"The biggest difference in my daily life now is that my children now eat twice a day and I was able to paid their registration fees to get them in school. I'm not working for people anymore. I'm my own boss. I used to cut Palm for people just to provide food for my family . Now I'm not doing that anymore since I received the money. These are the biggest difference in my daily life." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"There is a big difference in my life right now as compared to before. My financial burden have reduced to some extent. I was able to buy enough nutritional food for my son and I have also saved some money on my mobile money account that I'm hoping to send my son abroad for better treatment. Many thanks to GiveDirectly for turning my stressful face into a smiling face." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"My family now has enough food to eat, unlike before that we sometimes went to bed hungry. The motorcycle we bought is now been used to raise money. My husband earns not less then 6000LRD daily. We have money to send our children to school, because previously they were not in school. We are even saving some money. We never had any money in save, we can now response to any emergency that will arise, because we have money. This is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"I was overjoyed when I received my transfer in my phone." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have purchased a motorcycle. I had always wished to own one but I didn't had the money. I depend on casual jobs in the village and small retail shop. The amount of money that I get through this is so small and was only for household basic needs and stock to my shop. Currently I earn a daily income of KES 250 from the motorcycle taxi business. I wake up in the morning and comes back home in the evening. This has build my self esteem and confidence in doing the job. I add stock to my business and it's now doing good. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has changed our living standards. Now I have a source of income and I am so happy. I wished to save the money and purchase a new one soon." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have renovated my shop. I also purchased a machine that I am currently using it. I am a mechanic at the shopping center. I repair cars and motorcycles. This job earns me an income that I used to support my family. I had always wished to purchase a machine but I did not had the money. My work was not easy and sometimes I could borrow the machine from friends. When I received the transfer from GiveDirectly I felt so happy and immediately purchase the machine. Currently I do longer get worried like before. I do my work so well and with ease. This had motivated me and build my self esteem. The income is much higher compare to previous days when I didn't had the machine. My shop is also renovated and looking so decent. GiveDirectly has changed my living standard to be much better and ease my work."

"The biggest difference is that I am buy Motorcycle for my older brother who is riding for someone and now he will no longer ride for someone but ride for me and for himself."

"I want to develop my house. I do not have food, no good place to sleep. I would also like to build a fence around my house while being able to take care of my children properly." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I'm a motorcycle rider, run between Cesto River and Yarney River, I was at Yaney when I received an Money Money SMS from Give Directly. I was happy that day, I even started giving special discount to my customers because of the joy I had." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)