"I spent my transfer on paying for my medication for I was sick and admitted in the hospital. I did not have any money at that time and yet the bill was growing day by day, I don't have to much to pay. The transfers have been helpful here though his condition is not improving yet I have managed to get quality treatment because I have been servicing my bills. The remaining portion, I spent on purchasing building materials for constructing a house. Now we have a good ironed roofed house which is more specious."

"When I received from my first transfers from Give Directly, I felt so happy as I had never gotten such an amount of money before. I knew that the burden which I had about paying school fees, buying food and others would be eased."

"I spent part of my first transfer on buying an ox at KES 14000. This was specifically to help me in my farming activities. I also bought an ox plough at KES 10000. l then cleared a hospital bill for my spouse who has been unwell for years now. In addition, I cleared school fees for my son who is in secondary school so that he could study without any disturbances. Finally, with the remaining amount of money, I bought enough foodstuffs for my family and some other household items."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I am no longer being rained on while cooking like before when I use to cook on a kitchen with a leaking roof. Currently, we have a good kitchen with ironed roofed which is so warm and safe to cook even during rainy season."

"The biggest difference in my daily life so far is the fact I now own a dairy cow. This is currently the dependable living asset that I have been wishing to have for so many years but I could afford to purchase it due to low income. Previously I have been buying milk from my neighbors daily and it was always costly. And sometimes my family could take tea without milk which was not healthy. But again GiveDiretly had changed the whole story now because I am now a proud owner of a dairy cow. The money that I have been spending on buying milk from my neighbors I am now saving it and fulfill some other basic needs. Currently, I am getting an income from milk sales and I believe I will no longer have to strain to cater to my family's basic needs like before."

"GiveDirectly has brought numerous changes in my life but the biggest one that I can proudly mention is the fact that I now own a semi-permanent spacious iron-roofed house. The previous one had some very weak mud walls and some of them had collapsed a few months ago. This forced my children to stay at their grandmother's house because it could no longer fit all of us. My spouse is the breadwinner of the family and he has been depending on the casual jobs, the little he could earn was only for our daily meal and some household expenses. This means owning a decent house was not achievable. The coming of GiveDirectly has transformed everything because as we speak I am sleeping under a nice iron-roofed house which is much spacious, I can now host my visitors and also store my foodstuffs without any worry like before. Courtesy of Giveirectly."

"My life is currently different because I managed to upgrade my house since it was very small with leaky roofing. I settled on this since the cost of renovating our old house was relatively low as compared to that of building a new one. I am extremely grateful to GiveDirecly because I can now access a good shelter which I wouldn't accomplish all these anytime soon using my own money. I have depending on the casual labors and the little that I could earn was only for my family's daily bread."

"I can still remember very well I was preparing breakfast for my children when my phone ringing so loudly, this was so unusual. On checking its content, I realized it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I was overwhelmed with joy because I was positive I will accomplish all my heart desires through the money."

"I was preparing my breakfast when I heard my phone vibrating so loudly. This was an alert of an incoming message. I decided to check its content, only to realize it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy because I knew the money will transform my life completely"

"The moment I received transfers from Give Directly I felt so happy. I knew indeed the dream of having a new kitchen and good clothes for my children shall come true. I was over joyed as I had never gotten such an amount before."