"I am spending my money on my school fees and other related items and where I am living going to school rent"

"I am struggling financially to provide food for my family. I am a casual Laborer earning up to KES 200 per day. This is peanut and not sufficient for the family."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly does so well in notifying the community where it works about its program. The GD staffs also do well in dimistifying the wrong perception of some community members that GiveDirectly's cash transfer is attached to bad omen. The financial support has helped me to overcome myriads of challenges that I previously had. Although GiveDirectly does well in sending money through Mpesa, however, the elderly who have low Mpesa comprehension are always taken advantaged of by their helpers."

"GiveDirectly is really doing very well for everyone in this country, by improving our livelihood"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to accomplish my dreams in a short period, I can comfortably enjoy my meals because the seats are new and the house is decent now, I am grateful to the organization for putting smiles in our faces and for transforming our living standard to a higher one."

"The moment I received my transfer, I can vividly recall that it was on a Wednesday when I had attended a group meeting in the village, suddenly I heard my phone ringing, upon confirming who had texted me, I saw a Mpesa notification showing that I had received a sum of KES 55,000, I was happy, but I decided not to share the good news with anyone in them so as not to attract the unwanted attention from the team members, I was happy because I had plans in place on how I would spend the cash."

"Receiving this money was the happiest thing that has ever happened to me in this life, I can vividly recall that I was looking after my cows when suddenly my daughter came rushing towards where I was, she was looking all happy and excited, upon asking what the smiles were all about, that was when she broke the good news that we had received money from GiveDirectly, I was overwhelmed with happiness, I was relieved and happy because this meant that I would be able to accomplish the goals that which I was unable to achieve due to financial constraints."

"Upon receiving my first transfer I thought of paying the school fees arrears which had been a pain on the neck, this is because I have three children who are in secondary school, school fees have been my major challenge because of financial constraints, what I make from the farm produce is not enough to cater for all our needs, thus I used KES 20,000 in paying for the fees arrears, I also thought of buying a dairy cow for that I can increase the milk production therefore, I used KES 30,000, and lastly, I bought foodstuffs with the remaining amount of money."

"I was in my Kitchen garden plucking vegetables for the next meal, suddenly I heard my phone ringing, but I chose to ignore thinking that it was one of the many text messages from the service provider,, On my way home I saw my neighbor ululating in a celebration that she had received the promised transfer, that was when I rushed to check my phone, upon checking I confirmed that I too had received a sum KES 55,000 from GiveDirectly."

"The second transfer from GiveDirectly was very helpful to me in many ways. First and foremost, I spent KES 20,000 to buy household items such as new seats and utensils. These items have greatly improved the face of my house, and I always feel comfortable to be within my house unlike before when being in the house was too boring. In addition, I spent KES 5,000 on buying food items for my family since we did not have some food items in the house. Lastly, KES 27,000 helped me in settling insurance issue for my newly acquired motorcycle."