"I was very happy and peaceful the moment I checked my messages in my phone and came across the notification from GiveDirectly that I had received my first transfer from them. I was thankful to them for getting such a large amount of money that you have not really worked for is rare in the very country and world we are living in."

"Owning any livestock to me was just a dream that I had thought previously would never come true. It takes a great deal to own what I had acquired through the GiveDirectly money. For previously I had none, but now I own them. This to me is the greatest achievements that have brought the biggest difference in my daily life."

"I was very happy and thankful to GiveDirectly for the large sum of money that they sent to me for to buy another I would be able to accomplish my own plans that I had and they had failed due to financial constraints."

"In the next six months, I am planning to buy a dairy cow. I joined a table banking group where we all contribute about KES 40,000 monthly. In the next six months, my saving s will have matured and I will l use them to buy a dairy cow. I will then sell the milk and from the earnings, I get I will direct them towards meeting my family's daily needs. My family will be quite okay as far as milk consumption and basic needs is concerned."

"I believe my life will change in the next six months because I will be able to cater for my family needs easily. My biggest worry is school fees since I don't want to fail my kids. I have been working hard to pay fees so that they don't miss lessons. It is not my wish to have them perform poorly because of not playing my part. I will use the wages I get from my casual jobs to cater for my other needs and use the transfers from GiveDirectly to pay school fees. In six months time, I will be able also to plan well and strategize on how to allocate all my sources of income. This will give me peace of mind since my life will be well planned with less worries."

"I am planning to look for a stall where I can sit and sell. |This is because I have been hawking my products which is very tedious. I am planning to boost my business and bring varieties of ladies products to enhance my profit by attracting more customers."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I previously owned no livestock and it was never in my mind that I would -buy any in my life. Though my area is very much favourable to rear livestock, my ability was not that much. Its when GiveDirectly came and gave us the transfer and now I was able to buy them."

"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."