"My life is different because GiveDirectly has given me a much higher step to accomplish my project of constructing house. If it was not of this transfers, It would have taken me many years to achieve my dream of building a iron roofed house. My standards of living improved when I received this transfers because I could afford anything I prefered like food, Household items among others. Lastly, I live a more stress free life because I was able to clear my debt therefore I bond with my creditors freely as compared to the past when I could dodge their phone calls whenever they called."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house and buy a cow that can reproduce and provide milk for my family. I believe my household will be healthier. "

"The biggest challenge that I face in my life is inability to have enough income at household level. My only source of income currently is in agriculture. However, it is does not cover my household needs throughout the year due to unpredicable seasons."

"My life has improved because through these cash transfers, I'm now earning profits from my commercial house which is enabling me buy more building materials for the other commercial. In addition, there is enough lighting in my compound at night and I can charge my phone freely as opposed to before when I was charged 500 shillings per day for changing my phone and I never had money for completing my commercial house."

"My life is different in that, I own livestock and have boosted the business. In the past, I never made progress with my business because every small proceeds I got rushed to meet family needs yet the capital was very small. But after boosting it, I have started saving my profits and the business is growing steadily. In addition, when the livestock reproduce, they will become an alternative source of income for my family hence ensuring financial stability."

"Building a house for my family has always been my priority for so long but I had not been able to achieve this due to lack of money. It is a taboo in our community for parents to sleep with their grown-up children in one room. Besides my children sleeping in a different house from ours, I can now comfortably welcome visitors to my home any day because they will have a place to sleep comfortably. Being able to build a house for my family is the biggest achievement in my daily life which I am proud of."

"In the next six months, I expect that my life will have changed in that I will have bought a heifer. Being the owner of a heifer will give me hope that I will stop buying milk daily soon. In addition to this, I will have completed building a house for my family. The cleaning process will have been made easy for my wife since I am planning to cement floor."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of farm land. I struggle as much as I can to hire a piece of land so as to be able to cultivate. However, each time I fail to hire land means food shortage in my household because I will not have had the chance to do cultivation. My standard of living is low because I don't have land. "

"Receiving this money means I will be able to retrieve the three acres of land we leased out to neighbour. The money is all 2 million shillings. The balance I want to cement my house so it can look nice."

"The moment I received my money I felt so happy. It was very early in the morning when I received a call from my neighbor informing me that he had received the money and immediately when the call was disconnected I checked my phone and I had just received money too from GiveDirectly. I had never received such amount of money before and I felt so happy because I knew from that point that I was finally going to buy a dairy cow and cut the cost of buying milk going forward."