"In the near future and beyond. I am planning to hire a piece of land for farming as I own a smaller one. I will as well hire a tractor for farming instead of doing it with the help of casual labourers. This is cost-effective as compared to when it is done by the labourers. In addition, I have plans of starting up a groceries business to be run in the evenings. Groceries business has high demand as food is consumed on a daily basis. The profits earned will be enough for my young family's basic needs like food, clothing and school fees."

"Owning a nice permanent house has always been our longing in life. For many years, we have been living in a small one-roomed house with my 8 children. Additionally, our house was about to collapse and it serves as the kitchen and bedroom at the same time. I spent a larger portion of recent transfers to continue the construction of a two-roomed permanent house for the family. I bought 16 bags of cement and paid the labour costs. Currently, I am happy to see the progress that I have been able to make in releasing my dream. In addition, I spent the remaining amount to purchase sufficient food for the family since we are currently experiencing drought and famine in our area."

"The money has been so helpful to me in terms of paying school fees for my form one daughter. I really never had anything. It also helped a great deal in supporting other family's needs. Thank you so much GiveDirectly, No complaints at all."

"In my opinion GiveDirectly does well by giving their support in form of cash. Getting cash and freedom to choose how to spend this cash was just priceless. Looking at the house that I built and the heifer that I bought makes me just happy and proud. The feeling is even across the village as everyone got to invest the money in the ways they felt most comfortable with."

"I loved that the transfers are sent straight to the recipients personal Mpesa account as compared to other organisations that we hear about where one has to go get anything promised from a third party. this ensures safety and confidentiality. Givedirectly aslo keeps their word on when to receive the transfers as they are prompt, therefore any plans made depending on the transfers goes accordingly. Everything in my opinion was well done. My only wish is that if Givedirectly could come back to our villages to check on how we are progressing after say two years and if possible give additional funds."

"I only ask God for one thing every day and that is good health and strength to work hard so that I can earn enough money to keep my children in school. The only thing I want right now is for all of my children to graduate from high school and achieve their dreams. I believe that they will look back and sincerely thank me for everything I have done for them after they have achieved their life's objectives, they will be in a position to help me and eradicate all the low life we live in right now. I work from 6 am to 6 pm every day for a salary of $50 a month, which is not even enough for me to save and start any new business as of now, so I just work hard in my work thanking God for it all."

"I had always desired to have my piece of land where I would easily start farming. The moment I received my second transfers, I spent all of my $550 and added some of my savings to go buy 2.2 hectares of land. I was really happy to have acquired that piece of land and it made me feel proud of everything I have done. The land I had I built my house on it and the space was not enough for farming so I got it and I am planning to start farming when I get enough money."

"Designing an aid program in the form of cash is one of Give Directly’s incredible accomplishments. In my opinion, the money has helped to relieve a wide range of problems, essentially, helping people to pay school fees and put food on the table for their families. There is no better support than this and I wish that the organization would bring back the cash transfers. "

"My goal is to start a small vegetable-selling business by the end of the year. Am grateful for the far the cash transfers have brought me in my door-to-door practice of selling clothes. I have accumulated enough savings to buy the initial stock of vegetables and fruits for the new business. I only need to work on securing a shop space where I will let my daughter operate the business on my behalf as I continue selling clothes. "

"The most significant job that Give Directly does is giving aid in the form of cash, as this can solve a wide range of problems. Honestly, the money saved me from hardships that I never thought would be possible to alleviate. Even though my children dropped out of college, at least the cash transfers allowed them to set foot in college and kept them there for a few months. My only wish is for the transfers to come back and help them get back to class. My husband and I have hit a rock bottom in raising their school fees. "