"I saw the notification early in the morning as I went through the messages in my phone inbox. On checking the content, I realised that it was from GiveDirectly informing me that my first transfer had finally been sent. I was happy and thankful to GiveDirectly for financial support."

"If l could not have received this money l could not have started my business and for this reason I could still be depending on my spouse and very sure l could still be going through a lot of problems in my house. "

"If I could not have received the transfer l could still be borrowing furniture from my neighbors when l have visitors, because l could not have manage to buy furniture. Without the money l could also have not do large scale farming as l have done and this could have lead to depending on for food."

"If l could not have received the transfer my grandchild could have dropped out of school and this could have been a big problem. I could alss be still cooking in my two roomed house which was so squeezed, because l could not have manage to put up a kitchen, being that l do not have any stable income. "

"I expect to have completed the house that I'm planning to build in the next six months."

"My life is different compared to when I had not received transfers from Give Directly. I never thought I could afford to buy land any time soon. I really needed it but the goal could not have been achieved soon enough. Because of this organization, I managed to deposit a total of 105000 KES in a deal to buy a piece of land where I plan to operate my business. Right now I have a sense of hope because I have managed to pay part of the money and soon I won't be paying rent anymore in order to operate my garage."

"My additional goal is to save more towards improving my living standards. I will save part of the proceeds that I get from the taxi business so that I can secure the business and also have more to use if I get to a low season in the business."

"In the next six months, I shall have saved and bought the laptop which will ease my studies and also save me some coins from photocopying handouts. I would also wish to save and start a mitumba business which I believe will help me generate more income to secure my future by paying for my college fees on my own."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I'm happy and settled in my mind because I have an acre of land for agriculture. Previously, I used to hire it but often times the planting season got when I didn't have money and this in the long run led to food shortage in my family since I didn't have where to cultivate crops."

"My life is better now in that, My standards of living have improved because I can change clothes, Sleep well on a new mattress. Furthermore, I do farm on my very own land which I bought using GD transfers. Prior to getting these money, I used to hire farm land and when I failed to get one due to lack of money, I could spend the whole planting season working on people's gardens in order to get money to support my household via buying food and other basic needs."