"I expect to live a peaceful life that is my desire, now that my son is already in school. I am now able to concentrate on my daily duties of looking for money to supplement with whatever I get from Give Directly to ensure my son is not sent home for fee balance."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the cow that I have bought and the newly built house. I had the desire of executing these development programs but I had not been able to do it due to financial difficulties. When I received this money, I made sure that I had my plans running and I feel proud of the achievements so far.On top of these, the transfer also reduced my borrowing habits since for once I got money of my own and ceased to depend on borrowed money. This is the greatest difference in my daily life that came about because of this money."

"My life is different from how it would have been had I not received the money in that I have been able to practice advanced farming by employing machines in my farm. For a long time, the productivity of my farm had come down owing to the fact that I was practicing small scale agriculture that mainly served us on subsistence basis. Receiving this money has seen me till more land and therefore increase in productivity. This has led to an improvement in the living standards of my family."

"My life is currently different in that I now live in an improved house. I was living in a mud walled house before I received this transfer and I feel proud that I am now living in a timber made house; something I never thought I would achieve soon. This is the greatest difference in my daily life which would not have happened anytime soon had I not received this money."

"My life is currently different in that I was able to pay school fees for my child who was in college by the time I received these transfers. He was at the verge of dropping out of school due to school fee challenge but GiveDirectly came in handy to help us with the whole situation. He has since been able to complete her college education and we are looking forward to him being employed and bringing change to our family."

"In the next six months, I know I will have saved enough money for buying building materials such as cement and sand for plastering the house and even raised enough money to pay masons who will carry out the job. The other difference is to buy new household items such as utensils. The ones I have now are old and most of them keep on breaking because of how they have been used before. I do feel very ashamed of borrowing utensils whenever I have visitors at my house. I would also want to have my own and the only income I know will help e get new ones is my GD transfers."

"I felt so happy the moment I received money from GiveDirectly. I lost sleep from then on. When morning came, I prepared tea for the family but I had no appetite myself. I could not wait to actualize all the plans that I had put down on paper."

"I felt so happy the moment I received money from GiveDirectly. It was very early in the morning when my son told me that I had received a sum of KES 55000 from GiveDirectly. I was overwhelmed with joy learning that my dream of having a better house shall come to pass. I started planning on how I was going to spend the money to reap maximum benefits."

"Looking at my life currently, there is really a very big difference than if I never received the transfer. My wife was in Chuka University and school payment was really hard. My father had also been sick for the last six years and there was no way I could ask for any assistance from him but instead send him some money whenever I get. GiveDirectly made all that possible since my father is now feeling well and my wife has gotten a new job in the nearby school as teacher."

"In the next six months, I am trusting God that I will have"