"The biggest difference in my daily life is the construction of a new house in our household to its completion. We used to struggle a lot whenever visitors came around since we would always opt to hold our meetings under some shades but currently we are all good since the space inside the house is enough."

"I am currently playing soccer professionally, but because my team is still very small, I do not earn much because I get paid a daily allowance of $2, which is also not paid consistently. The money is very little and not able to take care of my needs so I need an extra source of income otherwise I will be forced to quit football and look for a better paying job. I am very passionate about football and would not wish to quit, so I have plans of starting a poultry project which will be a joint project for my friend and I. I hope that by the time the monthly transfers come to an end, the poultry project will be up and running so that I will still have a consistent income."

"My life is different from how it was before. This is because the transfers enabled to increase my stock. Due to this, I no longer ran short of stock hence I serve all of my customers unlike before. This has made my daily profits to increase hence I can easily provide basic needs for my family."

"Before receiving our first transfer, my family used to take one or two meals a day but am glad since we currently take three meals a day. This is because our transfers enabled us to buy a stock of food. Also, we were able to practice time cultivation this last year unlike other years. Due to this, I am hopeful of a good harvest that will last us till next harvesting season."

"It was early in the morning when one of my inlaws informed me that GiveDirectly had started sending money to some people. When she checked mine, I became so happy when she informed me about the good news. I knew that I would be able to achieve a lot of things using this money."

"I realized that GD had sent me the money in the morning after one of my children decided to confirm it for me by checking my mpesa balance since he had also received his. My heart was filled with so much joy when he informed me about the good news."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my compound now looks nice. This is because the transfers enabled me to fence it. Also, my cows will no longer be invading my farm and destroy the crops. Due to this, I can easily leave and livestock to graze alone while I attend to some other issues."

"In the next six months l expect to have expanded my poultry farming business and getting more profit."

"In the next six months I expect to have saved enough money to lease farm where I will do large scale farming."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now own a pair of oxen that I acquired with the first transfer. I believe they will be of great help in ploughing my farm since the pair can take fewer days to plough acres as compared to tilling myself. This will lead to increased harvest products. Apart from that, I will also hire them to my neighbors at a fee and get an income to help me sustain my family needs without straining."