"I woke up in the morning washed my face and brushed. I checked my phone and only to see some message indicating that money had been sent by GiveDirectly. I felt happy and started planning on how to spend my money."

"My life is different that, I now have Livestock which will help me plough my gardens when the season for farming start. Before I would first work for someone in order to get the oxen. I would not have been in position to get my Livestock if I never received my transfer."

"My life is different than it would have been because I am very happy not to roam in bushes looking for roofing grass again after building my iron sheet roofed house. "

"My life is different than it would have been because I am very happy and proud to be able to send my children to school like those working class town people. "

"My life is different than it would have been because I am very happy with a peace of my mind unlike before when I couldn't afford to take children to school. "

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I feel that I have become somebody in the community. This is because of the progress am already making with this transfer hence it has improved myself esteem."

"My life is different than it would have been if I had never recieved the transfer in that, I am alive thanks to this transfer. It came in at the time that i really needed it."

"It was around 6:30 in the morning when I had just woken up when a message alert streamed in my phone. My instincts showed me that it was Mpesa message but I didn't know who had sent the message. I hurried to my phone, read the message and to my surprise, I had received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy, shared the news with my spouse then we planned on how to spend the money."

"My child had reached the right age of joining a school, but I was worried about where I could get the money to take her to school. This is not the case anymore and I'm the happiest mother on earth because I was able to enroll my child in school using part of the first transfer. This is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"The moment I received my first cash transfer, I felt happy because I have been able to solve major problems that had inhibited my household like lack of bedding, utensils and food."