"I now have a hope of taking my child to begin his high school studies unlike before since I wasn't financially stable then. I am now happy that receiving this transfer has strengthened me to take my child to school and to invest in his education. To me, this is the biggest difference the money has brought into my life."

"I never imagined of receiving such an amount of money and on receiving the notification, the sorrows that had engulfed me were immediately replaced with a smile and happiness in my heart. I felt peace now that GiveDirectly had come to comfort me after a long struggle to raise my children as a widow."

"It was around 5 am when I received a message confirming that I had received money. At that moment, I was overwhelmed with joy. I never went back to sleep. Since I did not want to disturb my neighbors, I silently prayed and sung for the blessings that just came in."

"It was around 3.00 am when I received two consecutive messages. I wanted to ignore them but my husband insisted that I should read them as it might be someone who needed our help. Upon checking them, I could not believe my eyes and I had to confirm my M-Pesa balance so as to clear my doubt. After confirming that it was indeed true, I was overwhelmed with happiness and I also shared the good news with my husband. Since we did not want to wake up the rest of the family, we decided to pray and went back to sleep even though I could not catch some sleep anymore as I kept on counting the remaining minutes to dawn."

"It was around 6.00 am when I woke up. As my usual routine, I sang a hymn then prayed to ask God for His guidance throughout the day. After preparing breakfast for my family, I realized that I had some unread messages. Upon reading them, my heart was filled with happiness as one of the messages confirmed to me that I had received the money I had been waiting for from GiveDirectly. I could not hide my joy as I immediately shared the good news with my family. We also gathered together to thank God for His blessings upon my family on that particular day."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have enough food for my family because of the plan that I have in expanding my agriculture hence, I will not have to buy food every day."

"I was amazed to be woken up by a confirmation message that I had received money from Give Directly. This marked a the beggining of brighter day of my life because I was constantly worried of how to raise money to construct a house Receiving the money marked the end of my worries."

"Having boosted my business with a portion of the money, it has picked so well and I'm able to comfortably meet households without asking anyone for money since I now have extra income from the business. This makes me feel independent, happy and proud. This is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is happiness since my husbands' dream of joining a college in order to continue with his education has come to pass. From this, I believe that even if he will not secure a job for himself after finishing his studies, he will have acquired some knowledge and skills which he will put into practice by doing something productive which will make us have some income."

"On that day, the battery of my phone was empty thus I was offline. When I woke up, I realized that so many people in my village were heading to town on that day. After making some inquiries, I was informed that people had received the money they had been waiting for from GiveDirectly. After borrowing a phone from one of my neighbors, I realized that I was not exempted. At that instant, I was filled with happiness and I rushed back home so that I could share the good news with my family. Since I could not go and withdraw my money on that day, I continued with my daily activities while singing as I could not hide my joy and the only way I could express it was through singing."