"The moment I received my money , I was a sleep and a message alert woke me up which I confirmed its content immediately . It was a confirmatory message that GiveDirectly had sent me money .I danced out of joy praising God for the blessing He has shown unto me through GiveDirectly."

"In the next six months, I expect my life to change positively by a great deal. I expect that I shall have implemented the poultry keeping project and hence be more financially independent than I am right now. This will see my family and I have better living standards and also be able to add livestock to my already existing livestock. The livestock shall be of great help to me and my family in meeting any emergency financial needs in future like paying school fees for my children."

"I spent the whole amount I recently received on household and personal needs such as paying for my rent, purchasing foodstuff and clothing. I am currently working at a carwash that is owned by our group and because there are many of us working there in shifts, it is hard to make a decent amount."

"I expect my life to change in that I shall have established my charcoal selling business and diversify to my cereal selling business as well. This will also enable me to buy a cow worth over KES 25000. With this cow, I know the living standards of my family and I will be better and a gateway to much more family investments in future."

"My life will have changed in the next six months in that, my children will have gained admission to a college. I am hopeful that I will have paid their admission and tuition fee for the all semester. I will be living a peaceful life knowing that my children are doing well in college and are getting a quality education. The knowledge imparted to them during this period will help them become self-employed or get employment in different sectors."

"I am now boasting of having cows in my homestead. I would have taken years to accumulate enough savings to buy them. Having them is saving for the future of my children's education. Additionally, I was able to hire labor services in preparation for my farm since I could not do any hard job due to my condition and neither did I have someone to help me. I have now gotten a good harvest like my fellow villagers. I am also in the process of constructing a spacious house to live in with my family."

"In the next six months with the revenue earned, I plan to build myself a house. I have been spending at a friend's house for the longest time now and I feel like it is time to man up and have my own place. This will teach me responsibility and I will also be getting ready to have a family in the near future."

"The transfers have enabled me to own electronics that I did not have in my house before such as iron box, sound system and a television. I had always wanted to have such items but could not due to financial constraints caused by my lack of sufficient income. I have also had easier days in taking care of my household needs such as rent payment that I now manage to do on time."

"We have a plot next to a shopping centre and it is my plan in the next six months to start fencing the piece of land and start constructing business premises. I intend to have one room for the family venture as a cereal store where I would operate myself. My husband would continue with one which we run currently at open-air markets. This would see us have more income and I would have time to attend to the poultry and other farm operations since it is near our home."

"My life will have changed in the next six months in that I will have built a bigger chicken coop. Due to this, I will not be rearing my chicken in a congested environment anymore. Also, I will have started keeping grade chicken alongside the Kienyeji ones that I now keep. This will lead to increased production of eggs hence I will be able to earn more income every week since I will have increased the number of eggs that I will be selling. I will be investing this money in my children by paying their school fees on time so that they cannot be sent back home."