"I bought a cow a cow that is about to calf , built a house for my son and bought 2 bags of maize and 10 kilograms of rice."

"I built an iron roof house with 25 iron sheets , bought a sack of maize and bought clothes for my family members.."

"The little money I have been making has always been channelled to food and school fees and I would not have been able to buy a cow at this time. Now that I have bought a cow and paid school fees, I feel at peace and I can channel money to food and other basic needs."

"I bought a cow, 3 sheep, 3 bags of maize and 25 kilograms of rice. I also bought clothes and shoes for my family members."

"I used to spend a lot of time going to fetch water from a buying point where a 20 litre jerrican goes for ksh 5. After buying the water tank and harvesting rain water, I am able to spend time I used to go to feed my cattle and my chicken. As a result of this, milk production has gone up and egg production has also gone up. I am now waiting for electricity to light my house."

"It was around 8 AM when I heard a loud vibration from my phone. Upon checking, I realized that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I was so happy to have gotten this news. since I knew that I will benefit a lot from the financial support."

"Owning a cow is the biggest difference in my daily life. Having livestock to us is a source of wealth and valuable assets that can be depended upon. As time goes by, I am expecting that this cow will reproduce and have many of them. I will be getting milk for my family's consumption and sell the surplus in the dairy shops and hotels and earn an income. In addition, Its a saving for the future of my children's education because I will be selling the offsprings to raise their school fees."

"I had gone away from home when I received the Mpesa SMS saying that I had received the lump sum amount of Kshs. 55000/= from GiveDirectly. I was so excited about seeing this. My wife immediately called me, I think she had heard some of the neighbors celebrating after seeing the SMS too. I confirmed to her the good news and she was so happy to hear it. We gave thanks and started planning on what we were going to do with the fortune."

"The idea of receiving the money from GiveDirectly when I was told during the enrollment sounded to be fiction. Surprisingly, a couple of weeks later I saw a notification message on my mobile phone at around 6 in the evening. On checking its content I realized that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy for I knew I will achieve my dreams."

"Receiving money from GIVEDIRECTLY means so much to me and my family because my husband does not have any reliable source of income, so with the transfer from GD it means that will be able to focus on other productive activities such as farming, since we do not have to spend much time looking for money for food and other basic needs."