"I spent my third transfer on house construction materials in readiness for building (40,000 KES),a bag of dry corn (5,400 KES) and miscellaneous household expenses . "

"The moment I received my money, I felt so relieved because we had no food at all in the house and I also had no money to buy food. My family was facing serious starvation, but Give Directly transfer came in to assist. Thank you so much Give Directly."

"The moment I received my money, I felt relieved because I was going to afford food for my family, which had become so expensive and hard for me to get."

"I felt really excited the moment I saw the M-pesa message that I had received the money. I exclaimed with joy and shared the good news with my wife, and we immediately headed to the shopping center to withdraw and bought the iron sheets for our kitchen."

"I felt extremely excited the moment I received my money, because it was opening up an opportunity for me to get a new bigger house for my family, which I had yearned for for so long."

"The moment I received my money, I felt excited because I was not sure that Give Directly would actually send the money to us, as they pledged. "

"The moment I received the money, I felt so happy and relieved that I sent the fees balance for my child straight away via M-pesa, because I was so stressed seeing him home when his classmates were learning."

"I felt very happy the moment I received my money because I really needed a new house, and this was an indication that I will received all the transfers pledged by Give Directly thus be able to construct a new house."

"The moment I received my money, i felt so happy because the security of my household was compromised because of the weak door I had; but now Give Directly's transfer had come in handy to help me solve the problem."

"The moment I received my money, I felt so happy because I had a few wooden seats in my house, thus would get embarrassed whenever I had respected guests. The money was going to help me acquire better ones!!"