"My life is different because I no longer fetch water from the river which is located several kilometres away from where I live. I used to strain a lot by walking for long distances before getting tot the only source of water we had around. Moreover, I am so proud of owning this solar powered panel that I purchased using GDs transfers. Using the solar panel is very convenient as compared to using the paraffin lamps that chocks the users and generally prove to be harmful to human beings health due to the soot emitted from such lamps."

"Currently my life is very different from how it was before. My mum is diabetic and she has frequent hospital visits. This meant that money was involved on every visit. When I received my transfers, the burden of paying the bills was reduced and made easier for me. With the business, I will be abler to settle her bills with much ease thanks to GD's support."

"My life shall change for the better in the next six moths. We are planning to move away from long term crops like maize and to the short term horticultural crops like cabbages and beans that will give us income faster and enable us have more money at our disposal and raise our families well."

"In the next six months, I shall have been able to buy household furniture that will enable me live a more comfortable life at home and make my family happier. I shall also be able to welcome visitors much more comfortably than I can do now."

"On receiving the first transfer notification, my happiness and joy were beyond control and I smiled all day long and felt peaceful in my heart for I was greatly troubled by many issues that I couldn't be able to accomplish due to lack of money."

"To me, completing the construction of my house is the biggest difference in my daily life. I could not have finished the construction in good time had I not received the financial support from GiveDirectly since materials got depleted and obtaining finances on time was a bit difficult for me. GiveDirectly enabled me to achieve this and I am happy for the support."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have peace of mind. I get a good amount of money from the ferrying goods and people using my own motorcycle which I recently bought using the first transfer. I am no longer worried about how to provide for my family who used to depend on the meager amount that I could get from hiring someone's motorcycle. Right now I have big dreams that I am comfortably sure of achieving because I get all the profit that I use by myself."

"I have been living as a single parent since September 2016 after the mother of my children passed on. Things have not been that easy since our children are still young and can't do anything to sustain themselves. It has been a period of toiling and moiling on the farms to bring food on the table. I have never gotten a chance to work on the casual labor jobs since I have got to be present any other time at home to look after them. I thank God I have been able to do all that by myself. When we received this money I was really very happy together with my children who would see anyone on a reflector even the motorcycle riders and they would shout "GiveDirectly!" To me, it was the beginning of the good things in our household. Happiness was overwhelming that I could not think of anything in the first week and I had to wait for sometimes before collecting the money from the Mpesa. We are really thankful that you finally brought back the lost smile into our household."

"The moment I received my transfer, I felt very because I had never received such a lumpsum amount of money. When I was enrolled in this program, I was not sure that I would really get the money. I just knew that this was a solution to most of my needs."

"In the next six months, I expect to be living comfortably in my own house. I expect to have gotten married and will be living happily with my wife. I also expect my two sheep to be about to calf hence will be of a higher value and this will always be my happiness in life."