"My life has changed. I have good sleeping place and I have food I am not sleeping hungry."

"I used the money to buy poles for my roof of the new house that i plan on building. I also added 10 iron sheets for the roof, i also bought bricks for the roof. I went on to buy widow frames for the house as well. I bought 3 bags of maize since I did not have enough food until my next harvest."

"I can still recall very well it was exactly 9 AM when I was at the farm harvesting cowpeas then I heard my cellphone ringing. Because I am illiterate I told my daughter to check what the message was all about. Shee told me it was from Give Directly and they had sent me my first transfer as promised during the enrolment. I remember screaming and jumping with joy since I had never received such a huge amount of money."

"My life has changed completely because I now have a new boys qouter for my children"

"my life is so different now as i have enough food for myself and my family something which has never happened before as we did not have any money to buy the food"

"i bought iron sheets and paid for the electricity"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I managed to buy a cow which I am keeping in my homestead. To me this cow is an asset because as it matures and reproduces, I will have many of them. I can readily rely on the offsprings, sell them and take care of my financial needs like school fees for my children. Thus the cow is a saving for the future of my children's education."

"I saw the message in my phone in the morning hours while I was preparing to take my breakfast. When I read the contents, I realised it was an Mpesa Message. On checking who the sender was, I could not hold back the happiness that I felt because GiveDirectly had sent the first transfer. I thanked them for fulfilling their promise to us."

"I am happy that through GiveDirectly, I am now owning goats which I am currently keeping in my homestead. These are assets of great value to me. I am expecting them to reproduce and increase in number. I can readily sell the offspring in case of a financial need. I would not have managed to buy any at my own cost. Owning these goats makes the biggest difference in my daily life."

"I spent KES 35000 of my first transfer on buying a dairy cow. This is an asset to me and my expectation is that it will reproduce and increase in number. I can readily sell the offsprings to raise fees for my young children. Besides, I will also be getting milk for my family's consumption as well selling the surplus for an income. I spent the remaining amount on buying foodstuffs and buying new clothes for myself and my children."