"It was around six in the morning while waiting for breakfast when I heard my phone ring. Immediately, I handed my phone to my grandson who confirmed that I had received the transfers and I was overwhelmed with joy. Within no time, we went to the MoMo agent and withdrew the money."

"At around eight in the morning while taking tea that's when my I heard my phone ring. Immediately, I gave to my daughter who in turn confirmed I had received the GD money. I was overwhelmed with joy until I lost appetite for tea."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is settlement of my late son's hospital bill and burial ceremony. From the GD transfers, I topped part of my transfer with community contributions. I also have adequate food for my family and my kid's have grown healthy and neat from the latest clothing fashion I bought using GD transfers."

"I spent KES 50,000 of my transfer on two dairy cows which are now few months pregnant . This is because I intend to increase milk production hence supply of more milk to the neighboring schools because I am a milk vendor."

"Since I had been longing to own a permanent house, I spent a big portion of my first transfer on buying some building materials. They include some bags of cement, sand, and bricks. The previous house was very very small and temporary. To add to that, I bought enough foodstuffs for my family that would last for two weeks' time."

"I spent part of my first transfer on buying some beddings such as a bed and mattress. This was to replace the old traditional beddings which I was not comfortable with. I also bought some livestock such as goats which will serve as the living assets that I will lean on in case of any financial difficulties. I also bought some decent clothes for my children and enough foodstuffs, that would take us to the next harvesting seasons."

"While waking up at around six in the morning, I heard my phone ring and I was overwhelmed with joy. I didn't withdraw money the same day but kept longer just to have a feeling of getting such a lump sum which I had not received before."

"It was around seven in the morning when I was heading to the market when I heard my phone ringing continuously. I was a bit shocked and decided to check who it could be. On checking, I realized that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I had finally my first transfer as promised. Due to the excitement that I had, I had to return back home and celebrate with the rest of my family members."

"I spent KES 30,000 of my transfer on a dairy cow because it will act as an income source for my family in future.Before, I used to buy a litre of milk each day at a cost of KES 50 for the past twenty years and the journey has not been easy because I used to rely majorly on casual labor. KES 20,000 was spent on a 24 Iron roofed two roomed house because I used live in a grass thatched roof which was very tiny and couldn't accommodate my kids who are now all grown up. I also spent KES 4000 on a maize sack because I used to buy maize meal from my casual labor which most of the time wouldn't be sufficient to feed my family.As we speak my kids are very because there adequate food unlike before when we used to eat from hand to mouth right my kids are very happy. I also spent KES 5000 on latest clothing for my family because initially we used to put on second hand clothes which goes for as low as KES 30 because we couldn't afford the decent ones."

"I woke up at around seven that fruitful morning. While trying to check out if GD send us money we were eargerly waiting for is when I saw the SMS and I was overwhelmed with joy."