"I saw the transfer message early in the morning as I had woken up to the news from neighbours that GiveDirectly had finally sent the promised transfer. Upon realizing this, my heart was filled with happiness."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am at peace now because the money enabled me to clear the school fees for my children both in high school and primary level of education to avoid them being sent home for fees. I am glad that this has given me adequate time to prepare for the next payments unlike before when I used to pay for them late."

"I have been living in a small house which was not in good condition. Its roof was always leaking and I could not be able to meet the full cost of renovating it. This always rendered our beddings soaked with rainwater whenever it rained and it was always a big shame for us to seek shelter from my inlaws during the rainy seasons. Being able to build a decent house for my family is the biggest difference in my daily life which GiveDirectly has made it possible."

"Receiving this money means getting financial support to educate my children and acquire livestock. "

"The biggest hardship faced in my life is having premature births six times which is affecting my back and legs."

"Being the sole breadwinner, providing for basic needs like food,shelter of my family has been my biggest challenge especially educating my child. Being an illiterate securing a good job is very hard the only hope is charcoal burning, considering the nature of this job being tiresome and laborious it earns me very little at most 2 dollars per day. Sometimes I am forced to sleep hungry in order to pay school fees for my kid. I have wished to return to my livestock rearing career but this dream has never materialized."

"When I heard my phone ring at order hours in the morning. I felt anxious and a little bit scared since it was quite unusual for me to receive messages at such hours. I quickly checked to confirm the content of the message. I had actually received KES 55000 from GiveDirectly. I felt very happy. This meant that I was finally going to be able to achieve most of my set goals in life."

"I saw a Mpesa confirmation message early that morning. When I checked what the message was all about, I realized Give Directly had sent me the first transfer. I felt happy about this message because it came as a surprise. I knew they would definitely send it although I didn't expect it would be that day. This message gave me hope of transforming my life completely."

"I was awoken by a message alert early in the morning. I curiously checked my phone and I was greatly amused when I confirmed that I had received my first transfer from GiveDirectly. I felt happy and thankful to GiveDirectly for the financial assistance that I had just received."

"My life is different from how it was in that I am no longer stressed like I used to be before I started receiving these transfers. As a widow, I had various needs to take care of. The main burden was paying school fees for my bright children who were in high school. The money really helped me to offset their fee balance. Today when they go to school I feel at peace because I paid school fees for the whole year. When they come back for their holidays, I am also not worried because I have enough food that I planted using the transfers."