"I was in a matatu going to town when I saw the message that I have received Kes 20000 from GiveDirectly. When I checked again, I could not believe and had to call a colleague immediately to confirm if this was true."

"When I received the transfer, I was happy for it is long since I received such an amount of money and which I never expected in all my life that I would get it without working for it."

"When I received my first transfer, I was really overjoyed. I have never received such an amount of money in my entire life. in fact, I had to call someone to escort me to an M-Pesa agent for security purposes. That was a turn around in my life since my dream had finally come through."

"On receiving the notification from GiveDirectly, I felt relieved and happy again since, through the transfer, I would be able to acquire my own cows for milking. This alone brought joy into my life again that I will no longer buy milk."

"I will be having good capital for my grain business from saving the transfers. I will have a lot of money form the profits that can go a long way in educating my children and meeting our daily needs."

"In the next six months, I will have full settle the loan hence I will have a chance to go a high amount. I will have a better house since I expect to have to have fully completed my house construction and will have also started a new business with the new loan. This will always be my happiness in my life to come."

"I am doing second hand shoe business and when I received this money, the only thing I could think of was to boost it. Most parts of the transfer went to this course. I am glad I have a bigger business now and this means more profits. Some part of the transfer went to transport when I was travelling up- country to see my parent. I also gave them some money for their upkeep out of that transfer."

"I will be living in a decent house that I will have build. In addition one of my sons will have completed his college education."

"In the next six months, I expect my life to change. I am planning to build a house using the help I receive monthly from GiveDirectly. I have been buying building materials every time I get the money at the end of the month. I also sleep in my step father's house which is in a bad condition, it leaks every time it rains and the pillars used in building it have broken. The house is almost collapsing. I worry that whenever their is strong wind, It can fall down. I hope it doesn't fall before the six months elapses."

"In the next six months, my life and that of my family is really going to be different. I am planning to build a permanent house for my parents. The house that we live in at the moment with my parents is really bad. It is almost collapsing. In the next six months, I would like to build a great permanent house. This will really reduce the embarrassment we have been going through. We are currently a laughing stock in our village because of the condition that we live in."