"I bought livestocks for farming and a bicycle which I admired. Thank you give directly for the opportunity"

"The transfer has brought positive changes in my life and that of my family. I have been able to buy the water tank that I have always desired to have. We will hence no longer have to make long trips to the river to fetch water. The rainwater that will have been collected by the tank will sustain us for a long while. I also no longer have to go about borrowing the spraying pump from the neighbors and inconveniencing them. I will be able to spray my cows and the crops in time. The three bags of maize that I bought with the transfer will enable us to have something to eat for a while and I will hence not be having any worries about what my family is to eat. My children too are happy after I bought them new clothes. I thank GiveDirectly a lot for helping me out. May God bless you abundantly."

"The transfer has brought a big difference in my life and that of my family. I have been able to build another house that I have always desired to have for my family. We hence have a bigger house with enough space for us and the children. Guests visiting our household will thus not suffer in getting a place to sleep. The iron sheet house has also made us look like some of our neighbors who have houses roofed with iron sheets. I was also able to buy a calf that I plan to rear so that it can help me in the future when it reproduces. When it reproduces, we will hence be able to get milk that our children can consume and we can sell some to get income. The transfer also enabled me to buy some chairs that were missing in my household. We have hence been able to sit comfortably and chat together with our other family members and guests. The two bags of maize that I bought will push us for a while and hence I will not be having any worries about what my family is to eat. The children are also happy because they got new clothes for themselves and they now have enough food to eat. Thank you GiveDirectly for making this possible."

"I was starving and when the money came in I went to buy food for my household as my household would sleep on empty stomachs"

"I felt so much joy and happiness"

"i was very happy when i received the money from GD and i am so grateful for receiving the funds from GD thank you"

"I have spent the transfer on iron sheets, mattress, blankets , clothes and food for her children."

"It was around 1500Hrs when I had just woken up from an afternoon nap. I reached for my phone to check if there were any call or message notifications and that is when I saw the Mpesa message. I was very very happy and excited."

"I spent my transfers to build a better and more spacious house for my family. I have one child who is one and a half years old. I am a housewife while my husband is a construction worker. We have been living in a small house that is also one-roomed. I am happy that my family and I can now live at a more comfortable house."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is owning a dairy cow which I had desired for the past twenty years but couldn't. The dairy cow will be a long term investment because it will not only be a source of milk and income for my family. Through the GiveDirectly transfers, I no longer sleep hungry because I have bought adequate food enough to sustain for my family. This has led to increased happiness and motivation to work harder. I am grateful my family is decently dressed with clothes which couldn't afford before."