"I was so happy the moment I received the money because it enabled me to get livestock that I had desired for so long and I am so happy to have them because they are as well a tribute to GiveDirectly, since I'll always see and remember the assistance I received."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving money from GiveDirectly is that I no longer have to do the tiresome and tedious work of cutting trees and burning charcoal and selling. I am so happy and grateful that I am regaining my good health and strength, that I am no longer weak as I used to be before I started receiving money from GiveDirectly. I am so happy and grateful."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving money from GiveDirectly is that I no longer have to incur the little debts and loans to cater for my family's immediate needs which allows me the time to budget in a very smooth way and with an absolute peace of mind. This also allows me to save a little money to address some recurrent and emergency challenges, which equally gives me the much desired time to rest and comfortably plan for my family. All thanks to GiveDirectly"

"I'm planning to a buy a dairy cow because currently in our place is a dry spell and the cow dairy cow I have is unproductive hence has low selling price."

"I am a masonry by profession, at the moment the demand of people who are building new houses in the village is very high because of the transfer money that is circulating within the village, therefore I decided to pause my project of building a house so that I can work first and earn some extra cash, hence I saved KES 35,000 so that I would construct a house that I was unable to build before due to unreliable sources of income, I then used the remaining amount of money in buying foodstuff, clothes and other Christmas expenses. I am happy that I would be able to lift my living standard to another level."

"I always had a dream of building a decent house for my family, but all this was not realized due to financial constraints, our area is a semi-arid place hence the crops are not doing well due to harsh weather conditions, therefore when I received the second transfer I used it in buying timber and other building material worth KES 29,000. I then bought a sheep at KES 2100, lastly, I saved a sum of KES 10,000. I am grateful for the transfer that brought so much happiness to my family as a whole."

"I had constructed a house before but I was unable to do the finishing due to the financial constraints, when GiveDirectly visited our village I saw it as a perfect opportunity to plaster the floor of my house, therefore, I used KES 25,000, I then decided to use the remaining KES 30,000 in constructing a kitchen house so that we would have a place to cook from unlike before where we would cook outdoors. I am glad that I now own a decent house which is a great milestone in our lives and I am grateful for the support."

"Give Directly make my dream to come through and more over it is only NGO that can give you physical cash to do what you want to do positively."

"I spend my recent transfer on building my house of my own."