"I spent KES 45,000 to renovate my house to look decent. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has improved our living standards.I used to live in a small house which could not host all my family members and. The rest of the money I bought food and clothes for my children in various schools. I am so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has changed our lives."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have paid the school fees for my children son. This was the biggest challenge that I had. My children were being sent home and this is demoralizing and stressful. I don't have any other source of income and paying the school fees was not easy. I depend on small scale farming and this actually does not yield much. When I received the transfer I felt so happy. I have paid the school fees on time and my son now is studying well without being sent. I hope his performance will improve compared to previous days. I have peace of mind to do other things at home. Unlike before where I was so worried. I able to work at the farm and save some money for next academic year."

"It was around 5 pm. When I heard a message notification from my phone. I was at the shopping center. When I checked the message I felt so happy, it was a message confirming that I have received money from GiveDirectly. I immediately inform my family members and everyone was happy. There was congestion at the shopping center anf I waited for five days then went to withdrew the money."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have paid School fees for my son who joined the University and others in secondary. This was the biggest challenge that I had that particular time. I didn't had any other source of income apart from the farming and small causal jobs in the village. The money that I would get was so small and I was not able to pay all the required school on time. I was do worried because my son was joining the University that particular time and I had no money When I received the transfer from GiveDirectly I felt so happy because I knew I would be able to pay school fees. Currently my children are studying well without being disturbed. I hope their performance will improve compared to previous days. I am so grateful because GiveDirectly enabled me to fulfilled this. I had peace of mind to conduct other household needs."

"GiveDirectly does well by helping us unconditionally, their program is also reliable and truthful, they talk to us kindly anytime we are being interview. I don't have anything bad to say against GiveDirectly because only good things I have noticed about them."

"I have been renting a single room for some years now hoping that someday I will build my own house, I didn't know how it could happen because there was no hope of getting a good sum of money to undertake such project, but through this transfer from GiveDirectly, I am now sure of owning a house very soon when all of my transfers are sent. I was also able to pay my children school fees without any stress this semester."

"My main goal right now is to fix my house because it is not in a good condition anymore, I have been thinking about improving it for a long time now but didn't know how it could happen because there was no fund to do it. Once my house is fixed, I will be so satisfied because it has been my dream."

"Things were not very good with me over the past years, but thank God that I am doing fine unlike before through the Givedirect program"

"At that moment I was really thinking how to pay my children school fees and fortunately I saw the money in my phone,it was a great blessing to me and my family"

"Ok"