"My life is currently different because I was able to use my transfers to buy iron sheets that I will at last use to roof my house. I had always longed for them given that I built a house and all the time, paying fees for my children kept me from roofing my house. Although I am still using my grass thatched house, I am confident that soon I will move into my iron roofed one. Hence relieving me from the expense of always renewing the grass."

"My life is different because I am now taking milk in my home. This has boosted immunity in my children given the nutrients in cow milk. I used my second transfer to buy a cow that was expecting and it calved after two days of buying it. I had really taken long (from the time I was a young girl - if I can remember) without taking milk to this time."

"Currently, I am a deligthed person seeing that GiveDirectly transfer helped me move from the low life standard I was living (lacking most necessities like a proper bed to sleep on, household utensils, proper meals, among others) to a better standard of living where I now sleep on a comfortable bed, have proper house hold items, eat a proper and timely meal."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have built an extension room for visitors and renovate the entire house to look decent. We used to live in a small house before and whenever I had visitors it was a challenge because the house could not host all of them. Most of the occasions we could sit outside the house to do family meetings and this was so embarrassing. The worse moment is during the rainy seasons. My house was not looking so decent because when I built it, I did not have the money to buy painting materials to make my house decent. Currently, I have a decent house and a spacious extension room for my visitors. Nowadays I do not shy away to welcome visitors to my house because I have a decent room to host them. We no longer do the family meeting outside the house like before. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has changed my living standard."

"GD has really given me peace in my life with the transfers I receive on a monthly basis. Before the transfers, I did not have any source of income and I would struggle to raise money to meet my daily needs. Most of all was my house rent. There were several months when I was locked out of the house because I did not pay in time. I would go for three to four months without paying because I did not have the money to pay. We had a lot of quarrels with my landlord and he had even asked me to vacate his house. When I started receiving the transfer, I used part of it to pay for the deficit and so far, I have finished paying for the house. I am at peace with my landlord and I do pay my house rent in time. Thanks to GD for the transfers."

"As we approach the festive season, I would want to make my family happy by doing for them something special. This is why I will save my transfers and use them to do something worth remembrance for my family during this year's festive season."

"The moment I received happy I felt so happy because I have never received such an amount of money before. I remember it was very early in the morning when my mother came to my house to wake me up. She informed me that GiveDirectly has sent the money. My phone was off at that time and when I switched it on, I got a confirmation message that GiveDirectly has sent me a sum of 55000Kes. I felt so happy because I knew I would be in a position to build a better and spacious house."

"I spent my transfer on savings. I am planning to go back to school to further my studies and I will use my transfers to pay for college fees and requirements. This is why I have decided to save my transfers to facilitate me in this."

"I look forward to having a bigger house that will comfortably accommodate my growing family. My family has struggled to live in our small house and I think it is the right time to have a bigger one. The house will be the envy of the entire village but pride to my family."

"In the next six months, I shall have bought the livestock for rearing as a form of financial security for my family. The livestock can easily multiply and whenever we are faced with any fiancial difficulties, we shall have something to fall back to."