"Oh wow very good and excellent question, I had a very long time goal in life, but unfortunately for me things had been very difficult for me and my family. My frist major goal in life was to have my own sleeping place for the betterment of my family future. I get three living children and I never been having good sleeping place. Not with standing I long been praying to God for good job that will enable me rebuild my family life. In this light all of my three payments when to was building materials such as zinc, Cements and others. As I speak right now my building project is ongoing, Many thanks and appreciation to GiveDirectly for the intervention into my life."

"Firstly, I am very much amazed and grateful. I will continue to sing praises to GiveDirectly for their humanitarian heart towards the needy. They have been fair and transparent in the way they choose their beneficiaries. They have brought so much joyed and relieved to us. Even with my condition, I was never discriminated or rejected. For this reason, I will forever be grateful to GiveDirectly. In my opinion GiveDirectly has not done anything that is not well."

"It was around 4 pm. I was away from home, I had gone for a visit somewhere else. I did not hear my phone ringing at the time the SMS was being sent since I was in a noisy place and my phone was on silent mode. I saw it later and I was so happy on seeing that I had received the promised transfer from GiveDirectly. I did not tell anyone the good news since I was in a new place. I only called my husband to let him know of the wonderful news. He was so happy when he heard about it and we gave thanks to God."

"Firstly, l want to appreciate GiveDirectly for this great financial help to us. GiveDirectly has done so much remarkable thing for us the needy that we cannot comprehend. Every planned and dreams we had that couldn't come to reality is now falling into places all because of GiveDirectly financial assistance. They have improved our lives in a possible ways. Truly speaking, GiveDirectly has not done anything that is not well. My thanks and appreciation to GiveDirectly for job well done."

"It was in the afternoon and I had gone to help a friend with some activity when I got the SMS confirming that I had received the money from GiveDirectly. I was so happy and thanked God when I received the money because I had suffered so much especially with getting regular water for domestic use as well as my income generating activity of horticultural farming. I couldn't afford to have these addressed because my casual job in ballast mining hardly raised enough to enable me to do so. Therefore, I was so happy and grateful to receive this kind of help."

"I spent most of the transfer which was KES 26000 on buying a family size bed and mattress because I didn't have one before as I used to sleep on the mud floor which was very uncomfortable and unhealthy since I used to wake up with back pains on several occasions. This used to be the case because my local kiosk business barely raised enough money to enable me address that . I am so happy that I am now living a more improved life as I sleep comfortably on a proper bed and mattress. I also spent KES 15000 on buying more stock for my business because it has been my regular source of income which helps me meet my family's immediate needs on a daily basis. Buying more stock for it is in a way increasing the prospective profit which will, inturn, propel my life going forward and make progress. All thanks to GiveDirectly."

"It was around 2pm in the afternoon and I was just relaxing at home when I received the text message confirming that I had received the money from GiveDirectly. I was so happy when I got the money because I knew that it would give me a step forward especially in getting my own land to be carrying out agricultural activities with freedom. This was because I used to lease the land I used to be farming which was only limited to the seasonal maize farming and not any other thing, as my job as a local food café waitress hardly paid me sufficient salary to help me buy my own land. Therefore, I am so happy and grateful for this help I received from GiveDirectly."

"It was about 4 pm and was rearing my livestock on my farm when I received a message on my phone. I was excited that I would initiate the plans that I had."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the clearance of school fees for my children. It has given me hope of seeing my children have a great future since it had been hard for me to raise the school fees but am grateful that Givedirectly came through when I needed it most."

"I like to purchase tea materials to start my new business. I will spend my money to buy zinc to change the roof of my house from palm tarch to zinc."