"I felt happy when I received the transfer because it was going to help me fend for my children."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I live in my own house now and I am closer to my family than before. I can save the money I used to pay rent with to buy food and cater for other needs."

"The moment I received the transfer I felt very happy. I was at our farm place cultivating my parcel of land together with my wife and when I read the message and confirmed that GiveDirectly had sent the money, I immediately left the farm work to withdraw the transfer after which I bought iron sheets that I had been admiring for a long time."

"The moment when I received my money I was full of praise and joy in my heart because I knew the big gap between my plans and my achievements would be bridged a little because of the transfer"

"When I received my transfer, I felt so excited as it served as a source of hope for the accomplishment of the heavy project of house construction that I had before me."

"When I received the money, I was very happy because on that particular day I did not have a cent and was wondering how my children would get their meal for the day. Thank you GD"

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by giving the money directly to the recipients and on the right time as they had promised."

"Receiving this money will change the life of my family.I will have less stress concerning our income since my husband will buy equipments to improve on our farm and our income will be much better."

"The moment I received the money I was very excited and jumped with joy after which I rushed to my mother inlaw's place to inform her about the good news. That day I had only 50KES to purchase food and upon reading the message that I had received the transfer, I knew that I would be in a position of paying fees for my children who were previously sent away because of the pending arrears. "

"Before receiving transfers I couldn't had lacked enough land for large scale farming but after the transfers, I have acquired enough land for commercial farming which makes my life different."