"Since the tuition for my son Gideon's education course at the university was still unpaid, he was unable to attend for that semester. Hence, I paid the $250 in arrears when I received the most recent transfer, and I'm happy that he finished his studies and received his degree in December of last year. He shares our joy and pride in having completed his studies. In addition, although the interior of the house I live in is not coated in plywood, the spaces between the timbers make it cooler. Thanks to the $253 I had left over, I was able to complete the building. As the house is currently clean and comfortable, we no longer contract cold-related ailments. Since I am the only provider for the family, the income from my kiosk, where I sell cereals, consumables, cosmetics, and other household necessities, is insufficient to meet our demands. Since I started receiving assistance, my life has been better, therefore I sincerely appreciate it."

"The wisest course of action was to give people money and let them determine how to use it. The transfers have helped a lot of people improve their lives. For instance, if I had not been accepted into the program, I would still be relying on my husband, but that is no longer the case since I am now self-reliant and contribute to our family's expenses. We would encourage them to do the same for other regions as well because everyone in the community loves the organization."

"In this year and beyond, I wish to expand my kiosk business so that I would be making enough income that will help me to feed the family as well as cater for other basic needs. Furthermore, my grandchildren are still learning and I wanted to continue supporting their education through the secondary to college level. Providing better education will assure them of a bright future."

"-I am a parent of three boys who are still in Primary school, they are in classes two, four and five. Before the GiveDirectly transfers, I never had any stable source of income and providing for my family had been the most difficult task I have ever faced. I used the whole transfer of kshs 53,000 to purchase a power saw for my business. Before I bought the machine I used to hire it from someone else and this was quite expensive as I remained with very little money for my family's basic needs like food, clothing and education."

"In my opinion, what GiveDirectly does well in this program is that we receive the transfers in lumpsum amounts. This helps in planning as one is in a position to do something huge as compared to when the transfers are given in small instalments. The unlearned recipients are taught how to use mpesa. This has reduced the number of theft cases in the community as most of us managed to change our pins to a more secure code. To avoid household conflict, what needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household. During enrollment, those individuals who did not have responsibilities by then were left out of the program yet these are the same people who steal from their old and vulnerable parents. Give Directly staff are very transparent during the enrollment process, they are so keen during the verification process and this ensures that none is left out during registration to the program. Another thing that needs to be done differently is enrolling all the communities in a specific village for uniformity purposes and this will prevent too many complaints coming from the communities that are left out during the registration to the programs."

"n my opinion, what Give Directly does so well is that they give out unconditional transfers, different people have different needs and therefore it would be of no importance if the transfers had any restrictions on the spending patterns. The transfers are given in lump sum amounts and this helps in planning purposes in terms of the developments that we would wish to engage in at a personal level. Unlike other projects where it is given in small amounts. To avoid household conflict, what needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household. During enrollment, those individuals who did not have responsibilities by then were left out of the program yet these are the same people who steal from their old and vulnerable parents. Another thing that needs to be done differently is enrolling all the communities in a specific village for uniformity purposes and this will prevent too many complaints coming from the communities that are left out during the registration to the programs"

"I do subsistence farming for a living. In the coming year and beyond, I am planning to hire a piece of land as the one I have is smaller in size. I will be hiring labour so as to save on the time wastage. I have been doing it with my two sons who are still schooling and it could take us a whole month to complete a piece of land. In addition to this, I will be opening up a new business of groceries to be operated by my wife. The business will specifically be taking care of the family's basic needs like food and clothing."

"I am a carpenter by profession. I am planning to expand my business of carpentry so as to cater for my young children who are still in Primary school. I will be doing this by taking a loan from the Sacco which I will be paying monthly from the profits collected. In addition, I will be doing subsistence farming to help boost my stock of carpentry."

"This year, my main objective is to find a reliable source of income that will enable me to help my husband pay the household bills. Since poultry farming is less expensive to start and maintain, I'm considering it. I intend to buy day-old chicks and animal feed with a portion of my future transfers and raise them. I'll sell some of the hens when they're fully grown and use the proceeds to take care of my immediate needs. The long-term plan is to purchase goats and sell them to use the money to pay my children' secondary school tuition."

"The main challenge we are facing is that we don't have our own house. This one we pay for it $2 per month. Normally we are not stable, we are used to shift from one house to another and it's not easy to find the rent fee. We have to do casual labor like cultivating for others, currying some loads to get paid in return. In general living by renting it's a big challenge."