"I heard the news about the transfer from my relatives who were rejoicing for receiving my transfer. I was preparing myself to go to the field to look after my cows a job that I had depended on to raise my family of 8 members. After confirming my account balance, I felt very happy when I saw that I had received the transfer in my account."

"The biggest difference in my daily life today is that I own a dairy cow. I am hopeful that I will be able to save the money that I used to spend on buying milk daily. Secondly, my child would have plenty if not enough. I was unable to acquire a dairy cow before because of financial constraints. I am a casual worker and my work is not reliable. I am so grateful for the support that lifted my living standards and that of my village mate."

"I felt so happy the moment I received money from GiveDirectly. It was around 8:00 am in the morning and I had heard that people had received their share the previous day. So many people had come around asking me if I had received mine. I felt so happy that finally I was going to be able to buy a dairy cow that we had planned for with my wife."

"I used KES 35000 to buy a dairy cow that is almost having a first calf and used the remaining amount to build a simple poultry house and bought chicken for rearing. I thought of buying a dairy cow so that it will be able to supplement my income and enable us make the lives of our children more comfortable as usual. Once it has its first calf it will not only feed my four children but also provide us with income from the sale of surplus. I am so much happy to have received money from GiveDirectly since this has meant that I do not strain too much on my motorcycle operation."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the dairy unit that I was able to set up to its completion. This is a project that I started long a go with a vision of being a serious dairy keeper as a source of income but which had stalled for quite sometime due to lack of enough money to push it through. I do not have other sources of income except for farming and I could only wait for better days to come by. I am so happy that it finally to became a reality that I now have a complete cowshade. I am a father of one and my vision is to see to it that I become more independent financially even going forward."

"It was around 7am when my son came to say that GiveDirectly has sent the money. I felt so happy because I have never received such amount of money before. It was one of the happiest morning I have ever had. I knew I would be able to buy a dairy cow. I always buy milk daily and this is so costly for me. We went and withdraw the money the following day and started planing with my family. We are so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has improved our living standards."

"The biggest in my daily life is that I have purchased a heifer. This was one of the main priority. This is because the cost of buying is so costly and I was not in a position to pay. I depend on small scale farming and this earns me a small income when I sell the surplus farm produce. This was so costly and sometimes when I do not have the money I would go without milk. This was so demoralizing but I had no option. Currently I have a dairy cow and I know I will cut this cost when my dairy cow reproduces.i will be able to get enough milk for the family and even sell the surplus to earn an income. This has given me hope and strength to focus on other activities. I am so grateful for the support because this could have taken quite some time to own it."

"I lack words to express the immense joy and happiness in my life, Never in my life have I witnessed such a great gesture for free. Therefore the biggest difference in my daily life is that I was able to purchase a dairy cow for my family. I had a dream of acquiring one before but I was unable to realise it due to financial constraints. I am so happy that finally, I have achieved the goal, I am forever indebted to GiveDirectly for lifting my life amazingly."

"The transfer came at a time when I needed it most since my elder son was involved in a road accident that left him with a serious head injury. I did not have any funds to seek medical attention for him something that left me stranded. I spent KES 11,500 to take him to medical care. I am very grateful for the transfer that assisted me at that time and happy that my kids are now fully recovered. In addition, I spent KES 18,000 to expand my house by constructing an additional room since the one I had was very small to fully accommodate my family of 10 members. Lastly, I spent KES 21,500 to purchase 4 goats and one cow. This was to boost my livestock rearing an activity that I had been depending on to raise the family after my spouse passed on 5 years ago."

"Being a vegetable vendor, I make approximately KES 100 a day and this is not enough to cater for a days meal. Because of this, we would at times take tea without milk so that we would have money to use in buying maize flour. With the help from GiveDirectly, I no longer buy milk and maize flour since I was able to purchase a dairy cow and two sacks of maize that will still last us for a few weeks. This has transformed my daily life as I no longer worry about what we will eat."