"The biggest difference in my daily life after receiving the transfer is the great ongoing construction work. This has brought great hope in that we will soon be moving into a new house with more space and new comfortable bedding. It is a great blessing to the household after living under an old roof for quite a long time after the passing on of my grandmother."

"GiveDirectly does well by ensuring each person in the village receives the transfer. In that regard, no one would borrow or steal from the other, thus, allowing each recipient ample time to utilize their while transfer well. In my opinion, I GivedDirectly does everything perfectly."

"I saved 400 USD of my second transfer since I intend to purchase a piece of land. As a single and unmarried mother, I have yearned to own a piece of land to increase my resources and wealth. I used the remaining 130 USD on expanding my business of trading second-hand clothes in nearby open markets. I am always aiming at expanding my business to attract more profits because the current gains are relatively low."

"After receiving the transfer and putting everything allocated on the plans I had, I can testify to the great changes depicted currently. After a long time, I have regained a relaxed mind with less pressure nor worries about how every day will be starting. It has been a month now since I withdrew from the daily casual labor that was paying so little after working for the whole day that I could not work on my own projects. I now have time to concentrate on my own projects which is the biggest difference I am currently enjoying each day. The fact that the chores were slowly becoming competitive and hard to find due to the large number of people working on the same, the pay had also been gradually reducing and would sometimes push me to switch to fetching firewood deep in the forests so that I can sell to the nearby food shops. This has never been easy but I am glad that I am now trying to generate foodstuff from my own farms."

"Paying the first installment on the small piece of land has been a great step in my move to owning a home. This has allowed me to start developing it since I have started planting trees around the piece. I am glad that I am soon becoming the legitimate owner so that I can start the construction. With the few steps I have so far taken, I am already feeling the impact in my life as it is the biggest achievement I am making in my life."

"GiveDirectly has done extremely well by sending me cash transfer and provided me with a mobile phone something that I have never imagine of owning very soon. This has improved our living standard. I do not seen anything that it does not do well."

"Receiving this money really means so much to me,I'm so much excited as a single mother of 4 i always struggle to find food for my family."

"I was from the shop when I heard one of my neighbors celebrating while mentioning GiveDirectly. Out of curiosity, I also decided to check my phone since it was on silent mode, there was a new message. I felt so happy after realizing it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I started planning on how I could utilize it without wasting even a coin."

"Our parents came here from a distant district. The time they came here, much of the fertile land had been taken already. This has led us to be renting a piece of land each season for farming. Whenever we have less money to pay for land, we end up not farming for that season. This always lead to periods of hunger in my household."

"When I got my first transfer from GiveDirectly I managed to buy 15 bags of maize for consumption. I also spent part of the transfer on purchasing a bicycle ease my transportation problems. Furthermore i bought mattresses and beddings for my household. I have also saved some money which I want to buy iron sheets next week. When I receive my second transfer I will build a better house."