"My biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving money from give-directly is that I have a home to call my own, I am having a three square meal per day, that of which I never have afford for my children and I."

"I was at home resting in the compound when I suddenly heard my phone ringing hence notifying me of a message. It was a money message and I wondered to myself asking who could have thought of sending me some money. I opened the message and to my surprise, it was the SMS indicating that I had received the promised transfer of KES 55000 from GiveDirectly. I was so happy on seeing this that I immediately informed my wife and children who were at home. They were so happy on hearing the piece of good news and we celebrated together."

"The fact that GiveDirectly visits each and every household within the village and enrols them is something to give credit for. I was impressed that every household irrespective of their economic status was able to be enrolled and benefitted from these funds."

"I am so grateful that this cash transfer has enabled me to buy a dairy cow. Before, we had to buy milk every morning, at KES 35 per litre. This was too costly for my family since we did not have a source of income. But things are different now. We have enough milk supply for the three of us. We can also sell the surplus to earn money and meet other needs. I'm so thankful."

"I was so happy the moment I received the money because it was going to assist me with the needs I had. There were things I desired to have for so long but I didn't have the money, therefore, I was so happy when I got the money because I was going to get them."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I can now confidently say that I am living a good and stress-free life ever since I started receiving money from GiveDirectly. I am no longer worried about where I will get food for my family, my children are in school and their arrears are fully settled. I am so happy and proud, all thanks to GiveDirectly."

"I was so happy the moment I received the money because I didn't have a house and desired so much to have one. Therefore, I was able to buy some iron sheets that were part of the materials I bought to build the house. I was so happy and grateful to GiveDirectly for enabling this dream come true."

"I felt so happy the moment I received the money because it was going to help me achieve the goals I intended and desired to achieve which included settling my children's school fees, repair the roof of my one room and buy food especially during the festive season. Therefore, I was so happy and grateful when I got the money."

"I spent most of my transfer which was KES 12000 to repair the roof of my house because it was leaking terribly bad due to it having been made of old and worn out iron sheets and poles, which was even a risk to the life of my family and myself because it could collapse anytime and be disastrous. This used to give me so much headache and sleepless nights. However, I am now so happy and grateful that I was able to address and my mind and heart are at peace now. I also spent KES 10000 on buying five goats because they are an investment that will live on and will give me the ability to educate my children in the future because I know that they will multiply and increase in numbers, and inturn I'll be able to sell one or two and pay my children's school fees because I believe that education is the biggest investment for the future. I am so happy and grateful to GiveDirectly."