"It was 7am in the morning when I was still in bed because I had a cold. On seeing the message, I felt the cold go away, my nose cleared I guess out of excitement and I jumped out of bed and told my children about the transfers who were very happy as well."

"I bought two cows which when I look at I feel ownership and am sure that in future am going to be milking my own cow and my children will be able to enjoy milk from their own cow."

"Receiving money from GIVEDIRECTLY means so much to me, i am planning on renovating my house, i will also buy beddings and mattress. My house leaks during the rainy season and we do not sleep comfortably in such times so that is the reason why i want to build a new house, so that we could be sleeping in comfort."

"We usually face challenges to find food because its hard to find money out here."

"I have been suffering from high blood pressure for the past 5 years and this has affected how I do my household chores. I rarely do hard work such as drawing water and farming hence my liveloohd has been affected as I now depend on children a lot."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now sleep in my own house. Before the coming of GiveDirectly into my life, I used to shelter in my cowife's house which was very small. This is because my house collapsed so many years ago and I had no money to buy the materials to construct a decent one. My spouse passed on so many years ago and left behind children with nothing no inherit. Life was so tough considering it was a polygamous marriage. The little I was earning was too little to construct a house. I am now a happy soul together with my children because we no longer worry about the rains, also I feel secured."

"I spent part of my first transfer on buying two dairy cows at KES 32000.h he These have been living assets that I have been longing to own for the longest time but I could not afford them. In addition, I bought some beddings which include a wooded bed and a mattress. Previously I used to sleep on some old mats which I was so uncomfable. Also, I bought a semi permanent house which belonged to my relative who is no longer in the village. With the remaining amount of money, I am using it in buying enough foodstuffs for my family."

"I have to finish building my house as some materials are hard to get without enough money. so with this transfer I want to buy food and finish my house"

"Receiving this money will enable me to buy enough food for my household as I am starving due to lack of food and money to buy the food. I also intend to buy new mattress, clothes and weddings for my family"

"Receiving this money means bidding farewell to hunger as I have been struggling to fend for my family due to lack of money to buy food."