"My children can now eat good foods and they are no longer being sent home from time to time because of school fees." (Occupation: Small business)

"When I get my upcoming lumpsum payment, I will plaster my main house with sand and cement and fix on it steel windows and doors." (Occupation: Small business)

"I have a better life and i have acquired a number of assets i could not afford like, a big house and now i no longer use paraffin because i bought a solar lamp. Thank you GD." (Occupation: Small business)

"l am planning to build a very nice house so l bought 20 iron-sheets at 13000 kshs, door at 2500 kshs, poles at 3000 kshs, windows at 7500 kshs, l also spend 6450 kshs to pay school fees for my children in High school and primary, l also 2000 kshs to start a small scale business, l bought solar worth 4500 kshs, the remaining balance l spend to buy foodstuffs."

"I invested in tree planting business with 5500 KES of my token payment and we spent the remaining 4500 KES on household daily needs such as food."

"The biggest difference i have seen is like i am now in a spacious house." (Occupation: Small business)

"The biggest difference in my life is that I have now bought the things I did not have like cattle and furniture." (Occupation: Small business)

"l spend the transfer to buy 2 cow-bulls at 28000 kshs, l also paid fees of 13000 kshs to my child in high school, l also add 5000 kshs into my business and the remaining a mount l spend to buy foodstuffs."

"GiveDirectly is determined to build the living standards of the poor, unlike other NGOs that come to do business." (Occupation: Small business)

"GD has always been on time to help its recipients unlike others who choose not to come." (Occupation: Small business)