"Receiving this money will mean that building a better iron roofed house that I will stay in. I currently stay in at a grass thatched house that is very cold at night and not conducive for my old age."

"I have a house that I had started constructing but the I never managed to complete it because I ran short of money. So when I receive this money, I will make sure I complete the construction of the house so that I can shift into it because it is bigger compared to the current one I'm living in. This will help decongest the house because its bigger. I will also use part of the money to buy household items like good beddings, chairs, tables, good utensils and other items."

"When I receive this money, I am going to pay for my children's school fees. I have always wished for my children to have a bright future so that they don't end up like me who dropped out of school after just 3 years of education. I will also buy oxen and an ox-plough to help in agriculture. This will help reduce the burden of hiring ploughing services and also improve our savings that can be channeled to other household demands like food, medical care etc."

"The moment I received my money, I was so happy to receive such an amount of money that will be a very good help to me."

"That moment I received my money, I felt happy because it was something I didn't expect so soon. "

"The moment I received my money, I felt happy that I immediately started planning for it and sent my son to collect it. "

"The biggest differencein in my daily life is the feeling of gratitude towards GiveDirectly since it has given me money that has enabled me to take good care of my sick, helpless and elderly mother through proper and timely feeding. Secondly, seeing that my house is being renovated has made me so happy. I have no more worry as before when it was in a state of falling. At that time, I even did not have hope of getting money to buy grass to at least keep us from the leakage during rainny season. Hence, the biggest difference in my daily life. "

"Though I am still sleeping in the old grass thatched house, the biggest different in my daily life is the joy and happiness that I feel for having got such amount of money that has enabled me to start building a permanet iron roofed house that when complete, I will move in. "

"In the next six months, God willing I may be blessed to get enough money which will help me in building a new house for my family so that we no longer have to stay in this old dilapidated structure."

"My life is different from the way it would have been if I never received the transfer in that if it was not for GiveDirectly my child would not have continued with her college education. This is because, by the time I received the transfer, I had college fees arrears of 120,000 KES. This is because the income I get from the domestic work I do for a living and the bursary I got was not enough to settle the arrears. Without GiveDirectly my child would not have gotten the chance of pursuing her education. I am thankful to GiveDirectly for making this dream come true."