"Receiving this money means I will own a cow that will act as an investment for the household. I do not own any investment except of land that I cultivate on. Part of that money will be spent on constructing a semi permanent iron roofed house that will house us. The grass thatched house I sleep in is small and leaks when it rains because the termites have eaten the grass."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build a permenent house. The one I stay in is grass thatched and it has been destroyed by termites hence making it to leak. When this house is built, it will improve on my living conditions and standard of living."

"I shall have saved and bought the livestock for rearing. I have always wanted to venture into livestock rearing to help securemy family financially. We can always get milk for sale to earn income and also consume to nourish us."

"It was exactly 3:52 am when I heard my phone vibrating. I was awake breastfeeding my baby. I quickly decided to check its content because it was unusual to get a message during that hour. I was so excited to realize it was an Mpesa message. Give Directly had sent me my first transfers. I remember dancing that night with my baby in my arms. It was a bit awkward considering it was still very early but I couldn't contain my joy after receiving the good news"

"After GiveDirectly came for enrollment in our village, I started planning and wrote down on a book on how I would spend my money. On my list, buying a dairy cow was my priority since it is what I had desired to have for so long. Being able to achieve this makes my daily life different from how it was before. When it starts reproducing, I will be able to get milk for our consumption and sell some so that I can get money to use in paying school fees for my children."

"My phone rang at around 12 AM and I went head to check it was a mobile money message notifying me that I had received money. I was overwhelmed by joy an thanked God Almighty for the gift of cash that was going to enable me complete my house."

"The biggest hardship I face in my life is lack of land for crop cultivation. The plot of land that my household owns is where we have built and we hire land that we cultivate crops on yearly basis. This is not a reliable venture and that makes my spouse to rely on business in order to support the family. "

"Ever since I received my first transfer, my daily life has not been the same again. This is because I was always living a life full of worries on how to get money to use in meeting our needs. It had reached a point where I felt that I had achieved less as a parent because it was always hard for me to get money to use in buying food for my family. Being able to buy two sacks of maize flour using my transfer has made my family's life different. We now get two meals a day unlike before when it was through God's grace if we managed to get a meal in a day."

"GD did well in elevating the life of the youth in the slums. We do really struggle to raise money to meet our needs because we do not have a good income. Thanks to GD most of us can handle their needs well. I feel that the other youth who are not in groups should also have been considered for the transfers"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I have acquired a piece of land where I will establish my home that has made me very happy. Prior to receiving this transfer, we had 2 pieces of land that my father divided to the five of us which was not even enough to set up a home."