"We have been living in dull moments all along but now we have rejuvenated our energies. We are now strong, happy and with positive energy in everything we are doing. Not only are we happy as parents but our children who seem to have kept memories can't miss to mention GiveDirectly every time they miss a bread in the morning. They have always asked when GiveDirectly will come back. They are really happy with the impact brought to the family and they are hopeful that GiveDirectly is still part and parcel of our community. We really thank God that things have changed a great deal in our family."

"In the next six months, I expect to have bought enough corn for family consumption so that in future before the next harvesting season I'll have enough stock for family consumption."

"Receiving the money brought the best feeling to the entire family. It was an indication of an answered prayer that we have always prayed that God may open some doors of fortune in our life. I had earlier on promised my children that I will buy them a cow so that they may stop taking black tea. That was the talk of the day in the house and everyone was waiting for that time when I will be uttering a confirmation of what I had promised. We were all happy and to our advantage is that we didn't have to incur any cost in the construction of a new house since I was already having a newly constructed house when we received the transfers. We sat down to plan how best we will subdivide the money and ensure that we meet what we had promised ourselves and majorly what was to be the priority."

"The moment I received a message notification to my phone I checked its and surprisingly it was confirmation message that I had received money from GD. I felt so happy as at that moment as I had no money. My children had been sent home for school fees but when I received it I considered my problems solved."

"In the next six month l expect to have sold some cattle and spend the to start small scale business."

"Life was going on smoothly until my husband's contract was terminated.He used to work in the Kenyan military.He came back home and became very desperate since he was stressed and had nothing to do.Being the first wife I had to step up and support the family.Its been 16 years now since my husband left the military and meeting the basic needs and school fees has been hard.I had a small shop which ran out of stock due to lack of money."

"In the next six months, I will have invested in large scale farming. I have never done this before so I believe my life will change greatly if all goes well. At least I will be sure of food security. In case there will be extra sacks to be sold. I will store them and wait for the right season, a time when they will be demand in order to get a higher profit."

"In the next six months, I will have paid dowry. I will now be respected by my parents in law. I always avoided meeting them because I had never accomplished this goal. Since it is a taboo to meet your parents before paying dowry, I will make sure that I finish this process just to make us be free with each other. To me this will be my biggest achievement. It will be a dream come true."

" Financial constraint is the biggest hardship that I face in life. Ever since I settled down and started my family, I have been struggling to make ends meet through doing all sorts of odd jobs but to no avail. I even moved my family from Mombasa where we used to live and relocated all of us back to the village thinking that life would be a bit easier back home but I still find myself struggling to provide food everyday for my children and even pay their fees consistently. Farming that used to save the situation has also been affected by lack of rains thus making our situation to be so deplorable. It really pains me as a parent to see my children not living the kind of life that I had always wanted for them simply because I do not have a stable job to earn me good income. "

"I expect in the next six month to have saved enough money that I shall use to expand my house. I believe with this expansion my family and I would have family dinners together comfortably hence it will bond our relationship more."