"At that time when the money was sent, I was pregnant and almost putting to bed. However when I checked my phone the next day, I felt very excited because this was my first time ever to receive a million plus. This money was going to relieve me from the struggles of looking for grass for my house."

"The biggest difference n my daily life so far is that my children are at school studying. I am also happy that I secured a cassava garden that will provide continuous food supply for my family. Before I received the cash transfer, we were living from hand to mouth and I had limited food supply."

"I recall hearing my phone buzzing at midnight. When I checked my phone, I could not believe it that I had received money from GiveDirectly. On that eventful day, I felt relieved and happy because I would now be in position to construct an iron roofed house."

"My new goal is to grow my business into a wholesale venture where I will also supply different products to other smaller businesses."

"My goal is to have my own motorcycle company, where I can buy the bikes from abroad, and resell them here in Kenya."

"I spent part of my transfers to complete building a house for my mother that I had begun building with my first transfers. My mother is widowed after she lost her husband, who was also my step father. Her house in her rural home in Khwisero constituency in Kakamega county had collapsed and she did not have a place to stay. I felt it would be in order to restore my mother's dignity and bring honor to her home by assisting her to build another house. I also spent part of the transfers to assist my bother to pay for the medical bill of his 12 year old son, who has been hospitalized at the Kenyatta National Hospital since mid January of this year, 2019. We have never been given a comprehensive diagnosis of my nephew's illness. He is not able to breathe on his own and has to depend on oxygen therapy since he was first hospitalized. I assisted my brother as he has been struggling to raise the medical bill."

"My life is currently different in that, my business has drastically improved and I have not had any challenges of recording low revenue or profit of late."

"My new goal is to open up a t-shirt printing business as it is a marketable business even here in Mathare. I will supplement my income with my coming transfers from Give Directly in order to achieve this dream."

"Ever since my husband lost his job as a casual driver one year ago,I have always longed for us to have our own business. However,this wish has always remained to be a dream because we did not have the necessary finances to kick it off. With this money,we plan to start a sardines business which we will be selling in large scale within the village. Currently, the scotching sun has dried up all vegetables in the farms and the only other delicacy that is affordable for people to buy are the sardines to accompany our staple food of Ugali. In order to reach more of our customers and maximize on our profits, my husband plans to purchase a bicycle that will help him in transversing different and far off villages as he hawks the sumptuous and really treasured food commodity which we are very sure will generate good profit for us."

"The moment I received money I was happy and optimistic towards my future success. I graduated with Diploma in Animal Husbandry, but I have not been employed yet. Now I am proud to proclaim that if anybody put the transfer into good use, he would able to come out of bondage of poverty."