"I had gone for a meeting in my neighborhood as our norm.It was about 10a.m when my I received a notification message and when I checked, it was a confirmation message of receipt of transfer from Givedirectly.I was excited and left immediately to withdraw the funds since I was ready to initiate the plans I had."

"In my own opinion, Givedirectly has been extremely helpful to me. In this century, for an organization or a person to give you money without any cost attached is a total blessing from heaven. My life is changing gradually through the help of Givedirectly. Even though they don't accept gifts or anything from people is not a bad idea. But am grateful to God for sending Givedirectly my way."

"The money i received from Givedirectly,i used some of it to buy a brand new mattress. I also used $120 united states dollars to buy two bundle of zinc to build a new house. The balance of the money was used to pay my debit in the susu saving club."

"The money i received from Givedirectly was used to buy zinc and other materials for my house project. I pay my children school fees and used the balance of the money to settle some family matters. Am over excited for the new way of living since i encounter Givedirectly organization and started receiving money from them."

"I spent part of my first transfer on buying building materials such as pieces of iron sheets at KES 9100, building poles KES 6000, nails and timber, and labor KES 7000. I had to settle for this first because I had intended to construct a new house since the initial one was a traditional hut that had a leaky roof and its condition was generally poor. In addition to that, I cleared school fees of KES 2000 for my two children who were about to sit for their exams. I later bought new clothes for my family and me to replace the old ones. With the remaining, I am using it to buy foodstuffs for my family that would take us to us the next harvesting season. I am glad we no longer skip meals like before."

"It was around 9 AM when I was preparing breakfast for my siblings when my cell phone started ringing so loudly. Since I was late for my daily hustle, I decided to ignore it. However, five minutes later another message popped in. I was so curious and opted to check who it could be. After reading, I realized that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly, I had finally received my first transfer. I was overexcited because I knew I would send all my siblings to school. I can still remember very well that on thi9s particular day, I opted to stay indoors so that I could celebrate with the family."

"Receiving the first transfer came as a surprise to me since I had very little hope when I was enrolled and told to just wait for such a huge sum of money without doing anything to earn it. Even though other villagers had received the same amount, I still felt that there could be something they were still hiding and was yet to see it unfold. I informed my children who were filled with joy making them celebrate as they thanked God for what I had just received. I was not so fast in collecting but ensured that my account was secured until I was sure that it had no strings attached. After some days of mass spending by my neighbors, I became certain that indeed the money was free and had to spend on anything I needed as I was initially told. I withdrew them after chatting a way forward with my children and got down to spend. I am grateful that GiveDirectly kept their word since I was enrolled until I received the first transfer."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving money from GiveDirectly is that I am so grateful because the financial assistance I received helped me a great deal. I got the house that I used to desire for so long, I also got livestock and started my local food kiosk business that together will keep me and my family going for a long time. I am so happy and grateful to GiveDirectly."