"I am happy now because before the coming of GiveDirectly, I was using kerosene lamps which was expensive to me, due to the daily expenses on this. Currently, I am using a solar panel to light my household. I no longer buy kerosene, because the solar serves a good purpose by relieving me from the daily expenditure on kerosene. and this makes it to be the biggest difference in my daily life."

"I received the transfer message early in the morning, and I was greatly overjoyed because my life would be completely changed through this transfer, as GiveDirectly had promised to impact our lives positively."

"I was woken up by a message alert on my phone. When I called my helper to check and to confirm who could have sent the message at daybreak, I was filled with happiness on realizing that GiveDirectly had sent money. I thanked them as I celebrated with my family for this money."

"My helper informed me early in the morning that some money had been sent into my mpesa account. When I sought to know who the sender was, I was greatly overjoyed on realizing that the money was from GiveDirectly, as they had promised us."

"I saw the transfer notification in the morning, after I went through it, I was filled with happiness because GiveDirectly had sent money to me, I never thought that I would ever receive such money in my life."

"I was filled with happiness the moment I saw the transfer notification in my phone. Indeed it was from GiveDirectly and they had finally honored their promise to us. I thanked God and GiveDirectly for the fortune."

"In the next six months l expect to have put up my house and staying in it comfortably with my family members."

"In the next six months I would have started saving the money for my granddaughter and would be able to admit her in secondary school."

"For a long time my first born son has been sleeping over at my neighbor's house. Not that I didn't have money, but educating my three children and providing for other household needs like food has been more of a priority than building him his own house. But now that I am going to receive money from GiveDirectly this means it's time I accord my son the dignity and comfort he deserves by putting up a house for him at a cost of $200."

"Waking up each day without a clue on where to secure a job that will earn me some income at the end of the day has been the biggest challenge i face daily. I work as a mason and the remoteness of my area of work makes it a challenge securing work to do which keeps me worried day in day out given that i am the breadwinner of my family."