"Having livestock which includes the pair of oxen and the two goats is the biggest differences in my daily life. I had none at first, also had no expectations of owning them because of my low income. I thank GiveDirectly because, through this support, I boast of having a pair of oxen and goats. With the pair of oxen, I am assured of timely and early cultivation of my farm for better harvests. I will no longer be hiring from anyone, instead, I will be hiring to them at a fee. I am also rearing the goats which will be reproducing and increase in number to have many of them."

"I was woken up by a message notification on my phone at around 3 am. I thought it was an emergency or the normal Safaricom alerts but to my surprise, it was a message from GuveDirectly. I had finally received my first transfer as promised by them. I was very thankful to them for this financial assistance."

"When I got married about four years ago, my husband inherited my parent's house so we could have a place to stay. When we heard about GiveDirectly cash transfer program in our village we were elated that finally we can get to build a house of our own using the transfer. I am happy that in the next month we would have began construction of our new house in our allotted piece of land, thanks to GiveDirectly. This brings to an end my constant worry of living as caretaker in my mother in law's house. "

"Having a decent house is all I have been dreaming of. At the moment, I live in a makeshift house; grass thatched with open walls. We have suffered a lot of cold at night and whenever it rains we seek refuge from neighbors. All this started a few years ago when our house collapsed and ever since, we haven't been able to build another one due to lack of finances. Receiving this money means a decent roof over our heads. We are going to priorities on it because the shame and ridicule that has befallen us over the years is no longer fathomable. Apart from that, we also have a child who is in college and I believe this transfer has come at the right time and it will help in facilitating his education fee. We intend to spend the remaining part of the transfer in livestock rearing. This will serve as our long term investment plan."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy a cow.I have one already but when it is no longer lactating,my spouse and I have to incur extra expenses to buy milk for our young children.We have always thought that if we had two,we would be able to alternate so that when one no longer produces milk the other may substitute for a while hence this will reduce our expenses"

"That moment I received my money, I heard the message come to my phone at around 02 hours at night, read it and slept till morning when I also expressed happiness like others."

"These cash transfers have enabled me acquire a plot of land that I intend to move my home. In addition, I have bought a mattress and clothes for my children. Before relieving these cash transfers, I didn't have hope to acquire a plot of land and my children slept on a mat."

"My main goal in the next six month is to add more chicken and expand the chicken house that I had built a few months ago. I believe I will be able to do all these through the help I am getting from Give Directly."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have built a better and spacious house for my family. I used to live in a small mud house which could not host all my family members comfortably. Whenever I had visitors it was so embarrassing to take them to the neighbor's house to sleep. The house I used to live was leaking from the inside and during the rainy season there was a big challenge for us in our family, we were exposed to cold during those seasons. Currently, we have a better house and my family members are happy because they are in a good house where there is no more cold like before. We are so great full for the support because it has changed our living standard."

"Currently, I only have two plastic chairs which are already broken. Normally, they are not comfortable to sit on because of their condition. I, therefore, expect to have saved enough money in the next six months so that I can purchase decent seats."