"My happiest part of the day is in the evening. I do wake up in the morning to fetch water in an one hour walk distance, then later go to the forest to cut down trees for charcoal burning. I get busy from morning until late in the afternoon.It is in the evening that I get time to rest."

"Morning is my happiest part of the day. It is at this time when I wake up and prepare meals for my children to go to school and later perform my house chores such as fetching water and washing utensils. I enjoy doing this because I feel I am fulfilling my responsibility as a wife."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have purchased a donkey. I used to walk for a long distance to collect water for domestic use. This was so tiresome and time-consuming. I had always wished to own a donkey but I didn't have the money to buy one. I depend on casual jobs and small-scale farming at home. I had no extra source of income. My spouse too does casual jobs and the amount of money that she gets is so small. I could go to fetch water from the river two times a day. Due to the long-distance, I was not able to do any main work because I was so tired. Currently, I have purchased a donkey, it's so simple now to collect water from the river. I wake up very early in the morning and collect the water, this can last me until the next day. I no longer get tired, I save time. I can work on my farm unlike before. The donkey has eased the collection of water since it carries a hundred liters of water at once. I am so grateful for the support from GiveDirectly has changed our mode of working."

"I was at home that morning with my helper when I received a notification message bearing the good news that I had received my first transfer. It was a great moment for me as I had been on the wait after making a complete list of all that I needed to spend the money on. We could not wait but to get ready immediately after confirmation, left the house to the nearby town, and after withdrawing, I purchased construction materials and the water tank. I was lucky that after such a purchase, the owner of the shop gave me free transportation of all that I had bought to my doorstep. I thanked God that I received this support and I am looking forward to seeing all the projects completed and even initiating new ones after the second transfer."

"Receiving this money would mean a new hope for our family in my old age. We have been through a lot of suffering and struggle in poverty from the time I started my family 40 years ago. I actually had given up totally on having a better house ever in my life. In my age I have not known how it feels like living in a iron-sheet roofed house because all my life I have been in a grass thatched house. Such a roof needs repairing almost every month and I no longer have the energy to climb up and do it. I sincerely thank Give Directly for these transfers, we shall build a better house and buy a water tank to harvest rainwater for our use."

"I spent KES 30000 from my transfer to buy a dairy cow after using KES 3000 to repay my mshwari loan and I am grateful to GiveDirectly for enabling me to achieve this. We settled on this as a family since buying milk has been our norm and due to this, we usually end up spending KES 50 daily on them. As a casual laborer doing any available casual work in the neighborhood, this is expensive to me as I usually earn around KES 300 which is to be used in buying all the foodstuffs for my family. In addition to this, I used KES 1950 to buy three plastic chairs since they are portable and one can sit on them comfortably when outside the house, spent KES 1750 on a Skyplast for water storage purposes and KES 6000 on new clothes for my children. Using the remaining amount, I bought one sack of maize and other foodstuffs using KES 8000 and saved KES 2000 for emergency purposes."

"Receiving this money means better housing for my family. In many instances when we experience heavy downpours, water oozes into the house destroying the cooking area. Since the house is built is in a swampy area, my ambition has been to improve the floor using sophisticated building materials. I, therefore, intend to spend approximately KES 20,000 to buy materials and complete the whole process. I will then spend the remaining transfer to settle school fees arrears. I was so excited when I heard that Give Directly was making their entry into our village."

"It was around 8 am, I was in my house relaxing after traveling a long distance looking for water for my household. I heard 2 consecutive messages on my phone. I called my spouse to check my phone since I am unable to read. After checking he informed me that I had received my transfer. I felt very for receiving the transfer that would fulfill our dream of owning land."

"I spent KES 30,000 to purchase a 1.5-acre piece of land this is because the place where we had been farming was a quarter an acre that very small. The produce from this small piece of land was very minimal that could feed my family of 4 in only a month. I had wished to purchase a farm to enlarged my farming but I lacked the capital to fulfill it. In addition, I purchase 22 iron sheets at KES 880 each, building polls this was for the construction of a spacious house for my family since the one I had was very small. I also bought a small water tank with a capacity of 200litres which will assist me in storing enough water for the family. In addition, I purchase 4 plastic chairs before we use to sit on the floor."

"I have desired to own proper beddings for my family, this is because I was using a traditional bed and a small mattress which was not comfortable. I spent 18,100 to purchase a 2 modern beds and 2 mattresses one for myself and the other for the child. In addition, I used KES 5080 to purchase decent furnitures for our family, I bought 6 plastic chairs and a table. Previously, I was using tree logs as chairs, this was very shameful whenever I received guests. I also bought 3 goats for KES 10,100 to boost my livestock rearing a reliable source of income for the family. I also used KES 5000 to pay part of the dowry debt that I had been owed my in-laws. I save the remaining amount for our daily upkeep like food and water."