"My life has really changed. I have achieved a lot. I had no mattress but now am sleeping on a nice place. I also bought iron sheets and am just waiting for my next transfer to build a house. I was previously relying on piece works to buy food but now i was able to buy enough food with the transfer."

"I was cooking lunch a few minutes to 1pm when I heard a message alert on my phone. Upon checking, I confirmed to have received the transfers and I started jubilated because I had never received such a lump sum. That day I was overwhelmed with joy until lost appetite for lunch and withdrew the same day."

"It was around 2pm while relaxing outside my house just after lunch when I heard my kids jubilating because they had received the transfers. Shortly before that, I had heard a message alert but ignored it because I am illiterate. It was until my helper came to check my phone and confirmed that I had received the transfers too and I was very happy. We slept until the following day we went for the money from the nearest MoMo agent."

"I was at home having lunch with my husband when I heard a message notification on my phone. I decided to check what the SMS was all about and to my surprise, it was an M-Pesa SMS indicating that we had received the lump sum transfer of 55000/= from GiveDirectly. I was so happy on seeing this and I immediately showed my husband the message. He could not believe it as well and he became so happy too. We then later on after having lunch prepared ourselves to go and withdraw the money."

"I was at work and I heard a message notification on my phone and upon checking, it was the transfer message. I was very happy and I jumped up and down in jubilation."

"It was around 1.50 pm after lunch while relaxing outside my house. It's when my kids brought my phone after hearing the SMS alert and jubilations from my village. On checking my phone, I confirmed to have received the transfers and I was elated.I had eagerly waited for it only for it to come three days later."

"It was at 1pm when I was waiting to be served lunch when I saw the transfer message and I shouted in jubilation. My wife stopped cooking lunch when she heard me celebrating and she joined me singing songs of praise to the almighty."

"lacking enough money to take care ourselves is the biggest challenge we face every day in our house."

"When I saw the message that I have received the money, I was more than excited, I could see myself purchasing things I thought I could not afford."

"It was at 6:59am when I was taking breakfast with my children who wanted to go to school when the message came. I told them about the transfer and they all jumped up and down in jubilation . When they left for school, I prepared myself to go collect the transfer."