"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving money from GiveDirectly is that I used to have a house with weak walls but I now have one with reinforced walls with concrete pillars. I didn't have livestock before but with the coming of GiveDirectly to our village, I was able to get some that would even help me to meet my family's immediate needs. I am so grateful and happy."

"It was around 4pm in the evening and I was at home doing laundry when I received the SMS confirming that I had received the money from GiveDirectly. I felt great happiness in my heart because I had gotten the ability to help myself get some of the things that I have always desired to have especially livestock, poultry and a bed as well as a mattress. I couldn't afford to get myself these things because my local kiosk business hardly raised enough money to enable me get them. I am, therefore, so happy to have been able to address these challenges that were so pressing."

"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."

"It was around 4 pm when I had my phone vibrate but was busy with my daily activities in my workplace. Upon checking, it was an MPESA message from Givedirectly. I was happy and shared the great news with my colleagues who were equally happy since they had also received it."

"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."

"My most recent transfer from Givedirectly will be use to facilitate my education as well as improve my business for sustainable income. This has been my dream and desire but life has been difficult and uneasy as anyone might think."

"My husband and I have six children and three of them have relocated to Monrovia in pursue of quality education, but the payment of rent is a great challenge. We used our money to purchase cement and paid contractors to build the house."

"I am currently serving dual capacity as both man and woman because my husband is ill and unable to work. I am the only person striving to feed the home and send the children to school and life has not been so easy as anyone can imagine. My intial transfers were used to paid my children's tuition and my current goal is to improve the house."

"I spent Kshs.20,000 in building a three-roomed iron-roofed house. We had been living in a single grass-thatched house which would leak during the rainy season hence not conducive to spend the night because of cold. With Kshs.26,000 we used to purchase a heifer which will calf in a few months been buying costly milk and at times we would end up drinking strong tea just to satisfy ourselves selves before commencing our daily activities. I am hopeful that once it calves we will get adequate milk for consumption and also we can get a surplus to sell to get an extra income. With the amount that remained, we used to buy maize which will sustain us pro harvest season. I am super grateful for the support we have so far received from Givedirectly."