"The moment I received the transfer I felt so happy I remember it was around 9:15 am. I was cleaning the utensils. When I was done,I decided to check my phone. I didn't know there was mesage from GiveDirectly. When I saw the confirmation message I felt so happy because I have never received such amount of money before. My family members felt so happy too. I knew I would be able to buy goats and chickens as an investment. I also grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has changed our living standards."

"I spent part of the money to buy building materials and build a better house. I used to live in a small house which could not host all my family comfortably. The house was almost falling down. I used some amount to plough my farm ready for planting. The rest of the money I bought food and clothes. I am so grateful because GiveDirectly has changed our living standards."

"What I plan to do with my cash transfer are, firstly, to build my own house within this town, where I stay currently is my brother's house, when my house bursted and broke down he decided to shelter me. Secondly, I want to have my own farm as well, over the time it had been my brother who had helped me with portion of his farm to survive on."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have purchased a heifer. Buying milk daily is so costly for me. I do not have a continuous source of income. I depend on small scale farming and this earns me small income. The money that I get is only for household basic needs and I had no savings. I had always wished to purchase a dairy cow but I didn't had the money. When I received the transfer from GiveDirectly I felt so happy because I knew I would be able to buy a heifer. When it reproduce in the next few months I will get enough milk for the family and cut the daily cost of buying milk. I have peace of mind to do other activities without any stress. GiveDirectly has enabled us to fulfilled our dreams and live a better life than before. I am so grateful for the support because were it not GiveDirectly all this could have taken quite some time."

"I spend KES 30,000 to purchase a dairy cow. I used to buy milk daily and this was so costly for me. Currently I no longer stress up on where to get the money to buy milk. I have bought iron sheet ready to start building a better house. The rest of the money I bought clothes and food for the family. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has changed our living standards. We now live a better life than before."

"What I plan to do with my cash transfer are, to build a zinc house within this town, reason being, the house I'm currently in is my own house, but it has thatched roof which is causing serious leakages, but no cash to help the process. The next thing I plan to do is, to pay laborers to brush/clean my cocoa farm."

"Those challenges I'm currently faced with are, firstly, the lack of man power to maintain my farms, my husband just died last month (October), up to now I'm still in blacks, mourning the death of my husband, as tradition demands, I can't go out until five weeks expire, which has thrown me behind in my farming operations. Secondly, raising cash to sustain my home, and kickup my building project is of serious challenge; things were difficult for us when he was alive, it had turned worse due to his death, only God I'm hoping on now as we speak."

"My main challenge is lack of money and food. I am really finding it difficult to get money and food for myself. Some of the reasons that is making me to suffer for food is, I don't have any brother or sister to help me and when I don't have money, sometimes, I go whole day without eating and I am not strong enough Anymore to do a daily hired Job but I am forced to do so because I need to eat. The next challenge is, I don't have a better place to stay. The main contributing factor to me not having a better place because, I am sick and I am not strong to go in the bush to cut sticks and renovate my house or build a new house."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the acquisition of the water tank. It has given me ample time to go about my daily activities without disruption knowing that I have enough storage of water and my family won't have to strain by walking a long distances to fetch water."

"It was around 9.00a.m and was already in my workplace when I received a notification message confirming a receipt of the transfer.I was so excited and later that evening went and withdrew so that I could initiate the great plans that I had before receiving the money."