"I have several children in school and I was at a point where I was almost giving up educating my children because I did not have any money to meet their school needs and for food. I am glad that it never reached that point because GiveDirectly came to my rescue. I am also happy that I was able to build an iron-roofed house. We used to live in one grass-thatched hut which acted as both the kitchen and bedroom, I did not even have a place to welcome my visitors. When I got the transfers, I decided to build one. We now have separate sleeping houses for the children and for us."

"The biggest difference is that I am now hopeful of living in my own home. Through the transfers I got from Give Directly I have already bought the necessary building materials. Initially, I only used to depend on casual jobs. The money I got from these jobs was enough to buy basic needs. I used to save nothing towards this goal therefore there were slim chances of establishing my home. I am happy that soon I will be living with my family in our own homestead."

"Since we had been given a time frame when the transfer will be sent, I had been eager to receive it thus I was always on alert. Early morning on that Wednesday, I was informed by my neighbor that we had received our transfers. I quickly went ahead to check my phone and I was left overwhelmed with joy after realizing I had money from GiveDirectly in my Mpesa account."

"I have a plan of putting up my home because I know I am capable of that. I am already saving the little I get from my monthly transfer to enable me to start buying materials. I know it is not a simple work because it requires a lot of money. I am very optimistic that I will achieve my goal using not monthly income."

"This financial support has enabled me acquire a piece of land that I intend to build a home for my children. I am currently living in my parents land but the family members have not welcomed my children. I had plans to acquire land to take my children but I was limited by funds."

"The moment I received my money, I was really exited about it that I immediately put it in action of building myself a permanent house."

"In the next six months God willing I will have bought a cow after disposing of four of my goats. I am also intending to clear the school fees arrears of my siblings and purchase household shopping for my household to have them lead a comfortable life."

"Being a second wife, I have learned to work hard to ensure that my household stands on its own. I got married as a second wife because things back at home hard gotten tough and being a second wife was a better option. What I was never told is that it comes with several responsibilities. Shelter, food, and clothing were not basic anymore because they were not there. What remained as a basic need was living to see the next day which our learned friends term it as "living from hand to mouth". My children used to drink porridge that had no sugar to the point that it was normal, our house was tinny and others could mistake it for a cattle shelter. That very morning that I received my transfers, I knew that it was the turning point for my household. I bought a cow and now we can afford milk tea that has sugar, with at least a loaf of bread. I have bought building materials and in two months, we will be moving into our new house what a marvelous God he is."

"We had been expecting to receive the money earlier that month as promised by GiveDirectly staff who enrolled us. After the elapsing of the date that we were promised to receive the money and the subsequent message that was sent to us, we were not so sure of when we were going to receive the money. I was personally at the verge of losing hope and giving up on the transfer. It was until that early morning when I received a text that cut off all my doubts. GiveDirectly had finally sent us money and we were all in jubilant mood. I immediately called my neighbors to confirm if they had also received money from GiveDirectly as well. Everyone else was actually happy in the village. We then got down to implementing the plans that we already had about the money."

"The moment when I received my money I felt so happy because I have never received such an amount of money before. I remember it was very early in the morning when I was checking my phone as usual little did I know that GiveDirectly has sent me KES 55000. My family members also celebrated so much because they knew that we would be in a position to build a house."