"As a peasant farmer, I have always struggled to make ends meet with my little income from farming. In most cases, I have had to go for casual work to meet some basic needs of the family. This has been very stressful and I feel frustrated in life. My life has never been the kind of life I want. We have been quarrelling with my husband on very petty issues as a result of the lack of money. When I used the transfer to solve most of my needs, I have realised peace of mind which I have never had before. We are happy as a family and we rarely quarrel as we used to before the transfers."

"Ever since I received the transfers, I have realised so much peace in my life and with my family. In the past before the transfers, we used to have little quarrels in the family on very petty issues. I would disagree with my husband on many issues because life was very frustrating for us. There was nothing going on in our lives. When I received the transfers and used the money to handle most of urgent needs, there has been peace in the family. We agree even on the things we used to argue on in the past. We rarely quarrel and I enjoy the company of my family more."

"Starting another small scale business where I buy curtains from Eastleigh market in Nairobi and re-selling them in one of the Rich Estates such as Komarocks wheer there are plenty of customers demanding for such products."

"Before I received the transfers, I had a small business selling second-hand clothes which did not earn me much making it hard to provide for my family especially after the death of my husband who was the primary earner of my family. After receiving the first transfer, I boosted the clothes business by adding more stock which made it very stable and profitable. I am now able to comfortably provide for my family, all thanks to the business which has also allowed me to join three saving groups where I save some of my profits for personal projects. I am also happy that I completed paying for a piece of land my husband had not completely paid for using some of the transfers and I am now a proud owner of a piece of land that is situated at a very lucrative area in case I decide to put up rental houses. All of these have been made possible by Give Directly and I am very sure that I could not have managed to achieve all of them on my own. Thanks a lot Give Directly."

"The moment I received the transfer, I felt very happy because I have never held such an amount of money in my life."

"I felt excited because I got money for acquiring whatever I was lacking like a bed and piece of land for starting up my own home."

"The moment I received the transfer, I felt very happy because I got financial support from GiveDirectly which has enabled me build a permanent house."

"The moment I received the transfer, I felt very happy because I had never held such an amount of money in my life. Before this cash transfer, I used to cultivate my highest a mount was UGX 300,000."

"I heard a message alert from my phone, I went ahead to cross check and it was the mobile money message notifying me that I had got money from GiveDirectly, I became very happy because I knew that I was going to build an iron roofed house."

"The moment I recieved my money, I was over whelmed by joy because my initial plan of constructing an iron roofed house was going to be attained."