"I was at home on that day and it was around 1300Hrs when I was cooking for my family. I heard a message come into my phone and on checking the message, it was the Mpesa message. I was very very happy and grateful."

"I was at my hotel at around 1300Hrs. I heard a message come into my phone and on checking my phone, it was the Mpesa message. I was very very happy. I am truly grateful to GiveDirectly."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I bought goats. I now have six goats that can bring back profit to me in future."

"I was at home at around 1000Hrs, I heard a message come into my phone and when I checked the message, it was the Mpesa message. I was very very happy."

"It was around 1300Hrs when I heard a message come into my phone. On checking the phone it was the Mpesa message, I was very happy as we had no food at all on that day. I hadn't eaten anything on that day since morning. I was very happy and grateful to GiveDirectly."

"I was at a funeral on that day and it was around 1300Hrs that I heard a message come into my phone. When I checked my phone, it was the Mpesa message. I was very very happy and I thanked God for he had remembered me."

"I spent my transfers to purchase 1 cow, to buy food and I also bought clothes for my two children. My husband and I both work on our farm to be able to produce food to feed our children. We have two children. I purchased a cow with the hope that it can reproduce in future and bring back profit to my family in terms of selling the cow whenever I will be in need of money. I am truly grateful to GiveDirectly."

"It was early in the morning at around 1000Hrs and I was at the local river. I heard a message come into my phone and when I checked the message, it was the Mpesa message. I was very very happy when I saw the message."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now own cattle. I was able to buy 2 cows that can reproduce in future and bring back to me good profit."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I was able to expand my business and I can now build a bigger and more spacious house for my family."