"The moment I received the transfer I felt so happy. I remember it was around 9am. When I heard a ringtone message from my phone. I was taking care of my cows. Since I do not know how to read I decided to called my daughter to check it for me. I felt so happy when I was inform that it's a message confirming that I have received money from GiveDirectly. We really celebrated with my daughter. I knew I would be able to buy a water tank and stopped the long distance walk to collect the water from the river. We went and withdrew the money the same day."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a heifer. I will be able to get enough milk for my family when it reproduced in the next few months. I will cut the daily cost of buying milk which is so expensive. I spent KES 36,000 per year on purchasing milk only. I had always wished to own a dairy cow but it was not easy because I didn't had money. I depend on small scale farming and sometimes I sell the produce to get some money to purchase other household items. Sometimes I do small business of buying goats from farmers and selling at the market to earn a profits. I used the money I get to pay school fees and other household items needed. I was not in a position to save some money. Currently I have my own heifer and I am so happy now. I know all the struggles will come to an end. My children will get milk daily. I am so grateful for the support."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have started building a better house for my family. We used to live in a small mud house which could not host all the family comfortably. This was even more demoralizing whenever we had visitors, there was no space to host them comfortably. We were not able to maintain the house. We were required to smear the floor to be dust free. We are in a position where we cannot do this more often because of our old age. Currently we have build a better house and we are planning to cement the floor. When the construction is done we will have a spacious rooms to host visitors conformably. We will not shy off to welcome visitors. Whenever we have relatives around they will have a room to spent a night. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has changed our living standard."

"I spent KES 15,000 to pay school fees for my children in secondary and primary school. I am so happy because they were able to study well without being sent home. I bought building materials and build a better house for my family. The rest of the money I bought food and clothes for my family members. We are so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has changed our living standard."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have purchased Building materials ready to build a better and spacious house for my family. I used all the money to purchase hundred bags of cement. We had bought other materials before. We have not yet started the construction work since we are not done purchasing other things needed. We live in a small house which cannoy host all the family comfortably. We had wished to build a better house but we didn't had the money. Our first priority was to educate our children. My last born now is in the university. Whenever we have visitors it's so stressful since there is no room to host them comfortably. We are so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has enabled us to purchase the cement. We are waiting for the second transfer to start the construction process. We are so grateful because we have hope that we gonna compete this and live in a better and decent house. GiveDirectly has enable us reach reach this step."

"I spent KES 15,500 to pay school fees for my children in various schools. They were able to study well without being sent home. I paid the debts that I had with my friend. I am so grateful because I feel revealed. I bought a solar panels for lighting up the house. This has enabled me to cut the daily cost of buying paraffin. The rest of the money I bought food for the family."

"Receiving this money will mean that my children get quality education. I have 5 children and my first born joined secondary school this year. Her school fees per year is KES 20,000 which is a struggle in paying. My other children are still in primary school but their school expenses combined and paid for means I don't get extra capital for other basic needs such as food. I hope to use KES 20,000 to pay school fees for a year for my first born and KES 5,000 for my other children school expenses. My house has not been completed and the roofing and floor is not cemented, I will use about KES 40,000 to finish construction of the house. The remaining amount of this money will aid my family in purchasing food and clothes."

"Receiving the money will help me so much first and foremost I it will help me pay for my hospital bills I was involved in an accident am really grateful that this money will help me with hospital expenses, with the change in plan on building a nice house cause the one we staying in now is small and we share it with livestock."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money to sustain my family; something that has forced me to embark on energy-draining occupations such as charcoal burning and aloe vera tapping. These occupation have some negative implications on my health especially chest and abdominal pains at night. Irregardless of the toughness of these occupations, I still don't have an option but do them because my husband's income as a non-trained primary school teacher can not sustain the entire family."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money to cater for my family's basic needs such as education, clothing and food. I do not have any reliable source of income which makes my family lead miserable life. The only occupation I rely own is the energy draining charcoal burning which only earns me peanuts. My husband is selling fresh water in town. However, due to the emergency of refined water, his business was drastically affected and he can only make KES. 300 a day. This is not sustainable at all and has led to suffering in my family of seven."