"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now live a prestigious life unlike before. We all now enjoy the privacy we need all the time. Also, I am not afraid of receiving visitors any time since I now have a place they will sleep comfortably. Being able to build a decent and spacious house for my family using my transfer is a big milestone in my life. I would not have been able to fulfill this had it not have been for GiveDirectly."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have assets to depend on in case of a financial crisis. This is because I can easily sell one of the goats and use the money to settle any future financial need. Also, I will be able to reduce my daily expenditure when my dairy cow reproduces since I will not be buying milk anymore. I will be using the money I would otherwise use in buying milk to meet some of our needs. Also, I will be having an income from milk sales. I will be using this income to pay for my children's education and to meet some of our needs."

"My expectation in the near future is to buy my own dairy cow for rearing. I am currently keeping my neighbor's cow since I do have any but it is my wish to get one. Having one's cow is one fulfilling thing because there is a pride and fulfillment that comes with it. The cow will help us cut down what we spent on milk and can even sell any extra for an income."

"I have been operating a shop for over three years. We have always depended on the profits from the business because my husband is a casual laborer whose job is unreliable. Most of the time the secondary and primary needs have been catered using the profits from the shop. When I got the money, I decided to boost my business which a larger portion of the amount. This has been really helping us. I can only thank GiveDirectly for this support. I also paid school fees for my children since they were almost doing exams and my husband did not have money at that time."

"It had been three years of struggling to pay school fees for my children and leaving my house incomplete. I had decided to prioritize my children's education since I knew that if they get a quality education, they would one day help me in completing this house if not building a new one for me. When I received my transfer, I was able to use it to finish the construction process. Even though I have not fixed doors for the rooms inside, window glasses and tiles, I am now happy since I believe that I will be living in this house soon. My joy is now complete since my children are doing well in school and I am almost completing building this house. Being able to continue with the construction work without failing to pay my children's school fees is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"The moment I received the money I felt so happy because I have never received such an amount of money before. I remember it was very early in the morning around 4 am when I heard a message tone from my phone. When I reached out to check, it was a message confirming that I have received a sum of 55000 Kes from GiveDirectly. I could not sleep anymore, I woke up and pray because this was much blessing into my household. I knew from that point that my life would change to be better. My children were very happy when I inform them of the good news."

"I invested most of the transfers I received at the beginning of the project on some cash crops back in my rural home. Most of my relatives who live back there depend on those types of farming and they have been getting good money from the crops, which was the main reason I decided to invest in it because I am assured of good returns after a year. At the moment, I have done all that is necessary on the farm and now just waiting for the harvesting period hence have no other plans other than spending the transfers on household needs."

"In the next six months, I hope I will have fully recovered and going back to work. I believe that by then I will have started poultry farming and that I meeting my daily family needs won't be a struggle anymore as will be selling eggs to earn some income."

"My expectation in the near future is to improve my house by expanding it. Before my spouse passed on, he wished to expand the house to accommodate his children and visitors whenever they visited. and I wish to accomplish this. This need came because our current house is quite small and I want to avoid a scenario where I have to take my visitors to a neighbors house whenever they visit. I also wish to also improve my farming practice by planting maize and hopefully they will do well. I want to have enough food and even extra to sell and minimize the amount of money that I spent on food."

"The moment I received the money I felt so happy. I remember it was very early in the morning when I heard a message tone from my phone. I reach out to my daughter to check the message for me. She told me that it was a confirmation message from GiveDirectly that I have received a sum of 55000KES. I felt so happy because I have never received such an amount of money before. I knew I would be in a position to build a house."