"It was almost 10 pm and we were not yet asleep since we were eagerly waiting for the transfer from GiveDirectly. We had heard that some people in the community had already received their transfers and hence we still had hopes that we were going to receive it too. We also feared that the money might come in and be taken away by the fraudsters while we are asleep. We thus kept on checking the phone for any new SMS. At around 10 pm is when we finally got the long-awaited message. We were so happy on seeing it that we lost our sleep as we were looking forward to the morning. My son who lives in the nearby village came in very early in the morning excited because he wanted to inquire if we had too received the good news as him. We confirmed to him that we got it last night and we celebrated together again for the blessing."

"We spent the transfer money on the things that we didn't have due to financial constraints and had desired to have them. I first paid a KES 5000 debt that I owed someone. I then took KES 10000 and used it in buying sewing threads for my business of sewing sweaters which I had stopped doing for a while due to lack of money for buying the threads. I also bought window curtains at KES 10000. Other than that, we also spent KES 10000 on installing a wi-fi network. My husband is a teacher and he usually does the registration of students who are to sit for their final examinations online. He usually buys data bundles to do so but this has been costly to him since the data bundles get depleted very fast. He hence saw it wiser if we install the wi-fi network. We also took KES 10000 and used it in paying school fees for our child who is in secondary school and the rest of the remaining amount, we used in buying blankets, clothes, and foodstuffs. Restarting my business of sewing sweaters is what I wanted to achieve the most upon receiving the transfer. This is because this is what was going to help me in the future in making other developments. When I had closed down the business due to lack of money, I was forced to do casual work of crashing stones at a quarry to raise money for buying household goods and contributing to the self-help groups that I am in. I am hence so much grateful to GiveDirectly because I was able to achieve my goal."

"It was at night and we had retired to bed. We were however not yet asleep since we were eagerly waiting for the promised transfer. Some of the people in the community had received the transfers in the evening and hence we had hopes that we were also going to receive the same before the day ends. As a result of this, I kept on anxiously checking on my phone for any new message. At around midnight, my phone rang hence notifying me of a new message, I decided to check it and I could not believe my eyes when I read the SMS which was saying that we had received KES 55000 from GiveDirectly. I was extremely happy on seeing this that I immediately informed my wife of the good news. She woke up so happy and we gave thanks to God for the blessing."

"I was sitting at my house one morning when I heard people shouting in the town with excitement, I wanted to know what was going on, so I got closer to the people, when I asked, the townchief told me that GiveDirectly has sent the transfers they promised to give us. I went to the network location quickly to check my account, when I got there, I asked the townchief to help me read the message because I am illiterate, when he checked it, he told me that GiveDirectly has sent me money to my mobile money account. When I heard that, I was so happy because I haven't seen such a help before and I really needed money that time to settle some issues."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is seeing the growth of planted crops on my farm. Am happy because I know my family will have adequate food once we harvest hence reducing the cost of buying foodstuff. In addition, owning a cow means a lot since we will soon get enough milk for my family for consumption."

"I was at home going about my daily household chores. I heard my phone ring and got it out to check the contents of it like I would always do. I thought it could be a message from a service provider or from a friend. However, to my surprise the message read '' you have received a sum of KES 55 000 from segovia tevhnogu. My happiness was beyond measure. I knew that four of my children who are in school were going to be able to the next level."

"I have been struggling with a sickness for sometimes but couldn't get better treatment because of lack of money, my husband is already dead and all my children has left me all alone. I have also been able to build up a hope of getting a better sleeping place because of the transfer that was sent to me. My house project will soon start and I can finally relax in my own house."

"One morning I woke up from bed, I decided to do some work around my house, while working, I heard a message alarm from my phone, I hurriedly ran to get it because we have been expecting a transfer message from GiveDirectly for sometimes now. When I got the phone, I checked the message to know what it says, fortunately for me, it was the transfer message from GiveDirectly that we have been waiting for. I was so happy for the money because getting money has been a challenge for the past months. There are things that I really wanted to do but couldn't because of lack of money."

"Before GiveDirectly came to this town, I have been sleeping on Palm tree leaves for many years, but through the transfer, I was able to buy a matress to sleep on which makes me more comfortable sleeping, I have been struggling also on how to send my son to school this semester but now all my worries are gone because I was able to pay my son school fees."

"GiveDirectly does well by setting up rules that help us not to be force by anyone to do what we don't want to do with our money, they are also kind and patient during the time of interview, their help is unconditionally which makes me feels valued and respected being part of the program. I haven't seen anything wrong about GiveDirectly yet, everything is okay to me."