"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 boosted my second-hand shoe business hence I get a good profit. And this is the biggest difference in my daily life because, through this, I am able to pay my bills, buy food, pay school fees and pay merry go round contribution. I don't depend on my husband anymore on financial assistance as this was a major source of conflict between me and him. We are now staying a happy and peaceful life because I can now chip in handling household needs."

"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."

"My new goal is to expand and boost my foodstuff business. I have been doing the business in a small bit and has really helped me well with my family needs. I believe when I invest more in the business, I will be able to earn more profits which will help me in solving my financial matters. I want to be financially stable and support my siblings for a better future."

"I had taken my phone for charging that morning when my neighbour came to me and asked if I had received any notification from GiveDirectly. I hurriedly went for my phone and switched on curious to know if indeed it was true. On reading through the string of notifications, I read the one I anxiously waiting for, it was true that I had received my first transfer. I was very happy and joyous and thankful at the same time for receiving the money."