"i have spent the transfer on mattress, bed, blankets, groceries , maize , maize and i plan on maintaining my house with a new roof."

"i used to stay in a grass thatched house and every year i could look for new grass to thatch my house. due to scarcity of grass in my area i could walk long distances just to find grass. with the iron sheets that i have bought i no longer have to walk long distances to look for grass to change the roof every year."

"This transfer has brought a big difference in my family and that of my family. We have been able to buy the cow that we have always desired. My children will thus have milk for their consumption and we will no longer have to incur the costs of buying milk. Having bought iron sheets, I plan to construct the house with the next transfer so that my children will have a place to sleep in. They will no longer have to go to other people’s houses to sleep. I am also happy having paid school fees for the children and hence I will no longer have stress about where I am going to get money to do so. The food that we bought with the transfer is going to push us for a while and hence we will not be having worries about what we are to eat for quite some time. We hence no longer go hungry like before when we had to forgo meals at times. My children are very happy because they have food to eat and they have new clothes for themselves. Thank you GiveDirectly for coming up with this program of helping the needy."

"I was at the farm weeding maize with one of my friends when the M-Pesa SMS got into my phone. I did not hear my phone alerting me of the SMS since I was busy with the farm work. The lady friend that I was with had already seen it and she informed me of the good news that she had received. She then asked me if I had received the same and I hence decided to check my phone. I was so happy to see the message saying that I had received the first transfer of 55000/= just as promised. We were filled with lots of joy and we quickly finished up the work that we were doing and we went to prepare ourselves so that we can go withdraw the money."

"I was at the farm and I was about to complete the day’s work when I heard an SMS alert on my phone. I stopped to check it and I could believe not what I saw. It was the M-Pesa SMS saying that we had received the transfer from GiveDirectly. I was filled with a lot of happiness after seeing this. I started hearing some of my neighbors celebrating and saying that they had received the transfer. I now believed that it was true. I hurriedly finished up what I was doing and went back home happy because I knew that I was finally going to achieve my dreams. I gave thanks to God for this. I then informed one of my grandchildren in the evening when she got back from school and she so happy to hear this that she jumped up with joy."

"I was at home relaxing after taking lunch when I heard a message notification on my phone. I checked it and to my surprise, it was an M-Pesa message saying that we had received the transfer of 55000/= from GiveDirectly. I was so happy to see this and I immediately told my family members about it. They were so happy to hear the good news and we celebrated together giving thanks to God. Since we had already planned on what we were going to use the money on, I waited for a few days then left on Saturday to the market to go and buy the cow that we had always desired to have."

"I spent my transfers to purchase two cows, to pay school fees for my children and to build a house. I have nine children and I sell charcoal for a living. My husband is a construction worker. We live in a small house that lacks sufficient space which forces us to squeeze in the house. I was very happy to know that I will be able to build a better house for my family."

"The money from GiveDirectly has helped me a lot. I used it in building a house that my sons can sleep in. I also bought a calf with part of the transfer and I invested some in my business. With the rest of the money, I used it in tilling part of the land and planting it. I have always wanted to build a house that my boys can sleep in because they have grown up and it is just proper for them to have their own house. I also did not want them going to other people’s houses to look for a place to sleep or for them to stay in other people’s houses. I believe that it is good if it is me taking care of them, in other people’s houses, children can develop bad habits. I also decided to invest some of the money in agriculture because there is a piece of land that I had left untilled for a while. I have hence been able to plant some onions that I believe will enable me to get some income when I sell them. I also decided to buy a calf with part of the transfer because I wanted something that would remind me of this transfer in the future. Though I desired to do the above, I was not in a position to do so because most of the money that I have been getting has been going to the payment of school fees for my children."

"Buying a sewing Machine, I had a no Job,"

"1 cow, bicycle for fetching water as I begin building a new house, the rest I saved for building as I Wait for the next transfers. I have no child , I bought a cow for reproduction and profit, my husband is a construction worker"