"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will be able to attend all the lessons and improve on my previous grades at school."

"Since I already paid my wife's dowry, I feel so proud and happy because our family is now stable because there are no minor quarrels and conflicts in the family which were mainly as a result of failure to pay dowry. and I believe the family will be more stable because I have already This is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"Without GD, I wouldn't have enrolled in college because I couldn't afford it. This is the biggest difference in my daily life because I believe that education is power and I also believe that after clearing college I'll be able to get a good paying job which will enable to meet my needs without any challenges."

"I want to share the little I get by paying school fees and to buy building materials which I will use to build a new kitchen. We have been cooking outside our house since our house is too small to accommodate cooking space and this is risky especially at night. The kitchen will also serve as sleeping place for my children."

"My life is different from the way it would have been had I not received money from GiveDirectly in that I feel proud I was able to purchase most of the households that I couldn't afford before. Thus, I no longer borrow household items from neighbors."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have an investment in that owning animal simply means they will multiply with time hence I will be able to sell them at a higher price later. I will also have managed to build a spacious house which is comfortable than the grass thatched one."

"I wasn't expecting such a message on that day. I was used to receiving notification of messages but this was special. I was doing my daily house chores when a neighbour came to me to ask whether I had received a message from GiveDirectly. I quickly called for my son to check who confirmed to me that I had also received the promised money. I was overjoyed and I felt happier than never before! I thanked God and GiveDirectly for the money as I celebrated joyfully with my family."

"Before GiveDirectly came to my village, I had no money to pay for my son's school fees in order for him to join college. Since I have been able to do so now, I feel like am fulfilling my role as a parent to educate him to be a better person in the future. This so far is the biggest difference the transfer has brought into my daily life as I am always happy."

"Since I now have a cow I believe that I will no longer be buying milk as from April this year. This will enable me to earn some income on a daily basis through the sell of milk something which has never happened to me before. I will also be able to save some money which I would otherwise use in buying milk."

"Before GD came to my village, I used to do some casual work in order to get some money to use in buying some household necessities. This is now in the past as I no longer do them since I now earn some money on a daily basis as my son brings back home 400 KES on a daily after deducting his commission and buying fuel for the motorcycle. This so far is the biggest thing that has ever happened in my life."