"I received the cash transfer at around 22:41GMT that day. I became very happy and excited because I was in need of money to construct a good habitable house."

"The moment I received my money, I became very happy because this money was going to relieve me from the debt burden that I had.Furthermore my plan to construct an iron roofed house was going to be accomplished."

"Currently, I do not have a reliable source of income. Instead, I rely on casual work which is not well paying. I have always had a passion for hair and beauty but I wasn't lucky to join college to pursue it because I could afford the fee neither did I have anyone who could pay the fee for me. The moment when I started receiving the money from GD I knew my prayer was answered and I promised myself to give it the first priority. I have been since then been saving the transfers including the recent transfer so that I'll use it in January to enroll for hair and beauty college."

"After I started receiving GD transfers, I decided to leave my previous lifestyle filled with drug addiction and alcoholism and make something out of my life. I isolated myself from the bad company I used to keep and I am currently working on cleaning up myself and making myself presentable. Most of the money I have been receiving have been used to buy basic needs in my house and personal items such as clothes and shoes, and this month was no different as I spent some of the money on those items. I saved some of the money in our table banking group and spent the rest on foodstuff."

"I have always wanted to venture into livestock rearing for the financial security of the family. In the next months, I expect to save and buy my first livestock so that I can have something to fall back to when I have any financial constraints. That is how my life will change in the next few months."

"In the next six month, I expect to have started an income generating activity like selling fish. I believe I would have an additional source of income that will enable me to improve the living standard of my household."

"Since I started receiving these transfers, my life has improved as I have been able to buy more household items such as a television set, replaced my old cushions with new ones, more utensils and other personal items. What I earn from my business alone would not enable me to buy all these items I have managed to buy within this short period of time because the little profits I make are usually spent on basic household needs and I am usually left with barely anything after the expenses to spend such expensive items."

"I remember vividly well it was around 3:30 am when I saw the notification from my mobile phone. When I checked its content, I realized it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly informing that I have received my first transfer. I was so glad because I did not believe it would happen at the time of enrollment. They finally erased the doubts I had about this institution. At first, I knew they just came to waste our time just like many other institutions that have come and went without keeping their promise. I can't find the correct words to express my joy by I was so excited and I deeply thank Give Directly for their help."

"In the next six months, I would like to save my next transfer to enable me to build a better house. The current one is old and is almost collapsing. I don't have a reliable source of income and I mostly depend on my children in order to meet my daily needs. I know they would be willing to build me another house but since they are also overwhelmed by their family needs I will also have to chip in and find other means to build the house. My plan at the moment is to save for a few months and maybe ask them to top up the remaining tools that I will not have bought. I thank Give Directly for coming to my rescue because I was really suffering."

"In the next six months, I expect to have completed putting up my home and my family occupying it. I will be able to buy households like furniture since I do not have proper furniture to sit being that I did not enough space to place them."