"I was very happy upon receipt of my recent transfers. At first, I was not sure if the money was intentionally sent to me or someone somewhere had accidentally forwarded the money to my number. I read through the mpesa message then I realized that it was the money I have been expecting from GD. Without wasting any minute I dressed up quickly and dashed out running as fast as my legs could carry me to the nearby market center. I boarded a motorcycle to our major town where I purchased my farming equipment which I had longed to buy but finances were not enough. I went back home with a big smile on my face one could think I had just won a lottery."

"The biggiest hardship in my life is lack of enough support for sustaining my family welfare since I own very little land."

"I was awoken by an incoming message notification in my phone. On checking it some minutes past 5 AM, to my surprise, it was a confirmation message that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy and immediately woke up my husband to inform him. He was also happy with the money. We were left sleepless and we started planning on when and where we could withdraw it."

"I was so happy when I got the text from Give directly. I informed my husband about the message and he was also very excited when he confirmed that indeed the message was from Give Directly. We knew that our goal of getting a new bigger and more spacious house would eventually come true."

"The biggest hardship i have faced is lack of adequate land for cultivation."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in life is lack of oxen for ploughing."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to purchase land where we shall be doing agriculture."

"Receiving this money means that i will construct a house for my family."

"Receiving this money means I am going to construct an iron roofed house because I am tired of looking for thatching grass which I do almost every two years."

"I want to buy a few sheep that I will rear within the compound and probably earn some money in return when the numbers increase in the future."