"I received the money while clearing my farm in readiness for ploughing and I went down on my knees to thank God because finally there was a light at the end of the tunnel for me."

"It was in the evening and we were yet to have dinner when I switched on my phone and saw the notification of the money and we felt so happy."

"I received my money while preparing dinner and I felt relieved since my son had been sent home for fee arrears and I had no way of getting the money at that moment. I am very grateful to GD."

"I was very excited the moment I received my transfer. My phone was off over the day so when I powered it on around 8 pm, I received the Mpesa notification. It was my best moment."

"The biggest different in my life is that I have a bigger iron roof house that is not leaking during rainy season unlike the previous house."

"The biggest is that I was able to send my child to secondary school, and now that ther is hunger, I was able to get some food for my family."

"I was home in the evening when I received my money, I felt so grateful because I never thought it would come true."

"The moment when I received my money I felt first a sense of disbelief as if this was too good to be true, but all in all this was a wonderful moment for me. After that I recovered and began to plan for the money."

"I can say that I have never lived this kind of living standard that Give Directly has enabled me live today. I am actually living well; I can't go minus food today and I can now maintain a constant flow of income from a retail shop that we started courtesy of Give Directly. It is a big difference in my daily life!"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have moved from a tiny house to a bigger one. The house has more rooms that can sufficiently accommodate all my household members and visitors without none of them having his/ her privacy compromised."