"The moment I received my transfer, I felt very happy because I got transfer for paying labour since I do not have enough energy to use on local tool and food."

"My life is better because I sleep comfortably as opposed to when I slept on torn mattress. Secondly, soon I will be owning an acre of land after completing to pay off the balance with second transfer. In the past, I hired farm land which far away from home."

"My life is different in that I have bought 2 bulls for ploughing my farm land. I'm hopeful of getting good yield now that I will be clearing my farm land on time not like when I could farm late because I had to wait for the owners of the bulls to complete first. In addition, my business is growing because I can afford to record like 4 songs within 2 week. Previously, I could only record one song in a year."

"My life has changed because I have repossessed my farm land which was in the hands of another person for 2 years. I was left with a small piece land of land to cultivate. Secondly, my children now sleep well on a mattress compared to when they used their clothes as a mattress."

"The moment I received the transfer, I felt very happy because GiveDirectly has enabled me to acquire a cow which I never had."

"Currently, my life is different from how it was in that, I run my own business. Before then, I could get 250 KES every day and this denied me the opportunity to even save. Most of the time, I ended up paying rent and food. That was it. Having the opportunity to work for myself courtesy of GiveDirectly's transfer makes me happy because I work under my rules and I will never be worried about looking for casual jobs again."

"I had been a smokies vendor in our area to earn a living. In a family of unemployed members, my business was seen to be the primary source of income thus I had no option but to fully support my family daily household needs. My business was too small with a meager income to persist the daily household needs thus it collapsed. I was devastated and left stranded in life not knowing what to lean on next. Coincidentally, the month my business shut down is the same month GiveDirectly showed up in our society. I felt so happy to receive them and I attribute my great changes in my current daily life to them. First, I started a second-hand clothes business which I boosted with my second transfer. Therefore, the business has picked up so well being that during this cold season most people like wearing warm clothes thus I serve so many customers. I am thankful to GiveDirectly for financial empowerment. I currently have peace of mind since I have better income to support my family's daily needs."

"My next six months are going to be peaceful because I have been using the money to provide my child's education. This will go on smoothly since the money always comes on time. This cash from GiveDirectly has assured me that I will be able to take my son through his education and facilitate him well in his endeavours."

"I spent the larger portion of my recent transfer to settle my child's school arrears. This meant a lot since out of settling these arrears she got the opportunity to graduate. I was humble to see the joy on her face as she graduates with the rest of her classmate moreso next year she will now be able to join class one. The remaining amount I bought food for my family's consumption."

"Before the coming of GiveDirectly, I did not have any livestock in my home. Currently, I own two cows and goats which I am rearing in my homestead. I would not have acquired any of these had it not been the support from GiveDirectly. These to me are assets which upon reproducing, I can lean on incase of a financial need. In addition to this, ever since receiving the money, fulfilling the family basic needs like buying daily foodstuffs has never been a problem unlike before when we could skip some meals due to lack of money."