"My life is currently different in that I have been able to build a new house and bought a dairy cow for the family. These are two great investments that I have always been thinking about and which I had vowed to make them happen but due to financial challenges, I had not been able to actualize them. I feel so proud that I have now been able to actualize them and this has given me an opportunity to think about other valuable investments that will change our living standards positively in the long run."

"My life is different in that I already have a piece of land that I bought with the money. This has allowed me and my family to relocate to a different location having bought this piece of land. We already had our first harvest of maize from this farm and we like our new way of life. This has at the same time allowed me to make other valuable family investments like livestock keeping that will change our living standards positively in the long run."

"In the next six months, I am looking at a flourishing fish business, a well kept and habitable household and a happy family enjoying each day as the Lord allows us with gratitude."

"My life is different in that I have built a poultry house and the new house that I have since built from the same transfers. These are things I never thought I would accomplish anytime soon had I not received GiveDirectly transfers. I now have enough space to practice poultry keeping without having to be in conflict with my neighbors. The new house that I have since constructed is also one of the greatest achievements that I would not have achieved anytime soon."

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"Owning a spacious and semi-permanent house is the biggest difference in my daily life. I have been yearning to build a better and more spacious house but due to my financial status, I could not afford it. I have been sleeping under a small hut which was so uncomfortable and hectic especially during the rainy seasons. My children have been sleeping at their grandfather's house and they were always complaining. Life became so tough, the money I was getting from the casual job was not enough. I never dreamt of having my own house even a single day. But the coming of GiveDirectly has brought up happiness in my marriage. "

"It was around 8 am when I was cleaning my compound, then I heard my daughter in law shouting "mum! mum! your money has been sent!!", I felt wow! And I even stopped what I was doing and started celebrating."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have a veranda joined to my main house. Due to this, I no longer worry about my clothes being rained on especially during this rainy season. Also, I will be taking my nap in the veranda when I do not feel like napping inside the house."

"When my children informed me that GiveDirectly had started sending to people the promised money, I quickly powered on my phone so that I would also know if I was among the lucky people. When I saw an mpesa message, my heart was filled with so much joy. I knew that GD had given a new meaning to my life."

"Owning to a permanent house is the biggest difference in my daily life so far. Previously, I used to sleep under a small muddy hut which was ever leaking whenever it could not rain. The walls had holes all over and I was always attacked by some harmful insects especially at night. This was really stressing me as a parent. My children also could not do their school assignments at night because the house was small. They had to study at their grandmother's house which they were still not comfortable with. We are now happy and safer because we are sleeping under a semi-permanent iron-roofed house which is also well plastered. "