"At the moment I received the money, I really felt very happy. It was a great feeling for me knowing that the plans I had put down to execute were soon coming to the start. Livestock being the priority every other person in the household knew that the great hustle to obtain milk from the neighborhood was soon going to end."

"The moment I received my money I felt so happy. I remember it was very in the morning when I heard a message from my phone. When I checked it I could not believe my eyes, it was a message confirming that I have received a sum of 55000 KES from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy because I knew I will continue with the building process of my new house which had stopped for a while due to financial constraints."

"Recieving this money means I can buy oxen that will enable me plough my agricultural land. This will reduce the cost of cultivating crops because I used to hire them expensively. In addition, I intend to start up a produce business which will generate income for the family."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is poor accommodation. The current house can't accommodate all my family and I have little money to build a new one."

"Recieving this money means that I can construct an iron roofed house. This is because the thatched house has been very costly to renovate."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have improved my life. I will be financially stable by that time because my businesses will have grown and picked up. My diversified sources of income will have gained ground by that time, I will no longer worry much because of lack of finances and my mind will be engaged in running my businesses"

"I believe my life will positively change in the next six months because my income sources will have increased. This is through the business I am planning to initiate as well as from the proceeds I expect to get from my farm. I also believe my health will improve considering I will no longer involve myself in any kind of farm work. Generally, I believe my family wellbeing will greatly change."

"If I could not have received money from give directly I could not have managed to pay dowry to my spouse and sure she could still be at her biological home together with my children. I could not have managed to invest in sugarcane farming as I did."

"If I could not have received the money from give directly I could not have managed to invest in sugarcane large scale farming and I could also not have started cattle keeping. "

"If I could not receive money from give directly I would not have managed to put up a spacious comfortable business premise. I could have lose all my customers and end up closing down the business, but right now I am very happy and glad that I have a very nice comfortable place to carry out my business. I would also not have invested in large scale sugarcane farming as I did without Give directly."