"The biggest difference for me is that I was able to make a lot of transformations within the house which includes buying the new set of sofa-set which now makes my living room to be a beautiful place to live in because I no longer get embarrassed about welcoming my visitors to my place reason being that I have a nice piece of sitting coaches that they can rest on."

"I really thanked God when I received the money. It was all celebration that the long wait had finally come. We had been waiting for the day for such a long time although we were not very sure whether we would really receive what we had been promised. I saw the message from the service provider early in the morning which was confirming the receipts of the money. Tears of joy rolled down my cheeks and I found myself rubbing the eyes repeatedly in a trial to dry them up. We woke up with my husband carrying a book and a pen since we wanted to start making a clear budget on what to do with the money. Sleep deserted our eyes and I think that was the case to any other neighbor since we could hear the laughter and noises emanating from the nearby huts. We really thank God for opening another door of blessing in our lives."

"I have a plan of doing more of the farming but this time around I have a plan of buying more fertilizers so that the farm production can increase significantly, which will, in the long run, translate to more food for my family."

"I am planning to dive into the field of agriculture where I want to do tomato planting business. This business also does not require a huge amount of capital to start, that is why I believe I will excel in it. The profits generated from this business added with the profits I will be generating from the birds business should just be enough to see me through my next stage of education."

"I was awoken by a message notification at around midnight and on checking it, I was amazed to see that I had received money from GiveDIrectly. I immediately shared the news to my husband and he was happy too."

"I was astonished at around midnight of ninth April 2019 when I was awoken by a message notification from Mpesa that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I was left questioning myself why such late in the night but that never bordered me a lot, I instead thought of my small business that I had always wished to expand but due to ever-rising family needs, I wasn't able to grow it bigger now getting bigger."

"I believe within six months I would have saved enough money with the aim of buying a dairy cow. We are now spending a lot of money buying milk for domestic use. When we get our own cow, we would no longer buy milk rather the surplus would be selling to get more income."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, I would still be depending on manual jobs which were hectic and unreliable. I could mostly take my time on people's farms but by the end of the day, I was only given a few coins that could not sustain my daily need. I thank GiveDirectly very much since I managed to start my business which is doing well. Today, I am able to cater for my needs easily and my mind and body is more relaxed unlike before."

"I do not have any new goal but to keep working on savings. I intend to completely myself out of poverty by starting a business. As soon as I complete the course, I will concentrate on running my business and doing it better than ever before."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, I would still be working for someone. I am glad that GiveDirectly gave me my transfer which I was able to use in starting my own business. I operate a motorcycle where I get more profits which have made it smoothly for me to easily cater for my needs. Before the transfer, life was difficult because the little that I got could not be enough to sustain my family members. Most of the time we could quarrel with my wife when I could honestly tell her that I had no money. Our relationship was generally not good because most of the time I could not provide for my family as expected and my wife could be bitter about it. I thank GiveDirectly very much. Since I started my own business, I have not had my wife complaining about giving her less money or nothing at all."