"The biggest difference in my daily life is that,I am happy because I paid my children's school fees and there is little interference in their school attendance. Before, I received this cash transfer, I used to stay with my children at home most of the time due to failure to pay their school fees."

"The moment I received my money, I felt very happy. This is because I had hopes of completing the construction of my house."

"I got the message early in the morning and on checking, it was a message that I have been anxiously been waiting for. I was filled with joy in my heart as I went through the contents of the message that I had received my first transfer. All I could do was asking God to prosper GiveDirectly to uplift many more lives."

"My life is different than it would have if I never received money from GiveDirectly because I now have a decent spacious house which I built using my first transfer. I used to live in a small old house which was too squeezed. The floors had holes and the walls were almost falling down. I am now an owner of a beautiful iron roofed house which had always been my wish but lacked money of building one. My husband also managed to pay my dowry which had been an issue between him and my parents who had even threatened to take me back to live with them. Paying my dowry has gained my husband respect and honour from his inlaws."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will be owning a dairy cow. I expect to have received my contributions from my monthly go round savings group and will have fully paid for the cow. Owning livestock has been my greatest desire because it is a way of investment that gives good returns."

"The moment I received the transfer, I was overwhelmed with joy. This is because, I lacked a lot of household items like utensils, beddings among others which needed money to be bought."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my family wakes up happy and lively. This is because I bought enough food that I stocked for emergency . I no longer have to worry about running out of food in the house. However,in the past I used to worry about what meal my family would have in the day. This worry would make me feel depressed and unhappy."

"When I saw the Mpesa notification in the morning indicating that I had received my first transfer from GiveDirectly, I could not believe it at first. I went through the notification again and I was filled with much joy. I was very excited after I realised that indeed GiveDirectly had honored its promise, and it had sent the first transfer that I was anxiously waited for. I, therefore, called my family members to celebrate together with them this great fortune."

"The moment I received my first cash transfer, I felt happy because the cash transfer would help me acquire household items like bedding, buy clothes and pay medical bills. Besides, I have acquired two acres of land that I will cultivate in order to produce adequate food for my household and part of it, I will sell to get income to cater for other family needs."

"The moment I saw the message when my phone rung, I became so happy because this transfer will enable me construct a permanent house. I was so happy because I knew I'm going to construct iron roofed house and I will no longer have to suffer sleeping in a leaky grass thatched house."