"The goats we bought are a mark of GiveDirectly in our home. Their presence makes the home a live since in our tradition a home without livestock is incomplete. The house which I am planning to construct is another icon that will shape my life. These two things are the miracles I can testify that if it were not for GiveDirectly I wouldn’t have achieved them. Thank you so much to the organization and its entire staff."

"Receiving money that you hadn’t seen or received before has a special feeling that can’t be explained. It was around 9am in one of the fine mornings when I received a message in my phone while in the bush making charcoal for sale. I quickly checked since I wasn’t used to receiving messages in my phone. I was filled with joy after seeing KES 55000.00 which I had been sent from GiveDirectly. The joy overpowered my work of making charcoals and I left for home."

"While I was sitting, resting from the previous day's work I received a message at around 9am. I was overwhelmed after opening the message and swa the transfer information from GiveDirectly."

"It was around 9am while I was at my charcoal selling business I received a message in my phone. I didn't bother to check because I don't know how to read. At around 11am, my children came from school and informed me that they have been sent back home die to examination money. One of them asked if I have received the transfer since he had heard some people talking about it. I gave them the phone to confirm and we were all filled with joy after seeing the transfer of KES 55000.00 from GiveDirectly. I immediately gave them some of the money I had got from the first sales of charcoal and they returned to school happily."

"I have been married for over twenty years and my life has been full of sorrows. I have been living in a small house which had only one room and its condition was not pleasant at all. Having a family of eleven members, it has not been possible to shelter under one roof which forced some of my children to seek shelter from relatives. The little we could make from the charcoal ( KES 200) was only enough for the daily meals and nothing was left for the purchase of building materials. To add to that, the rainy season, was one of the worst moments in my life because some of my properties could get damaged and all I could experience was a loss. I was so hopeless because I had no idea where I would acquire the money to facilitate the construction of a better house. Therefore after receiving the money, building the house was a priority and I am so glad I successfully made it. I am now sheltering in a good house that has restored my dignity and joy in my life which makes the most significant difference in my daily life."

"I am renting because of the lack of money to build my own house. If I get this money from Give Directly, I will use it to build myself a good house."

"It is very hard to get money in our country, because of that, my children are not attending school. If I get this money from Give Directly, I will use it to sent my two children to school."

"I do not have plenty money to sent my children to school because of the current hardship within my country."

"When I am qualifie for this program and I receive any money from GiveDirectly I am going to zinc my house and remove the atached because people are not using atached these days."

"My current challenge right now is money problem, I do not have money so for that reason am unable to sell which I really want to do."