"My life is better now because I constructed an iron roofed house which is currently in use. Besides that, I purchased a new mattress and bedsheet which makes my sleep confortable. Before I got money, I was sleeping on a torn mattress and in a hut that could leak during the rainy season"

"I was woken up by a message notification early in the morning. Upon checking its content, it was from M-Pesa indicating that some money had been debited into my account. For sure I could not sleep any more for I had never expected that much money considering the little income I depend on my husband. As I went through the message, I was filled with inexpressible joy because GiveDirectly had sent the transfer they had promised us."

"I used to cut trees and burn charcoal in order to generate income for my family after my husband died but this led to health complications due to exposure to smoke and the laborious activities involved. This forced me to resign and at the moment I mostly depend on well wishers to feed, educate my son and also buy medication for myself. With little financial resources at hand, I don't see myself accomplishing much which saddens and frustrates me a lot. "

"As per our projection as a family, we see ourselves completing the construction of the project we started in the next five months. This to us means a lot since the two rooms meant to be rentals at the back of the shop will be ready to be used. This great push to complete the construction is due to the high demand for residential spaces in our village at the moment. This has been brought about by the developing school in the neighborhood with teachers who cannot commute every day. We are seeing this as a great opportunity which will see us being tenants in the next six months. This will also open sources of income to our family which in turn will boost our daily life standard and give room for other investments."

"I just bought a motorcycle which will run in business very soon. So what this means for me is that I will be earning income on a daily basis to help me provide for my family. Poultry project is kicking off in the near future and in six month's time, I will be also earning from it. I thank GiveDirectly for being there to save our lives and that of our families from stress and difficulty in life."

"My life is diferent in that I was able to acquire some of my personal assets such as farm land and ox plough that will help to cultivate on a large scale. I already have the oxen. This large scale farming will help me sustain my family through feeding them and being able to educate them after I sell some produce. Prior to getting this transfer that has enabled me to get my assets, I had to hire farm land and an ox plough. This made my life a little challenging as meeting my family needs was next to impossible. At times I ended up tilling the land on my own and cultivating on a small piece of land as I could not raise money to hire the ox plough and farm. "

"My life is currently different in that in my old age, I have been in position to build a permanet house. This house will now relieve me from the issue of buying grass yearly to renovate my hut. Prior to building my iron roofed house, my wife and I were practically sharing the house with rats as they had infested the whole house. They had made holes in the ground and the roof. So when rains started, the whole house would leak and during the sunny season, the grass cuttings would fall from the roof. I am really grateful that I received money that helped me out of such a situation."

"My life has greatly changed in that I am now living a health and stress free life.This is because I managed to get money that I used to educate my orphaned grandchildren, buy a cow for my investment, get back my land and now, I will be plastering my house. Before getting this money, I would always be full of thoughts of where I could get money to help my orphaned grandchildren as they all looked up to me to continue financing their education. "

"Though my trustee (Son) used the first transfer for my treatment, my life is different now because I am in a position where I can fully engage in personal activities such as go to my farm land. My health and feeding has greatly improved. Before getting this transfer, I was in a very critical condition and all treatment that I was getting was not genuine since I kept falling sick. My life is as well different now because my trustee bought for me two cows that are a source of my personal investment. When these cows calve, I will be in position to sell of some and sell the milk to raise an income to help my family meet some needs such as feeding. This milk as well will play part in my nutrition as I will be taking it."

"Currently, my life has changed because I am able to have money at hand that I make through offering a service to my entire community using my grinding machine. This has helped me to meet most of my basic needs. Before getting this transfer to buy my machine, I used to just work in other people'sgardens to raise money to meet my personal needs. In addition to having my income generating activity, I am back in school which was my dream should I ever get money. This would have never happened and it would be a shattered dream since I had no where to get the money."