"The biggest hardship in my life is the chronic chest pain which does not allow me to do heavy work this reducing my productivity."

"Receiving this money means i will buy some cattle for rearing and ploughing then the balance i will build a house for my family."

"When i receive this money i will build a bigger house for ourselves."

"My biggest hardship is lack of oxen for ploughing and the incomplete house we reside in as a family."

"It was around 3.am while I was asleep and in the process I heard the phone peep twice. At first, I thought it was a message from Safaricom and I ignored it. The second time I decided to check the message and to my disbelief, it was a message from GiveDirectly. I couldn't believe the money was real, so I had to purchase some airtime to confirm if it was true I had received money from GiveDirectly. Believe you me I couldn't sleep and I felt the night was too long. I stayed awake till I heard the cock crows, I then woke up, and I was the first person at the Mpesa agent where I withdrew 1000 KES so that I could have a taste of the money."

"The moment I received my money, I felt very happy."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my life has gotten better because I can now afford food and household necessities for my family unlike before I was so poor to ever afford a meal for my family."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have a peace of mind because I purchased a piece of land that I plan on building house for my family."

"The biggest difference in my daily life now is that I have moved to another level, we sleep and eat well especially now during the holidays without worrying about where the next meal will come from. My children are well dressed and happy."

"The biggest difference in daily life is that,I'm stress free because I have cleared debt of schools fees and we now eat in time."