"In the next six months, I expect my life to change in that I shall have already completed the construction of my new house. I also expect to have acquired a dairy cow from the savings that I am currently making. All these are in a quest to make sure that I raise the living standards of my family and make them happy. Many thanks to GiveDirectly for enabling me realize dreams that I never thought I could realize anytime soon. expect to have already built my new house. bought the dairy cow and have a generally happier family and invest more in education for my children."

"I remember being awakened by the loud vibration from my mobile phone. Out of curiosity, I decided to check it's content to find out what the message was all about. Upon checking, I realized that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I was so happy and without wasting time, I started planning on how I could utilize it."

"Comparing my current life with how it would have been if I had never received the transfer, I feel there is quite a big difference. Many good things are now in our household which we never had before. With the clothing we bought for the whole household, everyone is now looking good. We managed to construct a new house which we could not have constructed without the transfers and finally, we also bought a cow which sorted us out of the great struggle to buy milk which was way too expensive for us."

"Before GiveDirectly came , my family members and I were very skinny because we could afford a meal in a day. On those bad days when my husband and I didn't get work since we depend on causal jobs the whole family had to miss meals and this was very frustrating . Today, we are able to have three meals which we buy with the sent transfers from GiveDirectly. This has enlighten my family's happiness which I am proud of. Secondly, Nowadays we do have enough rest after acquiring a mattress . Thanks to GiveDirectly."

"My life is currently different than how it would have been if I never received the transfer. This is because I no longer borrow money from my children most of the time. I can now meet most of my needs using the income that I now earn from the poultry project that I started using my transfers. Also, having clean tap water at my doorstep has changed my life in different ways. First, I no longer walk for long distances looking for water hence I can clean my clothes any time I feel like and this has enabled me to wear clean clothes all the time. Also, I sometimes earn an income by selling water to my neighbors especially during the dry seasons."

"I spent my transfer on paying school fees for my child to help clear last year's arrears. She had been been given a warning on the same and I did not want to wait until she is sent home for me to pay. I am glad I was able to pay before she was sent home for the arrears."

"I spent my transfer on paying school fees for my children. It has been my tradition ever since I started receiving these transfers to pay school fees for my children on a monthly basis. This has helped me reduce their balances in school. I used the other part of the transfers to pay my house rent. I was getting worried I might fail to pay because I have always used the transfers to pay rent since my income has not been much. The remaining amount, I used on buying food for my family."

"After so many years of casual work, I decided to try out a business. At first, I began with a very small stock because I did not have much to help me buy a good stock. It was a struggle because there are so many cloth businesses in my area. I could not give up on the business because the income was more than what I used to get from casual work. I had to try harder and keep up with the business. When I started getting my transfers, I started using part of my monthly transfers in boosting my business by adding more stock each time I got the transfers. Right now, I have hopes that very soon I will be able to have a good stock which can generate profit for paying rent for the business and to sustain my needs. I would not want to continue selling on the streets."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months In that, I will have expanded the number of acres that I do farm. This will under the long run make me get a good harvest. I will sell the surplus to expand my business of selling clothes and even choose a different new business."

"I expect to have collected the required building materials that would facilitate the construction of my new kitchen. At the moment, I have to cook in the main house since my old kitchen had collapsed as a result of the heavy rains that washed it away."