"I was always doing my farming late and the harvests that I was getting was just a handful. Thus, getting a more efficient technique for timely planting and cultivation was a need that I had desired to have for a long time. Through the transfer, I was able to buy a pair of oxen which will help me achieve this. To me, getting the pair of oxen is a big boost to my farming to get robust harvests. and this is the biggest difference that I have so far experienced in my daily life."

"I received the notification early in the morning and on checking to confirm, it was from GiveDirectly notifying me that I had received my first transfer. I was overwhelmed with joy as I went through the notification and I could see myself achieving the goal of my life to get livestock to keep as assets in my home. This alone brought happiness as I would be able to sell them later on."

"In the next six months, I would expect to have completed paying school fees for my children for the whole year and I will start saving money for buying a cow. I have been spending a lot of money on buying milk for use. I believe when I got one we shall have milk for use and also for sale. This will be an additional source of income to our family."

"I can now meet my daily need from the proceeds from my business. Before I used to rely on casual jobs around construction which were not reliable. I only earned KES 400 per day which was barely enough for my family. I am also seeing life from a different perspective that I can always be great. I have bigger aspirations. At the moment I am hoping that I will save a lot from the business. From the savings, I am planning to buy a motorcycle which from it I am going to earn extra income."

"I received the notification early in the morning as I was already up for my days chores. On checking to confirm where the message had come from, I was filled with happiness in my heart for I never expected in my life to earn such a large amount of money."

"The biggest difference that this money has brought into my daily life is that I owned nothing as assets in terms of livestock, though I had yearned for a long time at least to buy a single goat to keep in my household and because of my unreliable sources of income, then I could not. Through financial support from GiveDirectly, I was able to purchase them. This alone gives me satisfaction for my longing has finally been fulfilled."

"The biggest difference that the money has brought into my daily life is that I now own livestock which I never thought of getting one day in my life. I know through the pair of oxen, then I am assured of timely cultivation and early planting so as to obtain abundant yields to feed my family."

"Having bought shaving tools and equipment, I believe that in the next six months I will be having a reliable source of income once I open a barbershop. I also expect my poultry to be earning me more income from the sales of both eggs and the chicken. At the moment I only earn from selling their eggs but planning to let them hatch so that I can have more chicken in my farm."

"I was very happy and full of joy that morning when I received the message from GiveDirectly notifying me of having received my first transfer from it since there were some things which to me seemed impossible because of my unstable financial status. I was thankful to GiveDirectly since the money would help me a lot in paying for my children's school fees."

"That moment I received this transfer I was very happy. I finally knew that y dream of having a new house had come. my kids have always wondered why we sleep in the same house with them hence no privacy. That day I rushed to the market to buy the materials because I was so anxious."