"The biggest difference in my life is that my children are now looking good in their new school uniform which I managed to buy for them after I received the transfer. The previous ones were ugly with patches all over. I used to feel embarrassed but there was nothing I could do. I couldn't afford to buy them new ones because I am the only breadwinner in the family. My husband left us with my four children and went to marry another wife. I don't have a stable job and buying a school uniform was the least among the priorities I had. Thankyou Givedirectly for bringing this change in my life."

"I received a message confirming I had received money from Give Directly. I went to my Mpesa account to confirm whether this was true and to my surprise, my account balance read the highest amount ever. I have never owned such an amount in life. I was so happy as I knew that all my dreams will come to pass. I knew my child will not be sent home anymore. Finally, there was hope to meet all my needs and live a good life."

"In the next 2 days my life will change because I will be sleeping in my permanent house. Currently, I'm still occupying my leaking thatched house."

"My life has changed because through these cash transfer, I have built commercial house which is now at finishing level. This will generate for me income to pay schools for my six children. Previously, I had nothing which could generate income for my family. Thanks to GiveDirectly for enabling me achieve my dream."

"Although I have not yet started building my commercial house, I see a great change in my life as I will be having a reliable source of income when I start renting it off. This will help me to supplement my existing restaurant income to see to it that my children get a better life, and education. In addition to this, my life has changed in that I was able to renovate my already existing house. It now looks very beautiful. Before, the house was very unpleasant as it was not plastered, cemented, had no windows and no proper door."

"My life is different now in that I was able to build a house that together with my children, we shall have a safe and spacious place to stay. Despite the fact that I am still staying in my grass thatched house that leaks and conjested, I am a happy that soon my permanent house will be completed. "

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have bought a dairy cow. Being able to get the dairy cow will make me very optimistic that very soon, I will stop buying milk from my neighbors. In addition to this, I will also be able to earn an income through the sale of surplus milk when it reproduces."

"I have seen some changes in my life because so far I have been able to start up a small scale business which of course was never an easy thing for me to do in the past. I had only had a vision that one day I would start a business but then launching the program could never materialize due to lack of enough resources."

"I expect to start up a business that would generate more income for the family. I have been having the idea of having a business for a long time but that was a far away dream. I pray that by the end of the next few months, I will have this business up and running so that I get to salvage the situation my family is in. For once, I believe I will have an easy flow of income in my house."

"I have seen a change in my life because I have been using the money to pay my rent every month without worries as it used to happen way back in the past. Before I started receiving the transfers, I could stay for almost three months without paying my rent because I never had enough money to take care of my bills but eventually all that has changed today, thanks to the transfers from Give Directly. I am also able to pay school fees for my sister effectively as opposed to how I used to struggle in the past when my kid could have arrears all the time which at times forced the teachers to send the kid back home."