"The biggest difference is that I used the transfer to clear my son's school fees without which he would have been among the young school dropouts in our village that engage in minor offenses. I have been able to improve my earnings because I invested part of the transfer in my tailoring business. I also have a big house to accommodate my guests and I am happy that it is more dignified house that I would have not built because most of my income would only be able to feed the family."

"It was around 6 am and I was already in my farm weeding my maize plants when my son came running shouting that there was a message from GiveDirectly, and on checking to confirm, I could not believe what I read,I just stopped weeding and smiled at my phone, upon confirming that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I leaped with joy as I was happier than never before. I imagined that I could accomplish a lot with the transfer, for I was going through a hard and tough time in my life."

"I have been stress-free since I received these transfers, paying school fees is not a challenge as it was before. this is because did not have a reliable source of income since I relied on casual jobs whose pay was less than KES 100 a day. My son also has a place to sleep unlike before since I used the transfers to build him a house. He now has a place to study really well and his performance has greatly improved. I am a very proud mother. i also have enough furniture that i bought through the tranfers, my home is the best place at the moment and i can host visitors at ease."

"I am expecting to boost my business that is my main source of income. I shall have painted my house then and it will look more beautiful."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have managed to cement my house so as to look decent. I also want to avoid smearing which is normal hectic. I will have also paid people to prepare my parcel of land which simply means working on a bigger area unlike tilling by myself for a lesser piece ."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have saved some amount of money which I will be able to use in handling emergencies which might arise."

"I dropped out of a tailoring course in Bamba in the year 2016 due to lack of college fees.Completion of the course would have given me an opportunity to not only start a bigger tailoring shop that would generate adequate income for me,but also employ some youthful ladies who normally gets into early marriage due lack of money by parents to send them to secondary schools.Receiving this money therefore means my dream will be rekindled because Iam now able to go back to the college,complete my training and start the dream business."

"My life has been different since i received this transfers. I have been empowered since i can now farm and prepare my land in time. I have two bulls for ploughing, and this has made my work easier. I no longer have to hire oxen to plough my farm. It was very expensive and sometimes I used my hands to till, to reduces expenses of my farm yield. I am very grateful because I have a new bed and mattress and I can comfortably retire to sleep after a long day of work."

"I can now feed my family n pay my children's school fees with much ease. Before I never used to earn much from the work I was doing, but now with the money, I can pay their school fees and am happy to see them educated. My family can now eat chapati when they want before we could only smell it from neighbours as they cooked, now we eat with no limits. i can now sleep in a warm house before it was quite cold and not so comfortable, I have also been able to buy a television, earlier my children used to watch television at our neighbours' house and it was shameful. My business is doing so well, i have added more stock and as a result, more customers are coming to my shop.My request is that when GiveDirectly gets more money please come back and support us."

"My life has been different, I have now embarked in livestock farming which will now be supplementing my farm produce. I will be able to sell milk from my cows and the profit I get from the sale will plough back on my farm to increase my productivity. My children can learn with ease. Education is the best gift a parent can give to his children."