"In the next six months, my poultry farming will have been well established. This means that I will have completed the poultry house and will have so many chickens to use as a source of income. Having a source of income will ensure proper supply of daily needs. I expect to be generating an income constantly from egg production."

"My life is different because I no longer fetch water from the river which is located several kilometres away from where I live. I used to strain a lot by walking for long distances before getting tot the only source of water we had around. Moreover, I am so proud of owning this solar powered panel that I purchased using GDs transfers. Using the solar panel is very convenient as compared to using the paraffin lamps that chocks the users and generally prove to be harmful to human beings health due to the soot emitted from such lamps."

"When I received my transfers, I spent part of it to settle my mother's hospital bills that has been consistent. She is diabetic and frequently visits the hospital. I also paid bought a generator to help help her back at home given that electricity has not yet been connected back at home. The remaining amount was spent on household expenses and school fees for my children."

"My life shall change for the better in the next six moths. We are planning to move away from long term crops like maize and to the short term horticultural crops like cabbages and beans that will give us income faster and enable us have more money at our disposal and raise our families well."

"In the next six months, I shall have been able to buy household furniture that will enable me live a more comfortable life at home and make my family happier. I shall also be able to welcome visitors much more comfortably than I can do now."

"On receiving the first transfer notification, my happiness and joy were beyond control and I smiled all day long and felt peaceful in my heart for I was greatly troubled by many issues that I couldn't be able to accomplish due to lack of money."

"To me, completing the construction of my house is the biggest difference in my daily life. I could not have finished the construction in good time had I not received the financial support from GiveDirectly since materials got depleted and obtaining finances on time was a bit difficult for me. GiveDirectly enabled me to achieve this and I am happy for the support."

"A message was on my phone at around 4:00 AM in the morning. Since I am a school drop out and doesn't know how to read, I just decided to wait until it was bright outside so that my sister who stays near by could ready it for me. I could hear a lot of noise outside my house from people. It seemed that people were celebrating but I did not know what was exactly happening. I just held myself until morning when I took the phone to my sister who broke the good news to me. I was very happy and knew that I will meet my goal of buying my own motorcycle."

"I have been living as a single parent since September 2016 after the mother of my children passed on. Things have not been that easy since our children are still young and can't do anything to sustain themselves. It has been a period of toiling and moiling on the farms to bring food on the table. I have never gotten a chance to work on the casual labor jobs since I have got to be present any other time at home to look after them. I thank God I have been able to do all that by myself. When we received this money I was really very happy together with my children who would see anyone on a reflector even the motorcycle riders and they would shout "GiveDirectly!" To me, it was the beginning of the good things in our household. Happiness was overwhelming that I could not think of anything in the first week and I had to wait for sometimes before collecting the money from the Mpesa. We are really thankful that you finally brought back the lost smile into our household."

"The moment I received my transfer, I felt very because I had never received such a lumpsum amount of money. When I was enrolled in this program, I was not sure that I would really get the money. I just knew that this was a solution to most of my needs."