"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I no longer mud smear my house now that it's cemented hence my children are not at risk of getting jigger infections. Am also not buying kerosene now that I have my solar lamps."

"My life is different in that I now have a house. I didn't have a house and was sleeping at the neighborhood because I could not afford building mine due to my poor health which deterred me from engaging in any income generating activity."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I already have iron sheets. This gives me the hopes of soon building an iron roof house which will save me the stress of being rained on whenever it rains because my current house is leaking. I have a solar panel that I'm using for lighting hence no more costs of buying paraffin daily which was expensive and my children too do their studies without straining. I'm also happy I can now sit on a comfortable chair that fits my whole family and visitors unlike before that I only had one chair so whenever I had visitors I had to sit on ground and him or her sit on it or I could borrow some from neighbors."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I will soon have a more spacious house to comfortably accommodate me and my growing family.Thanks to GiveDirectly."

"I spent my first transfer to start a poultry business and second hand shoes to earn a living. I also bought food for my family."

"My life is different in that I now have a wife. To be honest with you, I had a wife but she left me because I could not afford to settle her dowry and a gain the house was in a sorry state. The moment I received the transfer, I got myself another lady and settled her dowry immediately."

"The transfer came when we were seated with my husband and broke out in dancing because I sleeping on a worn out mat."

"The moment I received the transfer,I was so happy. It had taken so long and I thought I had been forgotten by GiveDirectly until I saw the Mpesa message."

"I used a portion of the transfer to pay a visit to my in-law's after settling the dowry. I bought a wooden door and windows. I bought sand which I'll use to build my new house. I also purchased two sacks of corns and other household items."

"I was shocked but very happy when I received my money because I thought I had been left out of the program already."