"On that particular day, I received the money, had no money to buy the daily household requirements such as food because I did not earn much money the previous day from the domestic jobs that I do. I was so excited that immediately after praying to thank God for such a miracle, I left the house to withdraw the money at a nearby M-pesa Agent to buy breakfast and other foodstuff for the whole day."

"My life is different in that I leave a life of comfort in form of beding, life style change, before I used to sleep down on pieces of torn matress. If I had never recieved this transfer, my life would be worse off."

"My life is different in that I have managed to construct the iron roofed house with the Give Directly transfers within the shortest time."

"I had taken a loan from my table-banking group worth 10000KES which I cleared with part of the money I received. I saved the remaining amount in M-shwari locked savings account because I plan to spend it on purchasing school requirements for my son who just completed primary school and will be joining high school next year."

"My life is different in that I am able to complete my education which would not be possible if I had notrecievedthis transfer. I would have remained home up to date."

"I have a plan of building my own house in my own home away from my fathers compound."

"My life is different in that my family now owns cows and we take milk on a daily basis hence we no longer sleep hungry unlike before life was difficult to the extent that some days my family could only have one meal a day."

"My life is different in that, I have been relieved from the burden of school fees given that I have 5 school going children and completing my house, I couldn't have done this co-currently had I not received this transfer."

"I want to buy two sheep that I will also rear within the compound and once they give birth in the future I will be able to sell them out and make some little cash out of such a business venture."

"I was planning to start a gaming business in this area but the equipment required for this business are so expensive that I could not purchase all of them. I spent part of the money I received to purchase some of the equipment such as a computer and Sound system. I also paid part of my college fees with part of the money then saved the remaining amount in my bank account for any emergencies."