"Without GD, I wouldn't have enrolled in college because I couldn't afford it. This is the biggest difference in my daily life because I believe that education is power and I also believe that after clearing college I'll be able to get a good paying job which will enable to meet my needs without any challenges."

"I want to share the little I get by paying school fees and to buy building materials which I will use to build a new kitchen. We have been cooking outside our house since our house is too small to accommodate cooking space and this is risky especially at night. The kitchen will also serve as sleeping place for my children."

"In the next six months, I expect to have expanded my vegetable farm so that I can get more products which will earn me good money to enable to meet the family needs comfortably."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have an investment in that owning animal simply means they will multiply with time hence I will be able to sell them at a higher price later. I will also have managed to build a spacious house which is comfortable than the grass thatched one."

"I now have a hope of taking my child to begin his high school studies unlike before since I wasn't financially stable then. I am now happy that receiving this transfer has strengthened me to take my child to school and to invest in his education. To me, this is the biggest difference the money has brought into my life."

"Before GiveDirectly came to my village, I had no money to pay for my son's school fees in order for him to join college. Since I have been able to do so now, I feel like am fulfilling my role as a parent to educate him to be a better person in the future. This so far is the biggest difference the transfer has brought into my daily life as I am always happy."

"It was around 5 am when I received a message confirming that I had received money. At that moment, I was overwhelmed with joy. I never went back to sleep. Since I did not want to disturb my neighbors, I silently prayed and sung for the blessings that just came in."

"Before GD came to my village, I used to do some casual work in order to get some money to use in buying some household necessities. This is now in the past as I no longer do them since I now earn some money on a daily basis as my son brings back home 400 KES on a daily after deducting his commission and buying fuel for the motorcycle. This so far is the biggest thing that has ever happened in my life."

"It was around 6.00 am when I woke up. As my usual routine, I sang a hymn then prayed to ask God for His guidance throughout the day. After preparing breakfast for my family, I realized that I had some unread messages. Upon reading them, my heart was filled with happiness as one of the messages confirmed to me that I had received the money I had been waiting for from GiveDirectly. I could not hide my joy as I immediately shared the good news with my family. We also gathered together to thank God for His blessings upon my family on that particular day."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have enough food for my family because of the plan that I have in expanding my agriculture hence, I will not have to buy food every day."