"I received the money from my relative's residence where I had gone for burial. I felt so happy when I received a notification from Safaricom at around 2:00 am that day and I prayed immediately. Someone who was staying close to me then was left wondering what had befell me at that time of the night. I finished praying and then I explained to her that I had received a favor from God then went back to sleep as I started planning on how to spend the money."

"I do not have a new goal at the moment. I still want to save money and buy land one day. I want to have a place where I can call home and this is why I have already started saving. I have suffered for a long time paying rent and I wish I would settle soon. I will work hard and ensure that this goal is achieved sooner or later"

"The greatest impact in my life is that I built a three roomed permanent house with the cash transfers. Previously, I was staying in a leaking thatched house which was in an absurd state. I also acquired household items such as mattresses, clothes and a bed. These are items that I had taken long to replace in the household. We are very grateful to GiveDirectly for making us proud and happy."

"My new goal is to make sure that I boost my business. I want to do more research so as to know what trends because, with cosmetics, the customers love new fashion. I know that I will be able to reach a point where all the items which be stocked in my shop."

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of income generatiing activity since I rely on crop farming. This is unreliable due to changing weather conditions hence I realise low returns which do not support my family needs. My family members survive under low living standards."

"I spent all my resources in educating my children.Three of them were in secondary school and two in college,but they have now completed.Their school fees was overwhelming such that I had to sell a portion of our land and all our livestock to raise their fees.Right now,we do not have any cow and therefore we have to buy milk,which adds to our expenditure.Receiving this money means that I will now be able to buy a cow so that we cut costs of buying milk"

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy land. I only have a home stead but have no where to cultivate and plant crops hence no food to eat at my home. Therefore give directly money will give me a chance of owning my land for farming. What can be produced here I will be using as food stuff and selling some to raise money for providing other neccessities."

"At this moment, I am living in an old leaking thatched house which has made it impossible to have a wife after my first wife left me due to the embarrassment associated with living in such a house. I have been buying the required materials to build a new house bit by bit using the monthly transfers I have been receiving from Give Directly, and I hope that in the next six months I will have a decent iron-roofed house."

"I hope that the business that I am planning to start in the next few months will provide for me financially so that assist my struggling husband to take care of family needs. My wish is to have the business stable enough by the time the transfers come to an so that I don't feel the pinch when I no longer receive them."

"The greatest different in my life ever since Give Directly came into my life. I now have my own home where I can do my projects and even live happily with my family. I finally managed to move away from my parents' homestead. I feel independent which is a great achievement since no one in my village knew I would one day own a home. Apart from that I also bought food that lasted for a couple of days. I also planted some food crops that have also sustained us for a while. I can't thank this organization enough, I will continue praying for them so that they get more blessings and continue helping other people."