"I received the transfer notification early in the morning and because I could not comprehend the contents, I called my helper who read the contents of the message to me and I confirmed that GiveDirectly had sent me the first transfer. I was filled with joy on hearing this good news."

"I received the transfer notification early in the morning. When I checked the message, I was greatly overjoyed when I realized that this message was from GiveDirectly informing me that I had received my first transfer. I thanked them for giving us this unconditional money to improve our own lives."

"I saw the transfer notification early in the morning. On checking the contents, I realised it was a message from GiveDirectly informing me that I had finally received my first transfer. I was happy to get this money because my life would be changed thus uplifting my living standard."

"My life is different now, I have my cows and I sleep well on a bed, mattress and in an iron roofed house. I feel stronger and I know I will leave longer, I am very happy with my property. Previously, I did not have hope of life, I offered casual labour on a daily basis in order to survive and I was gradually weakening."

"My life is better, I now sleep in an iron roofed house, I enjoy cleaning the cemented floor because I just mop it unlike before when I could smear the floor of my hut with cow dug and replace thatch for the roof yearly."

"My life is great now, GiveDirectly money has enabled me to buy the cows that I am going to use as dowery for marrying. If I had not received this money, I would have done farming for many years in order to raise money to buy cows for marrying."

"My life is good now, my heart is relaxed, I have peace of mind because I paid my children's school fees. I bought a piece of land and I have saved money in form of livestock which I hope to sell in future and construct an iron roofed house. Previously, I was doing business but the money I got was not enough to handle all the expenses that I had. I am so happy to GiveDirectly because they have uplifted families and children' s education. May God increase in GiveDirectly the grace to help those who have not got any help of this kind before."

"My life is now better because through these aid, I paid of the debt which had taken me five years to clear and repossessed my farm land. I'm now sure of food security next year. Secondly, I have a permanent builing in my compound Previously, my compound was surrounded with thatched houses only and I suffered from food shortage because I had a small piece of land to cultivate."

"My life has improved because through these cash transfers, I can afford to earn fourty thousand shillings from my salon business every week. This has enabled me to meet my family needs like treatment and food. In addition, I can also now cultivate on time because I acquired two bulls for ploughing as opposed to when I farmed late because I had to wait for the owner of the bulls to complete and had no source of income."

"My life has improved because through these cash transfers, I have built a three roomed permanent upto ring beam level. I have also sold some of my cows to help me complete to build it since the transfer was not enough. However, I'm sure of soon sleeping in a spacious permanent because the one I'm occupying now is too small for us."