"After clearing my tailoring course, I could not afford a sewing machine and thus opted to rent one at a fee of 1000 shillings a month. Receiving this money means I will be able to buy my own at a cost of 35000 shillings and save the monthly rent which will later enable me get a second machine and employ someone thus growing my business and income significantly. "

"Receiving this money means independence. With my transfers, I will build another house and move out of my co-wife's house with whom I sought shelter after my previous house collapsed. By doing this, I will regain my freedom, voice and be able to run my own home the way I feel best."

"My husband is a driver but he is not fully employed. He therefore depends on other peoples' vehicles to ferry customers. This means he does not have a consistent source of income. He can spend up to a whole month without earning anything. This has negatively affected us since he is the sole breadwinner. He is straining too much to provide for us making financial instability my biggest hardship."

"Presently, I am staying with my elderly parent with my three children. As a single, parent with children, I have been thinking of buying a piece of land where I will build a home for myself and my children. Even after the government has passed laws that male and female child have the right to inherit the land from parents, I am seeing this would not bee good and safe enough for me and my children to remain at my parents home. Since my child is almost completing her studies, I will start saving towards buying a piece of land. I am looking forward to buying a piece of land where I would build a home for myself and my children."

"In the next six months, we would have completed renovating my parents' house and I will also seek their support to help me construct a better house as I am planning to start a family soon."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that we are now living a happy life as a family unlike before. We used to live in a small piece of land that we were sharing with my husband's brothers. In addition to the small space for farming, family conflicts among ourselves was a daily business due to our daily activities and conflicts triggered by our livestock. Life was hard and unpeaceful with our children finding it hard to socialize with others. Due to this, it had always been our desire to relocate and live in a different place far from them. These disputes had also affected my children's social life as they could no longer mingle with other children freely. Courtesy of GiveDirectly, I bought a piece of land that I have developed and relocated my family there. I am now hoping that our relationship with them will grow to be stronger as we will not be crossing each other's paths regularly."

"I realized that GiveDirectly had finally sent us the promised money in the morning after waking up. My heart was filled with happiness as I read the Mpesa message over and over again. I then informed my spouse and children about the good news and they were all very excited after hearing the good news. I knew that I would soon own a dairy cow."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a dairy cow. I used to buy milk from my neighbors and it was so costly for me. I depend on casual jobs in the village and I also run a small retail shop. The amount of money that I get from the two activities was so small and I was not in a position to save to buy a dairy cow. I used all the profits from my shops to meet the basic needs including paying school fees for my children in primary school. Currently, I no longer buy milk because I have enough for the family. I sell the surplus milk at the market to earn an income to meet additional expenses and also pay to save some amount to pay part of the school fees for my children. I am so much happy because I know that in the near future I will have saved enough to add stock to my retail shop and clear all the school fees to enable my children to study without being sent home to collect school fees. GiveDirectly has brought a big change to my life and the people around me."

"My life will change because the breweries company will come and buy the harvest from my farm at a good price. I will then have enough for school fees for my kids for the next year."

"The moment I received my money I felt so happy because I have never received such an amount of money before. I remember it was very early in the morning around 6:00 AM when I heard a message from my phone. When I checked it, I could not believe it I thought it was just a prank. I just ignored the message and went to prepare breakfast for my children. When I came back I found another message from GiveDirectly confirming that they have sent me a sum of 55000 KES. I check my Mpesa balance and surely it was true. I felt so happy because I knew I would be able to buy decent seats for my new house. My spouse and children really celebrated the good news."