"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I live a much happier life. This is because I sleep on better beddings and dress decently. Previously, I had very few clothes and mattresses that were not only enough but of poor quality."

"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."

"I spent part of my transfer to boost my tailoring business. I have been a tailor for close to ten years now. I made this decision of improving my tailoring business because it has always been my source of income and has always helped me in meeting most if not all of the households basic needs. Being the only source of livelihood that I had, it was at the verge of collapsing since I had used almost all the money that I had. I had started feeling the effects of not having this small business. I am glad that I was able to revive the business and I am looking forward to better days ahead, thanks to GiveDirectly. I also saved some of the remaining amount to gather for future emergencies and plans for me and my family while the rest was used to buy food and other basic household needs."

"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."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is unreliable source of income. I do casual jobs such as weeding and planting other people's farms in order to earn some money to sustain my family. However, it is never predictable daily whether i will be able to get some work to do thus this is the biggest challenge i face"

"Poor harvests resulting from unreliable rainfall patterns and crop pests and diseases has been the biggest hardship i have faced in my life. Subsistence farming has become a waste due to poor yields unlike in the past whereby i used to full depend on farming as a source of living"

"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."