"It was early in the morning between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM that I received my transfers. At first when I saw the message, I thought that someone had sent money to my phone mistakenly, as the message does not come in as though it is from Give Directly, it was a normal Mpesa message. Shortly after, a message from Give Directly followed and that is when I knew that it was the transfers coming in. It was a very wonderful feeling and I immediately thought of all needs that required money. I then made some calls to my group members to confirm if they had received their transfers, and they had received theirs also. We met as group members also on that day and we discussed on how we would spend the transfers individually."

"The moment I received the money, I felt very happy. In fact due to the over excitement, I ululated as I ran around my house several times while praising the Lord. This is because, previously I was overwhelmed with problems that needed the money."

"Speaking the truth my brother I have been going through hard times with my mother since our dad died when I was at the age of 5 and I don't have any job to earn income. The change I have realized in my daily life is that, I have managed to complete the construction of my house. I have also bought a bicycle for fetching water which has been a big challenge for me at home. If there was a way this donor could come down to my place I would slaughter for him a bull because in this world I have never seen a person distributing money to the people he/she doesn't know or met."

"My goals are now to open up my own salon and also a retail shop."

"I was in my house when I first saw the message. I woke up ion the morning and I reached for my phone to make a call to a friend. That is when I saw the message. I was very shocked and amazed as I had never received such an amount of money in my phone. I prepared breakfast for my family and I just sat there thinking of how I would spend the money."

"My life is different in that, before I never had Livestock, household goods in my house and I used to sleep in a dusty house. I'm now very happy that the transfers I got from GiveDirectly have enabled me to get whatever I never had in my Life and I'm sleeping in smooth cool house. Thanks to GiveDirectly."

"I was at High ridge Estate in Nairobi county washing clothes for a client. It was around 9:00 AM when I checked my phone as I had kept it away while I was working. That is when I saw the Mpesa message and truly I believed that Give Directly is an organization that can be trusted for keeping their word. I went back to work with a lot of excitement in my heart. I informed my husband about it in the evening when I get to the house and we immediately knew we would spend the transfers to pay school fees."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, there has been a drastic improvement in terms of my net worth hence I'm living each day a happy man."

"When I receive this money, I will complete the construction of my house."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my is lack of enough money to sustain all basic needs."