"The biggest difference in your daily life is the fact that initially we nnever had any livvestock grazing on our field but now we have six goats which are our own. we thank God for the drastic change in our family."

"In the next six months l expect to have started saving for my child through my business."

"For so long, I have been having a dream of being able to cultivate my own land. Since my dream has come to pass, I am now a happy woman as I know that very soon I will stop buying maize as I have planted them. I also intend to continue with this practice of farming as it has already started changing my life until some of my village members are wondering if I am still the same person they knew."

"For so long, my family has been sleeping on the floor without a mattress and enough blankets to cover themselves. This is now in the past and I thank God since my family now sleeps comfortably on a mattress and have enough blankets."

"When I woke up in the morning and realized that I had received money from GiveDirectly, I was so happy since I had never handled such a huge amount of money before. I informed my family who in turn was so happy to hear of the good news. We then sang some praise songs and prayed to thank God for His mercies. My daughter then reminded me that this money was non-refundable and this made me more happier as I will never have to worry on how to repay them."

"Since I have been able to build a bigger house for my family, my children nowadays sleep at home unlike before. This makes me have peaceful nights as I no longer worry about their security something which used to disturb me so much before."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I'm now at peace with both my parents-in-law and my spouse because I was able to pay the dowry for my spouse. I'm now happy, and we are now stable in our family because there are no threats of the spouse going back to their place because I've not paid her dowry."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I feel so proud and happy because I now have decent seats. I feel proud because I do not borrow seats from my neighbor anymore and I do not go through the shame of seeing my visitors and family members sitting on broken chairs."

"Since I got married, we had never owned a cow. It has always been my prayer to God to give me one so that it can help me feed my children. Now when I bought one after receiving the money from GD, my daily routine has changed. On daily basis, before I get to work I first take a few minutes feeding my cow which always makes me happy."

"Ever since I have been planning on how to save even 500 KES every month but I had never accomplished it but right now as we speak, it is a dream come true since, from the time I received my transfers, I have been able to save 2000 KES from the sale of milk and what I usually get from my daily hustles. This is so far the biggest thing that has ever hapenned in my life."