"The moment I received my money, I felt over excited. It was my first time receiving a grant and again, I had never received or owned a sum total of KES 10000 at once before in my life."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that am now a very happy person now that am staying in a house that I've only been dreaming about my entire life. I had lost hope of owning such a house."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have got some ease in paying school fees for my son. I do not have to bag my relatives to ask for money for school fees. I am happy and grateful to GiveDirectly. "

"The moment I received my first transfer,I felt very happy and thanked God for the blessings He had granted me through GiveDirectly inform of transfers that will change my living standards positively which I didn't expect at that particular point in time."

"I have always had the dreams of having income generating project that can sustain my life but thanks to Gd I'm soon achieving this. I have plans of raising capital from the tomatoes I'm currently farming to put up a filling station. this is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have a nice house that is properly finished something I have been hoping for for a while now and thanks to Gd I have achieved it."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, l have been depending on loans to do my development but this time round this were different, l got the money that l do not need to return from Give Directly, l am very grateful . I also now have a stable business where l get my daily income easily."

"I received my money when I never knew what my household members would eat that night. I was psychological perturbed and so when I saw the message, I suddenly felt decompressed! My household members would get something to eat."

"The moment I received my money I felt indescribable joy since naturally our needs are always more than our available funds, and as such any amount received is always a pleasure since it goes towards meeting some of our many needs in life, thank you very much."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am hopeful that I will have a good harvest this year because I was able to top dress my crops for proper yield thanks to the transfers that enabled my afford these."