"My son has not in school for a period because I had not cleared his school fees arrears and on receiving the transfer, I took him back to school and paid a portion of the fees and now he is going on with his studies without any hindrance."

"I got married in 1974 and at that time my husband was a drunkard.I have lived with him in this condition for all those years until four years ago when he stopped taking alcohol.His behaviour cost us a lot moreso the education of our children.I have eight children and five of them could not join secondary school because my husband was not responsible enough to cater for the basic needs as well as their education.For all those years he left me a burden of trying to satisfy the basic needs of the family alone.I could not raise enough money for school fees.I thank God that he quit alcohol and the difference can now be felt.My last three children joined secondary school and my last born is now in form three."

"I was always doing my farming late and the harvests that I was getting was just a handful. Thus, getting a more efficient technique for timely planting and cultivation was a need that I had desired to have for a long time. Through the transfer, I was able to buy a pair of oxen which will help me achieve this. To me, getting the pair of oxen is a big boost to my farming to get robust harvests. and this is the biggest difference that I have so far experienced in my daily life."

"Previously I had nothing that I could call my own assets to lean on in times of financial crisis and my casual job could not allow me to acquire them since the small amount money I was earning went to food and other basic needs for my family. Its only through the GiveDirectly money that I now own two bulls and goats which to me are savings for the future. To me, owning livestock is the greatest achievement that has brought the biggest difference in my daily life."

"In the next six months, I would expect to have completed paying school fees for my children for the whole year and I will start saving money for buying a cow. I have been spending a lot of money on buying milk for use. I believe when I got one we shall have milk for use and also for sale. This will be an additional source of income to our family."

"Before receiving the transfers I only used to aspire to do business. These aspirations never came to pass since I did not have enough capital to start the business. I used only to rely on casual jobs. I would do casual construction jobs and could only pocket KES 400 a day. These jobs were not reliable since they were seasonal. When I received the transfers I used them as capital to start a business dealing in men's wear. This became life changing as I now earn triple what I used to earn. At the moment I earn KES 1000 daily."

"I received the notification early in the morning as I was already up for my days chores. On checking to confirm where the message had come from, I was filled with happiness in my heart for I never expected in my life to earn such a large amount of money."

"The biggest difference that this money has brought into my daily life is that I owned nothing as assets in terms of livestock, though I had yearned for a long time at least to buy a single goat to keep in my household and because of my unreliable sources of income, then I could not. Through financial support from GiveDirectly, I was able to purchase them. This alone gives me satisfaction for my longing has finally been fulfilled."

"The biggest difference that the money has brought into my daily life is that I now own livestock which I never thought of getting one day in my life. I know through the pair of oxen, then I am assured of timely cultivation and early planting so as to obtain abundant yields to feed my family."

"Having bought shaving tools and equipment, I believe that in the next six months I will be having a reliable source of income once I open a barbershop. I also expect my poultry to be earning me more income from the sales of both eggs and the chicken. At the moment I only earn from selling their eggs but planning to let them hatch so that I can have more chicken in my farm."