"On hearing people making noise, I had to ask my co wife what the noise was all about and she said it was because people had received money. I then checked my phone as well and alas! my money was there. At that moment I felt happy that I called upon God and thanked Him for this opportunity."

"The biggest difference in my life is that, I have bought a motorbike that has eased movements for my household members. It is also going to generate income for the family through the BodaBoda business. Additionally, I managed to pay my children's school fees. Prior to receiving transfer, we could go any where we wanted to on foot no matter the distance. My children were sent back home because they had not cleared school fees. I thank God for GiveDirectly and ask him to bless those who donated their money to save poor people like us."

"The moment I received my money, I felt happy receiving this kind of financial help."

"The mere fact that I have money, I really feel relieved, happy and stress free. This is because I had got money that is helping me in various ways like pay off my debts, feed my family, buy mattresses and light up my house. This has really made the biggest difference in my daily life."

"My daily is much relaxed and I look healthy. Currently, I sleep on a nice comfortable mattress. In addition to this, I acquired a lot of household items such as chairs, utensils with the cash transfer. Previously, my life was miserable in that I did not own a single visitor's chair."

"The moment I received my money, I felt so happy. I had also got money to use as I pleased and at that, without any strings attached."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is happiness of having bought my cow that will give me milk. I will then sell the milk as my livelihood and a source of income."

"The moment I received money, I felt very happy because I knew that I was going to acquire some of the things I lacked like bulls for ploughing and household goods ( curtains and utensils)"

"When I received a message notification early that morning, I was not sure who it came from and I could not speculate since I have never received such messages as early as 4:00 am. I checked to confirm who it was from and I was so happy to learn that I had just received a sum of KES 20000 on my mpesa account. I felt so happy that I could not have a wink any further. It just dawned to me that my long term dream of owning a motorcycle was finally going to be achieved. I had been so jobless for quite a while and I just felt like I should find some form of employment that would enable me to sustain my family. I feel so happy that the dream has finally been a reality."

"My daily life's biggest difference is having money at hand. This is because I can pick and use it as I please and I was able to boost my Clinic business. Although I had a Clinic running, it was always difficult to make ends meet since it hardly had enough drugs to sell. In addition to this, I am happy that most people in my community got these transfer. This is because they now can afford to buy drugs compared to before when someone would come and take medicine on credit and take almost forever to pay it back. This kept my business at low levels."