"My life has significantly changed ever since I received the cash transfers. I have been able to pay up my children's school fees in time. More so, I reclaimed my land title from court and hired three plots of farmland so as to increase my food production. Earlier on, I had limited access to my farmlands and I was always scared of the immediate outbreak of famine. In addition to this, I had defaulted on my children's school fees. However, I am very grateful to GiveDirectly for the cash transfers that have made a positive impact in my life."

"I have been able to marry a wife with the cash transfers. This has raised my self esteem. My community accords me enough respect because I have achieved what most youth have not. Earlier in time before receiving the cash transfers, I was very desperate and could not afford dowry. The cash transfers have fulfilled one of my future plans. "

"My new goal is to save part of the profits that I am making from the business and expand it for its sustainability because I have a positive feeling that through this business I will be a successful person in future."

"I used part of my most recent transfer to buy household items such as a television set and a sound system. I then sent my mother and my sister back at home some of it for their own personal use then saved the remaining amount which I plan to later use to pay my brother's secondary school fees."

"With the transfers that I received from GD, I was able to start my own business which has made me more stable and self-employed. This business had boosted my daily income and reduced my daily hustle of looking for casual jobs to earn an income as I did before. Without GD, I would still be struggling to take care of my daily needs and depending on unreliable jobs."

"The moment I received the money, I felt very excited. In fact I played music on my radio the whole night celebrating the arrival of the GiveDirectly transfer. Now having been raised by a single mother, poverty has been the order of the day to the extent that I was not able to study."

"My life is not any different because I had a household conflict with my spouse and family members which got fueled when I received the transfer. I separated with my husband leaving me with no opportunity to plan and spend the transfer as I wanted. In addition, my second transfer was stolen."

"My life is better now in that, I live a happy and joyful life because through GD transfers I managed to put pillars in my house and I also bought timber that I will use for roofing. I used to have cattle back in the day but I sold all to educate my children. When I received my second transfer, I bought some cattle so that I can remember GD for changing my life. I also managed to buy household items like (mattresses, bed sheets and a blanket) since the ones I previously used were too old and I was always shamed whenever I received visitors because I didn't have descent bedding's to lay for them. Prior to receiving GD transfers, Life was so difficult in that I did a lot of casual labor to sustain the well being of my family since I'm a widow and my spouse left me with six children to raise on my own."

"I spent my most recent transfer on settling school arrears for my sister who I enrolled in high school with the second transfer 15,000 KES it's with the greatest joy that I am seeing her go to school because without GIveDirectly I don't think she would have seen her dream of attending high school due to lack of money to educate her. The remaining amount I built a traditional house in the countryside."

"Everything that I own now is attributed to GiveDirectly. The cash transfers facilitated the construction of two roomed house which is now at the roofing level. Before I received the cash transfers, I used to depend entirely on manual labour and cash handouts from relatives. The cash transfers have saved me from this embarrassment."