"Receiving this money means owning oxen and ox plough for ploughing. This will creat effecitiveness and efficiency in farming hence good yields will be realised. I have been the last to cultivate because, neighbours want to plough their farm land first then I am given oxen when the planting season has passed. I will the complete construction work in my house. The more we are staying in is not complete and there is need to fix Windows and doors in order to improve on ventilation not forgetting plastering and flooring it. This will improve on our standard of living. "

"My life is good because I now have my oxen for plouging, my children are now enjoying the milk from the cows I bought. I have hired farm land which I will utilise come next farming season. Previously, life was not easy we did casual labor to earn a living and we had no start up point."

"My life has improved now, I own livestock and I expect to begin taking milk soon. I hope to shift to sleep in an iron roofed house once I am done with the construction process. Previously , I had no cows of my own. Around this time of the year, I would be stressed on how to find grass thatch to renovate the hut but his is no more."

"Before we received transfers, we could not afford what we needed especially oxen, we were left with no option other than hiring which was expensive. Our family is now better because we have acquired our own oxen for ploughing, goats, good clothes and utensils using the GiveDirectly transfer."

"The biggest difference in my life as a result of the transfers is that my salon business is now doing very well. There is increased stock which has increased the number of customers coming to my business. As a result, I have a good income from the business which is the profit from the business. I am glad I no longer have the fear of the business collapsing because I could not keep up investing in the business. My children too have not been sent home for fees arrears, they eat well and we dress well too. I am happy with how GD has changed my life."

"If I could not receive cash transfer from give directly I could not have managed to put up a nice spacious iron roofed house as I did. I could still be staying in a very small a grass-thatched leaking house and very sure by now it could have fallen down. I am very grateful to Give directly for changing my life."

"If I could not have received the transfer I could still be sleeping in my mother's house, because I could not managed to renovate my house. "

"If I could never received the transfer I could not have managed to invest in farming and I could have hard time when my daughter will be joining secondary school, but now I am very happy because I have managed to invest in farming and I am very sure of getting enough money out of it and spend the money to pay school fee for my children."

"Teaching is my occupation while my spouse studies in collage. I am the breadwinner of the family yet i haven't been employed permanently by teachers service commission hence the salary of $ 120 i earn monthly is not sufficient to support all the needs of my family, which is the greatest challenge i face."

"I heard my phone ringing early in the morning, a notification of a message. I was curious to know who could have sent me a message early that morning. On reading its contents, I was overwhelmed with joy when I realised that money had been sent into my Mpesa account. I thanked GiveDirectly for sending the money because I would no longer struggle to purchase some building materials that I wasn't able to buy because of the financial hardship I was facing."