"I am a motorcycle rider and I do the business of transporting people from one place to another. On that day, I was in my job and I heard a message ringtone on my phone. I could not check it at that time since I was riding. On arriving at the customer's destination, I pulled out my phone and I could not believe what I saw. The SMS was saying that I had received the lump sum transfer of KES 55000 that GiveDirectly had promised. I was so happy and I could not keep the good news to myself. I decided to go back home and inform my whole family about it. They were so happy to hear this and we celebrated together."

"I bought enough of food for my family. I also bought a smartphone that cause 26,000 LD. A was my dream to get a smartphone for myself. So With the help of givedirectly I was able to get a big phone for my self. I'm very thankful to Givedirectly for their support."

"In my opinion givedirectly did everything well in my life and that of my village, givedirectly was able to enroll everyone, and givedirectly has changed our entire village with so many new houses, our children are all healthy and in school. So there is nothing that givedirectly hasn't done well."

"The biggest difference is now I'm having my owned saving to the bank. Before than I never had saving, a was my dream to open my bank account with UBA. My dream has come to passed. I was able to paid my children school fees. So I'm grateful to Givedirectly that I was successful"

"I was doing some work in my house when I heard people shooting, suddenly I ran out to inquire what the noise was for and I met a very good news on ground! Give Directly had just sent in our transfers, I joined them and we began to dance around."

""I plan to build a new house and used the balance to support my children in school to attain higher education"."

""I am faced with financial constrain. My spouse have to walk on a 3 hrs distance to cut palm, than I will process it to produce oil and sell in order to generate earn living for the family.""

"I am living in an old and small two bed rooms house that leaks almost every rainy season with my children. The house is almost breaking down on us, but I can't renovate it because I am not able due to lack of money. I have never in my life gotten such amount of money. So, I am planning to build a new house with my transfer to have a comfortable place to stay with my family."

"My plan for the money support my 3 children in school. I believe sending the children to school, they could in return look after me. I'll will be investing in them to benefit tomorrow. I don't have my own money and with the help of this money from Give Directly, I can sent my children to school. I just started helping my father to plant Cocao and it has not started producing. The children will help take care of me tomorrow if am old when they're are educated. I also want to build my own house. I live in my parents house for the past years, and that isn't good for me. We are many, and one day the others could come and want to claim ownership. Having my own house will make me free, as well as my children."

"I was living with my elder sister going to school. It didn't work out well for me and her due to money issues. I went back to my mother who did not have the hands to send me back to school through this struggle I took pregnancy. My husband didn't have the financial support to mantain us as a family. With the help of God GiveDirectly came into our village to give us help financially. My biggest difference is that I have never been able to go back to school and I have never been able to to build a house of my own. Owning my own house and going back to school I believe is the best choice I have ever made in my life to have a better future with my family."