. I am now optimistic that I will be getting plenty of harvests because I am in a position to utilize my whole farm."

"I spent part of my forst transfer on buying some building materials such as iron sheets, building poles, nails, and threads. This was purposely for the construction of the new house because the previous one was in bad condition and very small. Also, I bought some bedding such as a new wooden bed and a mattress. These were to replace the old mats that I have been using for all those years. In addition to that, I bought some goats that would serve as assets that I can lean on in case of financial difficulties. I also cleared school fees for my children who are still in primary, this will enable them to study without any disturbances. With the remaing amount, I bought enough foodstuffs for the family."

"I spent part of my first transfer on buying two dairy cows at a total of KES 42000. These have been the well thoughtful assets that I have been yearning to keep for a couple of years because they have numerous benefits. Also, I bought some iron sheets, nails, and timber purposely for the construction of a new house for my children. Previously, we used to share the same house which too small and at times they used to seek shelter at their friend's houses. With the reming amount of money, I bought enough foodstuffs for my family."

"I was very happy and I cannot even explain how happy I am with the help. There is no process that I fell was unnecessary everything is in its place"

"I used the money to buy a bed a double one and 3 bags of cement and 3 iron sheets. I bought 1 good quality blanket and duvut as i did not have any thing to keep me warm apart from a simple bed sheet. I also went on to buy a kitchen rack so that I have a place to keep my plates. I bought 3 bags of maize and 3 bags of fertilizer."

"It was around 8 in the evening when I was preparing dinner for my child when I heard my phone vibrating. Since I was a bit nervous I decided to check what the message was all but. After reading the content I confirmed that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy since it was my first time receiving such a huge amount of money which is unconditional and nonrefundable."

"I received the transfer notification in my phone in the morning. I called my helper who confirmed to me that my first transfer had been sent. On hearing this, I was greatly overjoyed and thanked them for their financial support."

"I spent KES 19000 of my first transfer on buying a cow. At least I have an asset at my homestead. I am expecting to sell milk for an income besides the cow reproducing and have many of them. In addition to this, I also bought some building materials which include building poles, nails and iron sheets in order to construct a new house. My previous house was small and almost collapsing. I could not renovate it since I could not afford to buy the required materials. Lastly, I also bought a new bed and a mattress and replaced the old beddings that I have been using for years."