"I received an Mpesa message in my phone and since I was not expecting to receive any money, I was curious to know who could have sent me the cash. When I read the contents of the message, I was greatly overjoyed because I had finally received my first transfer from GiveDirectly. I thanked them since I could now build a decent iron roofed house to live with my family."

"My first transfers which GiveDirectly sent to me, I had prioritize on building a house. I spent KES 40000 on purchasing materials for constructing a timber wall house with ironsheets roof. I choose to build a semi permanent house so that we would have a comfortable house to live in. I then spent KES 9000 on clothings for my family members. The remaining amount, I spent KES 3000 on buying foodstuffs and another KES 3000 on purchasing farm inputs for planting so that we would have food in the near future."

"Before, I didn't have the courage to invite guests to my home due to the state of our house. It had leaking roof and was not good to live in but we had no other option then. I am now glad that GiveDirectly has changed my story and now I am confident that whenever I got some visitors, they have a comfortable place to stay. Again, I see myself in the same level with my fellow villagers in that I got a ironed roofed house which I couldn't afford to build on my own anytime soon."

"The money means a lot to me. I will be able to buy iron sheets so that i can improve the roof of my house, i will buy bags of fertilizer. I have also been desiring to raise livestocks such that i will be able to buy goats and some chickens. I will also buy enough food for my family."

"I am realy happy to be part of the program. I was not expecting such kind of a blessing. This is another chance for our family to make some developments. I will improve the roof of my house by buying iron sheets. I will also buy basic needs. I will also buy new beddings."

"I use transfers to buy the needs I wanted bought maize for food beddings and ironsheet so that i should improve the roof of my house"

"Having built a new house which has a roof made of ironsheets is the biggest difference in my daily life. Before, I couldn't imagine that I would built one like that which I have now as I would prioritize on food and other neccesities. I can say that our standard of living has tremendously changed from grass to grace."

"I used the money to buy a bed and a matress. I have saved some of the money so that when the rainy season is over I should fix the roof of my house."

"The transfer has made my life better because I was able to buy a mattress and improve my roof"

"The transfer has changed my life because before I was unable to make repairments on my roof because of financial struggles but GiveDirectly has made it possible"