"My life has greatly changed because I was able to get proper treatment for my failing leg, knee and hip bones. Prior to recieving this money, I had no hope of ever getting treatment since I had no where to turn to get money. This is because I could just sit by myself and do nothing about it. Secondly I am grateful that this transfer has helped me hire labor that has done the farming for me. Personally, I had given up on farming since my health is detoriating and I am unable to do it."

"Life has changed because I now have livestock and I also have a new big house which I would have never managed to construct were it not for the cash transfers from the Give Directly organization. Cultivation of my land will be much easier in the future because I will no longer have to be using the hand-held hoe to do all the work."

"Enrolling my wife in college has been my greatest achievement in life. I now have hope of her being independent after she finishes school. For the next six months, I expect to have completed her college fee. I know even if I die today my wife will be able to comfortably take care of my children because she is now empowered. She won't have to get married again with an intention to be taken care of by another man."

"My new goal at the moment is to construct a better house. I believe that I will have completed building and fully furnished the house in the next six months. I feel good because my wife will no longer hustle carrying heavy sand and doing the tiresome work smearing the walls after every rainy season"

"I was previously sheltering in an old grass-thatched house before GiveDirectly came to us. My life is currently different in that the money enabled me to build a new decent iron-roofed house, which I now live in. In addition to this, I also own livestock such as goats and a cow, which I would not have acquired at my own cost. Apart from these, I no longer struggle to provide basic needs such as food for my family unlike before when we could stay without food."

"I spent a larger portion of my most recent transfer to open a cosmetics shop and also ventured into fruits vending. I am running these two projects concurrently. So far, these are the only sources of income that I boast of having which I did not have before GiveDirectly came to us. I spent the remaining portion of the money to clear my house rent and cater for the needs of my household like food and clothing for my children."

"I spent KES 20000 of my most recent transfer to add more stock and utensils to my food kiosk that I had started. This has increased my income since I can now serve a large number of customers adequately. I also used 5000 to pay school fees for my child to avoid any interruptions that could arise from my child being sent home for school fees. I also did some shopping for my family where I bought food items and other basic household necessities for my family. I saved the rest of the money to enable me to meet future financial needs."

"I now have money to take care of my family's needs as well as paying school fees for my children which in the past was not such an easy thing to handle considering the amount of money that I used to make per day. Working as self-employed personnel is so satisfying because I do not have to take orders and restrictions from anyone the way it used to happen in the past."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I was finally able to support one of my family members who is an orphan by paying his school fees. I used to spend so much by selling farm produce in order to raise money for school fees payment and this was quite tough. I am also glad that I would finally build a better house in a comfortable place. Where we currently live is close to the river and gets so clogged with water during the rainy season and poses a health risk for my children and the whole family."

"I believe that my life has changed positively because, in the next to or three years, the number of livestock I currently have will have increased significantly and I will have the opportunity to sell out some of them and in turn earn some little extra income."