"My life is different now because I was able to build my house. Though not gully complete, I am confident that soon I will shift from the grass thatched house that I am currently using and I will be relieved from the issue of renovating my always leaking grass thatched house. "

"Although it was the use of my first transfer, my life is currently different in that I was able to pay up fees for my three children who are in secondry schools. This was a great relief compared to before when together with them, we had to do casual labor to raise fees and add up with the sale of our own harvest. If the time of getting back to school has approached and no money yet, they had to keep home until I had raised it."

"The moment I received my money I felt so happy because I had never received such amount of money before. I remember it was very early in the morning when my children were checking my phone as usually to update me. They told me that GiveDirectly had sent the money. I could not believe it because I thought it could take a longer time. I knew I would be able to buy a dairy cow which had always been my dream. My children were so happy because they knew that their school fees will be cleared."

"I remember it was very early in the morning when I heard an incoming message on my phone. When I checked it I could not believe my eyes because I had never received such amount of my money before in my life. My spouse had passed on that week and we were still planning for the funeral. My family was so happy to have gotten a handy hand at the most difficult time of our life since we knew that the funeral arrangement will be easy because we had money to buy food for the visitors and to pay hospital bills."

"I'm currently saving some money for purchasing building materials that I'll use to construct my home. Staying at my parent's home with my age makes me uncomfortable. Neighbors have called me names and I have lost respect due to this. In the next six months, I believe that I'll have saved enough money and constructed my home. This will make me more independent, regain both my respect and honor back."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is raising my four children all alone.Providing for a family of five single handedly is a very huge task especially because my only means of income is selling vegetables at a nearby market.My eldest child is in high school and each school term I am required to raise Kes 5000 for school fees.The other children also need food and clothing and all these are dependent on my small income business.Sometimes am forced to let my child stay home for a while as I look for money and his study time is wasted hence affecting perfomance."

"Life will change six months from today because first of all, I will no longer be getting cash transfers from the organization which will leave me in a tricky situation with the school fees budgets. I have also been supporting one of my young brother who is also at his junior secondary school, so with all these financial burdens hanging on my neck, I think life will take a downward trajectory."

"Being a full-time farmer, I think that it is high time I got another piece of land and use it for cultivation purposes going into the future. I have to make sure that my husband and I save enough amount so that we can be able to get a reasonable amount to start us off in the process."

"Currently, I owe many people debts which I borrowed while raising funds towards my brother's medication. I'm, therefore planning to save the coming transfers so that I can use them to refund the debts. In the next six months, I expect to have paid back most of the debts that I currently owe people and at least think about other new investments that will bring an improvement to my living standards."

"I plan to invest more in agriculture because it is the only way through which the family can become food secure going into the future. Based on the plans I have in place, I have to make sure that I use modern farming methods so that my yields or harvests can increase over time."