"Being Sickness has brought alot of distubances in my family i couldnt go faming anymore i have always seen my wife suffering as she is the only one trying to look for food for the house and i wish there was a way i could help"

"When I woke up at a quarter to six while trying to check what time it was to my surprise I found out that GD had send me my transfers as they had promised. I shouted for joy until all my kids woke up and they joined in celebration of the GD money. We then offered a thanksgiving prayer to GOD for GiveDirectly. We were overwhelmed with joy the whole day that day because we hadn't received such a lump sum before."

"It was around 11pm at night while asleep when I heard my phone ring. On checking it was GD money and I was very excited and immediately relayed the good news to my husband who also excited and we just woke up to celebrate. It's then that we knew GD was real because we had alot of rumours that this was just a scam but I had ignored because the sentiments were from non- GD recipients and I just knew they were jealous."

"I received the transfers around six thirty in the morning while I woke up. I was very happy and withdrew the same day. The whole village was lit with an atmosphere gratitude because we had received such a lump sum before."

"It was around six twenty one Friday morning when I was waking up and I heard the phone rang. On checking the contents, I couldn't believe my eyes and thought the SMS was from conmen because had eargerly waited all night to no avail. On rechecking the text, I confirmed it was real and was very happy and immediately woke up my boys and relayed the news.They also saw the SMS felt excited and we were all very grateful."

"I spent three-quarter of my transfer on building a 24 Iron roofed semi permanent house because the one I had was an old worn out grass thatched house. It had leaking roof and I had always been beaten by the night cold and would be forced to move to safe corners whenever it rained. Some was spent on latest clothing fashion because the ones I had were old and tattered second hand clothes. The rest was spent on a maize sack because my maize stock was depleted. Earlier on, I used to feed my family from casual labor which was inadequate most of the times."

"I spent most of my transfer on a dairy cow because I didn't have one and used to buy a liter per day which is quite costly. Some was spent on school fees for my daughter who's in high school because the money came at a time timebmy husband had lost his job due Covid19. I also bought latest clothing fashion for family because we were used to buying second hand clothes. Some part of transfer was spent on two sacks of maize to sustain my family and the rest on maize seeds because initially we used to struggle to buy farm inputs."

"While in the milking parlour I had my phone rang inside the house. Once I finished milking, I decided to check my phone and to my greatest surprise it was 55000 shillings from GiveDirectly. I was overwhelmed with joy having never received such a lump sum and even lost appetite for tea that morning. I am grateful to God for remembering us through GiveDirectly."

"I was working at the farm on that morning that I received the transfers. I heard a message come into my phone and when I checked the message, it was the Mpesa message. I was very very happy as I have had a lot of needs that I previously could not be able to meet due to lack of finances. I am truly grateful to GiveDirectly for the transfers. The transfers have truly changed my life."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my house is fully furnished with sofasets, a TV and a solar lighting system which I couldn't afford before. Nowadays, I can comfortably accommodate up to 25 people in one sitting without borrowing seats from neighbors like before.My house is very neat and done is required to remove shoes in order to enter my house and I am grateful to GiveDirectly for all these. Initially, I would stress up because of the many things I couldn't afford but now I am glad that my family is well taken care of."