"My life has greatly changed because my standards of living have improved in that I have acquire clothes which I can also change unlike before where I used to wear one cloth. I have been paying rent for every long time which I see it coming to an end soon I complete my home construction."

"My life is different in that I have the money that I can use when ever I want. This would not be possible if I had never recieved the transfer."

"I plan to use the cash to help me in cultivating my farm especially with the use of modern day fertilizers and seedlings that will help me get a bumper harvest at the end of the season."

"My life is different than if I had not received cash transfers in that, I am now a happy person since I am in the process of completing the construction of my house that will be spacious enough to be shared with my children. I used to be sickly but ever since I received cash transfers, my health has improved since most worries we're cleared. "

"Because I had to quit my job due to my condition, I was not able to raise the money to repay the loans I took during my treatment. The moment I received the money, I was so happy because I knew I would be able to repay most of the loans. When morning came, I gathered all my family members to help me thank God for all the miracles has shown me this year including bringing GD into my life."

"The greatest change in my life is majorly happiness because I have been able to start the construction of my house even though it is not complete. The remaining part of the house is solely going to be my responsibility and thank Give Directly for laying the foundation to my journey of the house construction."

"I was living quite a stressful life before I received the money due to unpaid loans and lack of money to take care of my family needs. For some time now, we have been depending on my wife's small business to take care of our household needs which has not enabled it to thrive as we would wish. The money has taken care of some very critical issues in my life and reduced my sress."

"After all, had been said and done, I still did not believe that GD would send us such an amount of money, I doubted this because of the past experiences I have had with other organizations that did not deliver. To be honest, I was shocked when I received the cash because I did not exepect it come."

"When I received the money, I was so happy because I knew my dream of starting my own business was about to become a reality. This was also a chance to walk away from the bad company that I kept when I had no job. This group led me into drug use which made us do regretful stuff."

"My ambitions are to own my own home in an area like Ruai, where I won't have to be paying rent. I hope to buy a piece of land in Ruai and build a home there. I can do this by joining a sacco for savings as I concentrate on growing my soap business and retail shop, to get good income that will enable me achieve my ambitions."