"In the next few years, I want to see all of my children graduating from school and even up to university levels to enable them to take proper care of me when I'm no longer strong enough to care for myself."

"By providing direct cash to us without any conditions attached.They improved our lives and we are able to build our own houses."

"Givedirectly did extremely well by providing direct cash to improve our lives. We are now able to care for ourselves and children."

"Give Directly has done extremely well for me. Building my own house was always my dream but i couldn't afford to accomplish it. But Give Directly has brought my dream to reality. I am grateful for what Give Directly is doing."

"Am grateful that the previous cash transfers allowed me to buy livestock like 2 chickens and a goat. Now the plan is to continue growing the herd and let them reproduce. I believe that I could generate enough funds to support the education of my four children through these animals. That is why, my priority is to have bought at least three more goats by the end of the year."

"My focus is on building the new house and supporting the education of my children. I know that my husband struggles alot to put food on the table through charcoal making, and I would love to support him in doing these two things. When my savings hit $100, I plan to start buying building materials like iron sheets and tree poles for the new house. At the same time, I plan to be always paying school fees for my children so that they never miss a day of school due to unpaid tuition. I hope to achieve all these through the cash transfers."

"My husband's salary as a house manager is barely enough to provide a month's worth food for our six children and I. Not to be a burden to him, I started rearing livestock as a source of income that will help generate funds for the household needs in future. Right now, I own a herd of 13 goats. By the end of the year, I hope to have grown this herd by five more goats. I pray this happens through the cash transfers since I have no any other income stream."

"After I completed my high school studies, I had not enough money to join college so I was forced to go look for a job so that I can sustain myself. Life was really unbearable until GiveDirectly came through for me. The moment I received my transfers I was able to go look for a good job and I was lucky enough to have been chosen to be a substitute primary school teacher. I teach them and at the end of the day I get paid and the money I receive I normally save them. I am planning to join college and go pursue my career of becoming an automotive engineer. I believe that the future is bright and the little savings plus the transfers I receive will enable me to secure myself a good school and after I graduate I will start up my business. With the business I start, I will be able to make huge profits that will help me give back to my community because that is what I desire most."

"I received a message around 4:00 p.m., following an alert from my phone. Because I expected to receive a Mpesa message from GiveDirectly on the 14th of that month, as I was told during enrollment, this could not have surprised me even though it arrived a day earlier. The amount indicated was the expected amount, which made me feel more confident and excited. I had set all of my goals and was eager to receive and spend the money as soon as it arrived in my account. I live alone now because my grandfather, with whom I shared a house from my childhood, died three years ago. Because other family members live in different villages, I could not share the news with anyone."

"The challenge I face is thus place is hard to reach and getting food stuffs is quite hard but the quality is not good. And this has affected me in away that I can not live to gather with my family up here but prefer living."