"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have built an extension room for visitors and renovate the entire house to look decent. We used to live in a small house before and whenever I had visitors it was a challenge because the house could not host all of them. Most of the occasions we could sit outside the house to do family meetings and this was so embarrassing. The worse moment is during the rainy seasons. My house was not looking so decent because when I built it, I did not have the money to buy painting materials to make my house decent. Currently, I have a decent house and a spacious extension room for my visitors. Nowadays I do not shy away to welcome visitors to my house because I have a decent room to host them. We no longer do the family meeting outside the house like before. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has changed my living standard."

"I would still want to continue investing in a business. I would want to use my transfers to boost my cloth business which I started with part of my transfers by adding more stock. I would want to grow to a point where I will be able to rent a permanent premise for the business."

"As we approach the festive season, I would want to make my family happy by doing for them something special. This is why I will save my transfers and use them to do something worth remembrance for my family during this year's festive season."

"The biggest difference is that I have built a better and spacious house for my family. We used to live in a small mud house that could not host all of us comfortable. I depend on the manual jobs in the village and the amount of money that I get is so small and cannot meet all the basic needs including saving some amount. Whenever I had visitors it was so hard for them to be hosted inside because of a small house and this was so embarrassing. Currently, I have built a better and spacious house. When I have visitors I do not shy away nowadays like I used to do before. I have confidence in myself because I own a decent house. Most of the family meetings were done outside but currently, all are done in the house because of the space available. I am so much grateful for the support it has really changed our living standard."

"Currently, I am only focusing on raising money to pay for my college fees. I will use my transfer for savings and come next year, I will use the amount I have saved to register for catering course."

"I look forward to having a bigger house that will comfortably accommodate my growing family. My family has struggled to live in our small house and I think it is the right time to have a bigger one. The house will be the envy of the entire village but pride to my family."

"In the next six months, I shall have bought the livestock for rearing as a form of financial security for my family. The livestock can easily multiply and whenever we are faced with any fiancial difficulties, we shall have something to fall back to."

"In the next six months God willing I will have started an mpesa business and my poultry will be doing well. This is because I am eagerly working hard to ensure that all my projects prosper."

"The moment I received the transfer, I felt very happy because I got money for paying my children's fees and buying plot of land."

"Owning a spacious permanent house is the biggest difference in my daily life. I have been longing to build a better and more spacious house but due to my financial status, I could not afford it. My previous house was a small, old grass-thatched hut that was already in a wanting condition that it even collapsed a few weeks before I was enrolled. My properties had to stay in the open which was very insecure and we were forced to seek a place to sleep at my neighbors' and relatives' houses. This meant that my children couldn't even study. After the completion of our house, this problem was solved. I am glad that we now stay comfortable and my children have ample space and time to study. I hope they will do well in their studies."