"I received my first transfer in the evening while in my house,I felt very happy since no one has never sent me money the way GiveDirectly did hence I was certain of my living standards improving to the better.I can say that I now have started a charcoal vending business thus making a daily income and from the profits I am support my family's by providing them basic needs."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that am now happy that am now sleeping on a mattress, unlike before when I used to sleep on a hard surface. Am also no feeling night colds now that my walls don't have holes anymore."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, l am now staying in a very comfortable iron-roofed house where l do not need to worry any more as compared to before when l was staying in a thatched house which was not comfortable because of the wild reptiles like snakes, which were frequently coming to hide from it and this was very risky"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my children will continues with there studies peacefully without any fees problem."

"The biggest difference in my life is that these days I feel like a human being because my life is beginning to improve due to the decent house I am just about to build."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, l am now staying in a very nice spacious comfortable house where l do not need to squeeze myself in a small house as l used to before. My children are also eating a well balanced diet food."

"The biggest difference in my daily life, is that my life has really improve in-terms of income, right now l am able to pay school fee for my children without any problem and have basic needs easily from the business that l started with transfer."

"The moment I received my first transfer,I felt very happy since at that time I had no money, as the money came at the right time hence I knew I could afford food for my family's consumption henceforth."

"When I received the money, I was very happy because I was now going to repair our fishing boat which was our major source of income but had broken down. Thank you GD for the transfer"

"I received my first transfer while I was at my neighbor's a messaged popped in my phone and it was an Mpesa message that showed I had received 10000 KES I didn't believe, so I excused myself and went back to my house and since I didn't trust the source as I suspected it was a scam I went an extra mile of confirming my Mpesa balance that verified it was true.I felt very happy since I did not expect to receive the money at that particular point in time since I had no money and due to the fact that I was over-excited the next thing I did was to ask my neighbors who were also beneficiaries of GiveDirectly if they had received theirs and they confirmed the same."