"I felt so much happy the moment I received money from GiveDirectly. It was in an early morning that day and I immediately went to town and bought the basic household needs that I lacked at that moment. I later came back home as I reorganized myself on how well I was going to utilize the money to reap maximum benefits from it."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the early actualization of my dream-purchasing of a milk dispencer. This would guarantee me of a steady source of income and an increased one too since I will be doing a larger scale of the business that I am currently running. I will no longer be making losses despite dealing with a very perishable commodity since the machine will see me sell milk for up to a duration of two or more days."

"Were it not for GD, I wouldn't have managed construction a house for my family. The little money which I usually get from farming and casual jobs are hardly enough to save for constructing a house. Besides that, my children would not have stayed in school constantly because I did not have money to facilitate their school fees. I was torn between providing food and school fees but my priority was the primary need which is food, shelter, and clothing."

"I used KES 33000 of my first transfer to buy a water tank and used the remaining KES 20000 to improve my dairy unit. I never thought I could accomplish these two plans anytime soon considering my limited sources of income. It is GiveDirectly that made me realize these dreams earlier than I had expected. I now have a water tank which is a quarantee that we will always have clean drinking water all year round and be safe from the risk of contracting water borne diseases. The improved dairy unit will also see me practice advanced dairy farming and improve my level of income as well and earn more income for my family that will improve our living standards as well."

"My life is improved because I have a dairy cow for milk production to use in household consumption. I used to buy milk using my hard-earned money from menial jobs. Sometimes I could not afford to buy it and ends up drinking tea without milk. It was difficult to see my children go to school having taken water, sugar and tea leaves. I am currently expecting the cow to calf. I am so happy that I will soon be having milk from my own farm."

"I used KES 38000 to buy a hybrid dairy cow and used KES 10000 to pay school fees for my nephew who is under my care. The remaining amount of money was used to buy clothes and other basic neccesities for the family. I had been taking care of my brothers cattle for quite a long time but the little amount of money got from the pay that I received from him was hardly enough to buy one of my own. I could only remain hopeful that one day I will accumulate enough money and be able to buy one of my own and move away from the shame of taking care of someone's cattle and having none for myself. GiveDirectly came to my rescue and I was able to buy one and even remain with some extra cash that saw me pay school fees for my nephew, buy clothes for us and food to take us through a couple of days. This has given me time to work hard and save the little income that I get now for future use. I feel so much indebted to GiveDirectly for enabling me realize my dreams earlier than I had expected."

"I used KES 35000 to cement the floor of my house and used KES 20000 to buy a dairy cow. I had always looked forward to cementing the floor of my house which often got dusty and made it hard for me to maintain and keep it clean. The shop keeping business that I ran was hardly enough to provide the basic household needs of my family as well as save up to make other valuable investments such as cementing the floor of my house. I could only hope against hope that I got such money that would enable me to do this until GiveDirectly came to my rescue. I also made a choice to buy one dairy cow that would be of great help to me and my family once it starts producing milk. This would mean that my children will have enough milk supply while we even sell the surplus to meet other needs for thevfamily."

"I love livestock keeping since it is more productive in our area as compared to crop farming. I used KES23500 to buy a cow and a goat to add to my herd. I am happy that I have an added assets that I will rely on in terms of milk production and offsprings. Looking at this bigger herd gives me the biggest difference in my daily life. I feel I have security to face any financial crisis arising in my family as well earning more through daily milk sales."

"GiveDirectly came into our village and our lives just at the right time. This was the moment we needed money in our family to sort other several important bills which were pending. To imagine if we had not received is a devastating thought to us, our lives would have been hard since school fees payment to start with would have been the hardest of all. A development like a store construction would not have taken place."

"Were it not for GD, I wouldn't have managed to purchase construction materials a house for my children. The little money which I usually get from farming and casual jobs are not enough to save for constructing a house."