"It was around 11.30pm while asleep when I heard an SMS alert on my phone. On checking, I confirmed to have received KES55000 from GiveDirectly. I was very excited and could barely sleep that night."

"My goal is to build my owned house in my village, because the house I'm living in right now is our family house, and the rooms are very small for me and my children, that's why I decided to build my own house. Before than a wasn't easy on me, to even get food for my family, used to be very difficult for me. But I'm so happy and thankful to GiveDirectly for their support. Because of their support my life will changed for the better. I'm now building my dream house in my village."

"I still remember very well that it was early in the morning after waking up when I realized that GiveDirectly had honored their promise by sending us the promised financial aid. My heart was filled with joy and I immediately informed my family about it. This money gave me hope that my daughter would finally receive the required medication."

"When I received my transfer, first thing I did was to paid my children school fees, secondly I bought 3bundle of iron zinc to build my house , I bought enough food for my family, the rest of the money I was able to paid workmanship to start my building project."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving the transfers is building a modern brickwalled kitchen house within the shortest time possible. I normally rely on my teaching salary to cater for my family's needs."

"Honestly speaking i have never received such kind of assistance from any organisation and when i saw the notification message that i have received money from Givedirectly i was very happy and thankful knowing that some of my problems will be gone"

"I am old now and living in a thatch house that leaks during rainy season. I could not afford to change my roof. I was excited upon receiving my first transfer."

"I want to live in my own house. I used my transfer to buy zinc, nails and planks."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving the transfers is addition of my shop stock from KES70000 to over KES100000 hence more profit. Although the prices of commodities are currently high by increasing the stock I get better profits. I started my business over 10 years ago and have been using the profits to run the business."

"I spent KES30000 on a dairy cow as a source of livelihood and income for my family. Initially, I used to buy milk for the past two years which was quite costly at times. I also spent KES20000 on completion of my three roomed timber-walled house.The rest was spent on food and clothing."