"My life is different than it would have been if I never recieved the transfer in that I am now able to earn a living as I can get some money at the end of the day."

"My life is different than it would have been if I had never received the transfer in that I am able to get a skill that will sustain me for generations. "

"I felt so happy at the time I received this money because deep down my heart I knew I was going to solve many challenges that I have been facing In my life for example school fees for my brother. I jumped, ululated and thanked God for bringing Give Directly because I never imagined receiving these amounts of money freely without doing anything to earn it."

"I was very broke and did not know how my December holidays would go. Then I woke up to a mpesa message indicating receipt of money from GD. I was very happy and felt like God had remembered me in my time of need."

"My goal is to start a new business in making fries. I intend to buy a frying pan, cooking oil and all the other necessities using the money I received. This business will drive my life as I will rely on it to meet my needs and grow economically."

"My business Business has now picked up. I used the money I received form GiveDirectly to buy school uniforms and materials that I sell in my business. This has boosted my earnings. I can meet my daily needs more easily than before from the money I make from the business."

"I had only one goat in my home and increasing the number seemed impossible to me for it required much money. Through the transfer, I increased the number of goats by buying ten goats to keep in my home as my own assets. To me, this is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"The biggest difference is that previously I had no oxen and for me to plough my land I had to hire from neighbours which was costly to me. I am happy that I will no longer hire from them, instead, I will be hiring to them which to me its an income."

"The house which I was previously living in was not spacious enough to accommodate my family. It is through the GiveDirectly money that I was able to buy enough materials to set up a new spacious house and the small old house will be my store and kitchen. Getting a new house is the biggest achievement for I never thought of building at all for it was costly."

"I received the message notification early in the morning as I was on my daily farming routine for that season of weeding. I heard my phone ringing and on checking, it was from GiveDirectly that I had received money from. I was exceedingly happy for the money as I imagined that now the cry for me to get a sewing machine has finally come to an end."