"I have my grandchildren who were left under my care when the parents passed on,so,when I received my third transfer, I cleared their school fees and the remaining amount on ploughing my one and half piece of land where I have grown corn for my family consumption. I am grateful for the money I received from GiveDirectly."

"I have my 2 siblings in a secondary school and since we are orphans, educating them has been a problem and therefore when I received my third transfer, I cleared for them the whole year school fees to enable them stay in school."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I am alive thanks to this transfer following the issue of poisoning. My house now looks beautiful since it's now plastered and cemented. "

"The moment I recieved my money, I felt very happy that danced and jumped around making a joyous noise."

"If you could look at me back then before I received the cash transfers, I looked so miserable and depressed. But as we speak now I am very healthy and leading a very comfortable life."

"The moment I recieved my money, I felt so happy."

"I bought a second hand motorcycle when I received my third transfer, that generates for me at least 300 KES per day. Before then I never had a stable means of income and this explained why we really struggled in life."

"The moment i recieved my money, i felt so joyous and spent the night planning on how to spend it."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a peace of mind in that am very happy and healthily."

"I spent my third transfer on secondary school fee for our child for 17,000 KES , as well as house construction materials in readiness for building since this has been in our program for long."