"The moment I recieved my money, I and my wife lost sleep and we started planning on how to start building."

"The moment I received this money I felt shocked because I was not expecting it."

"The moment I received the money, I felt like my dreams have come true.I lost sleep because of joy."

"I felt extremly happy than ever before."

"I did depend on causal jobs for a living and the income is meager to support all my family's needs since it's just 100 KES on a day. Apparently, we would miss meals and milk to complement our meals, this situation used to depress me as I saw my children miserably hopeless. My life has instantly changed since I received GiveDirectly's transfers in that I purchased a dairy cow that gives three liters of milk enough for sale and my household consumption. I am glad that my children's nutrition status is getting better physically and psychologically as they are all over the compound playing with laughter and joy as compared to before when they were underweight and unhappy."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the happiness, joy and relief I feel knowing that I got money that I am spending without any conditions. Before getting this transfer, I used to be so myserable always doing casual labor to raise money. Today, I am happy I have started my own business and will not suffer the fate of working for people any more."

"My daily life's biggest difference is being able to pay up my brother's fees. This has given me great relief since I was stranded for ways of raising fees for him to complete secondry school. "

"The biggest difference in my daily life is seeing and knowing that GiveDirectly really does it's things in a transparent and honest way. They promise and delivere! This has given me a different way of seeing life. Secondly, I am so happy that I was able to pay up my children'spending fees and complete building my mother her house. Prior to getting this transfer, my mother's house was in a sorry state that she even had always move to my house which is also small. "

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the overwhelming happiness I feel having received money that enabled me to marry a wife. Prior to getting this money, I had no hopes of ever bringing my wife home since I was fined when she got pregnat but was told to stay at their home until I had fully married her. In addition to this, I also now have a companion. "

"I saw the transfer message in my phone and when I read it, I realized that I had received some money. I was filled with happiness on receiving money from GiveDirectly, because the things that seemed impossible for me to achieve were now possible and could be realized. I am happy for this financial assistance."