"In my life, GiveDirectly had a huge impact on getting me on course to having a better income-generating source. I used to be employed to do hairdressing and the pay was very little. Having my own salon has increased my earnings. I make about KES 1500 per day as compared to the daily wage of KES 400 a day when I was working for another person. I am so grateful because I will never lack food or clothes anymore. The money I make from operating my own business is sufficient to provide for my family of four and even to support my parents in meeting their daily needs."

"My life has improved because I am financially better off than before GIveDirectly came. I bought a cow giving me, constantly, about KES 100 per day. Before this, I used to rely on farming crops that would give any proceeds only after several months. Because of this improvement in my life, I can save some money for future use especially in meeting school fees needs that I am just about to face in one year's time."

"The homesteads that I live in has improved. I have completely changed my home by putting up two houses. I used to live in one old house that was grass thatched. Someone who haad been here before will be baffled on how suddenly I was able to change it to a nice likable environment. I has enough spaces after I build a new kitchen and furnished the living room too."

"My life has greatly improved after using the money I received from GiveDireclty to extend a wing that serves as a bedroom and painted the old house. I am glad that my compound looks really nice just like the rest of my neighbors. I also bought a nice heifer that is going to change my old herd of cows. The heifer will reproduce younger stock that will replace the old ones hence am hopeful of a better life in terms of catering for emergencies that might present themselves by selling milk and some of the animals."

"I am now owning livestock which I did not have at first. In my life, I have never had any of them. Owning them now makes me feel proud of myself. I don't think I would have bought any of them were it not for Give Directly. The two cows and two goats are my biggest assets. Once they start reproducing, the young ones will come in handy in case I am faced with dire financial needs."

"Owning the cow to me makes the biggest difference in my daily life since it will reproduce and have many of them. My expectation is to sell milk in the near future which to me will be a source of income. In addition, this cow is an asset to me, which I can lean on even in educating my children."

"With my age of 80 years I am forced to sleep in a house that is about to fall due to lack of finances .This has affected my health as a result of the strong winds at night. I am happy for the transfer I am about to receive since I will be able to construct a decent house for Myself, something that will restore the joy I lost for long."

"It was around 8 am when I saw a notification on my mobile phone. Upon checking, I realized it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. It was a sigh of relief knowing that I had finally received the transfer that I had been promised. I felt so happy because I knew the money would change my life completely."

"Having dairy cows has made my daily life to be totally different. I settled in buying them because I was very sure I would achieve a lot since they have numerous benefits. First, I will be getting some milk for free for my family consumption, secondly, I will sell the remaining liters to the local markets. This will be my major source of income. I will save the little money that I will be earning and send my children to college once they graduate from secondary schools. Apart from that, I will also be able to fulfill their daily needs from the sale of milk. I thank Give Directly for empowering me because I wouldn't have achieved any of these without their help."

"Due to change of weather in our area, we have been unable to harvest enough maize which we depend on (to cater for school and domestic expenses). I has been more than six years since we experience drop in our maize field yet it was our main source of income. Owing to change of weather, we have faced a lot of difficulty in our life."