"The moment I received the money, I felt very happy and prayed for God's blessing upon the donors. With this transfer, I knew I would afford things that I couldn't before."

"For a long time, I used to live in a small old and leaking house which was grass thatched. My children also had to seek for a sleeping place at my neighbor's house because my house was not spacious. I always wanted to change this situation by building a more comfortable house but my financial status would not allow me. The biggest difference in my daily life, therefore, is the fact that we now live in a spacious and comfortable house. I was able to do this using the financial support I received from Give Directly. I am glad that my children are healthy and even have extra space where they can study and do their homework without any disturbances."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have managed to boost my business. I get more income unlike before which is so encouraging to me. Previously, I could disappoint my customers because I had not stock materials to display which I could use to mend beautiful designs and ended up losing many customers hence making very little or no profit at all sometimes. I now make more clothes and the income has enabled me to take care of my needs easily. I can actually say that my living standards have improved."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy a dairy cow.We have one already and I have always thought that if we had two,we would be able to have a better income from the sale of milk.This will in turn help especially with paying school fees for our children.My spouse is a teacher and I do not have a job.Since our family is polygamous,the needs of both households are sometimes more than his salary can meet and so we depend mostly on farming especially dairy farming."

"I felt very happy the moment I received the transfers. I remember waking up only to find a message on my phone. It was a message from GiveDirectly informing me they had sent the first transfers. I immediately told my friends about this good news. It was a coincidence that they had also been sent theirs too. We celebrated together and shared a few development ideas of how we would better our lives using the transfers. It was such a joyous moment."

"Receiving this money means that i will be able to initiate poultry farming, a project that i have always had on mind but haven't been able to achieve due to lack of resources. I will use my second transfer to buy one dairy cow whose income from selling milk will supplement income from selling poultry products"

"Receiving this money means adding two more dairy cattle to my herd since the two i currently own have been my only source of income whenever i sell milk produced hence investing in buying cattle is my main aspiration."

"Receiving this money will enable me build a new two roomed house since the roof of the one we live in leaks whenever it rains. Buying a dairy calf and two goats is also part of my plans since this will act as savings in that i when my children reach secondary school, i will sell the goats which by then will have multiplied, hence i will be able to pay school fees with ease"

"I have a plan of spending the first transfer on three things.Building a house,buying a dairy cow and buying clothes and bedding for my children.This will cost me Kenya shillings 30,000. ,20,000. , and 5,000 respectively.The second transfer will enable me to do serious poultry farming and also boost crop farming.To boost crop farming I will start by using hybrid seeds and fertilizer to increase productivity."

"It was around 4 am in the morning when my friend called me over the phone informing me that he had received his transfer. After the conversation, I checked the message on my phone and I was so happy to realize that mine had also been sent. I knew that my living standards will change. I went back to sleep but I kept on turning and tossing until morning as I kept on thinking about the lump sum amount which I had on my phone."