"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house, buy a cow so that I can have milk, buy some household items for example beddings and clothes."

"My ambition is to become a successful business woman in future. I would want to have a big company of making clothes and selling in the local market. I will be able to have enough money that will be able to change my life and that of my family. I will be able to provide food, shelter and clothing and live a good life."

"Since I started the business, I have been less stressed about paying my bills and providing food for my brother and I.This is because I have been making some good profits from the business with the help of my brother who takes care of the business whenever I am at school."

"The biggest difference in y daily life is the comfort and peace I have because I now have a decent spacious house. I now have peace and I'm proud I do not share the same sleeping room with the grown-up children, this has given us some privacy."

"In the next six months, I am not certain my daughter shall have joined high school then,but I am hopeful that this is the change I will see. Seeing her off in the morning and welcoming her back from school in the evening. It shall have changed my life as I will be able to work more harder and see that this comes to a reality."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the motorbike taxi that I bought using GD funds. It gives us an income we did not have before. Earlier I would go for up to two weeks without even a shilling in my pocket. Now we get more than a thousand shillings each day! We are stress-free knowing that we have enough funds for us."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that the living standard of my family has improved. This is because I have been able to make good profit from the business and this has enabled me to comfortably meet the family's needs."

"The biggest difference in my life is the new house that is currently underway. I am happy about this."

"My life is totally different. I am now happier than before. I have never even received such an amount of cash at once. I used to suffer with my children due to lack of funds. My husband earns meagerly from casual work at a bakery. I am happy to have the solar lighting in my house and grateful for that too."

"Normally I switch the phone off while sleeping to save on power and switch it on the first thing in the morning. The moment I switched on the phone I received a confirmation message that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy, shared the message with the spouse, and we celebrated together."