""Right now the structure we live in has roof problem, the zinc has leakages because it is old. my spouse is a fisherman and he needs additional fish nets, further more, my children are in school and i need money to pay their balance fees. When i receive the transfer from GiveDirectly, i will spend portion of it on the renovation of my roof, buy additional fish nets to enable my spouse expand the fishing activities and use the balance money for my children fees"."

"It was midnight when I heard my phone vibrating and since I was not fully asleep, I decided to check and know who would have sent me an SMS at that odd hour. At first, I thought that it was an emergency but my heart was filled with joy on realizing that it was a Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I woke up my spouse so that I would share the good news with her and also offer our gratitude to God as a family. We slept peacefully the remaining hours of the night knowing very well that everything would go well."

"I work as a marketing officer in Imarisha Sacco and I was planning to take a loan that I would use to boost my business so that it would be deducted from my salary. This is because my retail shop business had gone down since I had started spending money meant for restocking it to sort out personal issues. With the transfer, I was able to restock it and my daily profits have increased unlike before. This is because I now have more customers who are sure that they will get all items they need for themselves when they visit my shop."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I now live happily unlike before as I am now a proud owner of a dairy cow. Since we're experiencing dry season in my region, I currently get 2 liters of milk a day from it and this is enough for our consumption. I believe that it will be calving very soon and we will have enough for our consumption and for sale to earn an income. This will enable me not to depend on one source of income only and I believe that I will be able to meet most of our basic needs on time."

"The major change that I have experienced in my daily life is having to go anywhere without much of a worry about how my cattle would destroy crops. I would not go anywhere without requesting any of my relatives to help me in looking after them before receiving the transfer. I am glad that we were able to use part of my first transfer to fulfill our goal of fencing our land. Currently, I am happy since I get time to concentrate on my vegetable garden and I believe that I will not be buying most of the groceries very soon since I will be getting mine from the garden."

"The transfer came at a very crucial time in my life, I had started constructing a house before, but I was unable to complete it due to financial constraints, I am a mother of four children and a farmer, Upon receiving my transfer I used KES 37,000 in house completion, I then used the remaining part of the transfer in buying furniture, foodstuffs and clothes, I am happy that my house is now decent, unlike before, I am so humbled for the support that changed my living standard."

"Give Directly is extremely doing well by providing us with unconditional cash transfer. I have never experienced anything like this before in my life from any organization. Give Directly is actually doing mavalous thing by allowing us to make our own dicision when it comes to the money they are providing for us. The only problem that I have with Give Directly is that, my colleagues and I did our registration and got the first transfer same time. But now many of them have received their third and fourth transfers, on the other hand, I have only received my second transfer."

"The biggest difference in my life is owning an oxen. Since I was born, I have never owned a cow although I had been desiring even to rare goats. Courtesy of GiveDirectly's transfers, I have begun raising livestock hence I am hopeful I shall have more cows and goats that will help my family in future. This makes me feel some sense of self-esteem. It has thus earned me respect among my peers in the village."

"It was at night and I was still preparing supper when my son saw the text message confirming that I have received the money from GiveDirectly and immediately informed me. I was so happy and prepared the supper that day in a very good mood when I got the money. This was because I had gotten the ability to do what is important and desired to do for a long time, especially, building a better house, getting livestock and settling my children's school fees arrears. I was so happy and grateful the moment I received the money."

"The biggest challenge is the provision of three meals per day for my family as they are fully dependent on me to provide for their basic needs. I am a casual laborer and on most occasions, I get jobs related to farming on other people's land. On a lucky day, I usually receive a wage of KES 250 after finishing a certain casual task. Most of my payments are done in the evening and since I work from hand to mouth, I use the whole amount to buy foodstuff for my family. This means that if we consume the entire food and the leftovers the following day, there is a chance my family will not have something to take for lunch."