"The moment I received my transfer, I was overwhelmed with joy. The first thing that I thought of was building a good house since the current one is almost collapsing. I hurriedly told my husband who was equally happy with the plan. I have really suffered living in this house and I cannot wait to live in a decent one."

"My life is different that it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I now meet my family expenses with less struggles especially the fact that I no longer face embarrassments of borrowing from my friends and neighbors money . As a farmer, before I would have challenges of harsh weather which resulted to getting low yields that affected my income tremendously. With GiveDirectly's transfers I have applied modernized methods of planting and looking at the maize and beans I cultivated with GiveDirectly's transfer their output are really promising . Secondly, I am glad that I own three dairy cows which I get three litters of milk for my household consumption and also source income through selling the surplus milk."

"My previous house was in a very bad state meaning it wasn't recommended from human habitation as it was almost collapsing . I always wished to build a new one but it always looked like a distant dream because of financial constrain . My husband who is the breadwinner of our house his income which he makes from doing causal jobs around the village only supported the provision of daily household needs hence the resources of renovating or building a new house was not possible . The biggest difference in my daily life is the joy and peace I have after getting resources to build a new house which has been my greatest desire to enhance safety by giving them a quality shelter ."

"I woke up at 5 am in the morning and as my usual routine . I turn on my phone and got an Mpesa message notification indicating GiveDirectly had sent me money . I was doubtful and decided to confirm my Mpesa balance account after confirmation . I felt very happy that GiveDirectly had fulfilled its promise. I immediately inform my spouse whom we celebrated together because all our life we had never benefited a lump sum amount of money in form of donations . Truly speaking , at that instant , I thought I was a dreaming ."

"I saw the transfer notification early in the morning when I was checking my inbox. On checking, I was greatly amused to see an Mpesa message. When I read the contents, I felt happy because GiveDirectcly had honoured their promise to us by sending me KES 55000. I thanked them for this fortune."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now own a pair of oxen that I will be using during the planting season. I am assured of preparing my farm early for timely planting. The acreage was big for me to manage and to cultivate with hired oxen and labor since I couldn't afford it. The harvest was not such good thus could finish within some months leaving my family in hunger. Having a pair of oxen will greatly help me to fully cultivate my whole acreage, and through this, I will get an increased harvest that will ensure food security for my family and surpluses to sell an income."

"I saw the notification in the morning confirming that I had received my first transfer from GiveDirectly. As I read through the message that morning, I could not hold back the joy that I felt and thanked GiveDirectly for fulfilling their promise to us."

"The transfer has enabled me to buy a cow and six sheep. I am proud to own this livestock because if I was to acquire them at my own cost, it would have taken me years to save enough money to buy any of these. I have been facing many challenges such as my children being sent home because I am unable to pay their school fees on time. At least I now have some assets to depend on in case of any financial need, which makes it be the biggest difference in my daily life. I am expecting them to reproduce and increase in number, from which I can sell the offspring and raise more cash to cater for my future financial needs. In addition to this, I will also be benefiting from the milk that the cow will be producing. I will sell the surplus and earn some cash."

"I expect to have started my own family. I will get married and live on my own compound because I will have completed house construction. I then will have gotten more organized in farming investing in and keeping livestock. I think I will be on another economic level because my young family will help me to better run my farming ventures better than if I was do it now, alone."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to get married. I plan to spend around 40,000 to offset the dowry payments. I also intend to buy building materials for a decent house where my future wife and children will live comfortably costing about 20,000 shillings. With the rest, I will buy livestock that my wife can herd as I concentrate on my business of traditional houses construction. "