"I had hardly completed my morning's work weeding a maize farm when I heard some commotions and ululations. Paying attention to the noise, I overheard someone on top of her voice saying that GiveDirectly has met their promise. I rushed to my house to check my phone. I passed through my mother in law's house to see if indeed the money had been sent. When I read the confirmation message to her she fell on her knees thanking God. I checked mine too and we both immediately went to look for an M-Pesa agent to withdraw the cash. I can't find words that can sufficiently describe the joy I had as I saw the mobile money agent handing me a large bundle of notes of thousands of shillings. This is the happiest moment in my life thus far."

"I have been buying building materials. In the next six months, I will have built a bigger house which can host my family. This will enable us to enjoy the comfort of space."

"My goal is to be one of the biggest fish suppliers in Nairobi county. I hope to supply fish in the 5 star restaurants in Nairobi county."

"The biggest difference is that now I have acquired a plot that for a long time, I have not been able to clear the outstanding balance. It is only through the GiveDirectly money that enabled me to clear and I now possess it. I am planning to build a rental house so that from it, I will be earning an income."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I now own a dairy cow. Earlier on I used to rear a relative's cow. In fact, he had notified me that he was planning to sell the cow the next month. I was super worried that my family could lack milk. The transfers came in handy as KES 25000 of the transfers went towards buying a dairy cow. Lucky enough the cow that I bought was only one month away from calving. I now milk four litres of milk every day. I sell two litres and the other two is for my family's consumption. From the sale, I get KES 100 which is a great boost for me as far as meeting my family's basic needs is concerned."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I moved to a better house. I used to live in a house that had an earth floor, and I had a very old bed and mattress. Give Directly officers were also amazed at the conditions I lived in when they visited me at census. I now live in a better house with a new bed and mattress."

"In the next six months, I am going to be debt free and hopefully will be talking milk tea every single morning. This is because I will have bought a cow by then. My income will also have increased from the sales of the milk."

"I have a plan of expanding my business after I receive this transfers.I buy goats from farmers in my location and then sell them at a higher price during market days.Sometimes the demand is high and I am forced to team up with other business people to meet the demand.After receiving this transfers I see myself meeting this high demand when necessary.This will help me gain more profit and avoid challenges that come up with teaming up with other business people.The returns will help me complete building my house which had stalled due to lack of funds."

"In the next six months, I plan to boost my retail shop business. This will help me be financially independent and support my family well from the profits. I know I will not have to borrow any more."

"I was very excited to receive a message notifying me that I had received the transfer. It was at 10.00 am when I received the transfers. At that time my husband was away in the fields grazing cattle while I was on the farm. I immediately left the farm and ran towards where he was in excitement. I ran so fast that the neighbours who saw me were awed. In no time, I was there and upon sharing the good news with him he was super excited. He hugged me so tightly something that he has never done our entire 15 years of marriage. With the same energy and excitement, we headed home and prepared to go withdraw the money."