""For me, I will suggest that Give Directly should continue to do what they are doing. Give cash is the best and greatest way to help people in need. They need to reach out to all the town in the district and not to select some."

"All through my life my major means of surviving has been agriculture. In the coming year and beyond, I look forward to investing more in my rubber and Cocoa farms as well as a business to continue providing my family's needs. With that, we can also independently be able to solve some other family problems."

"I have two of my children in school. One of which is in the 10th grade and the other in 6th grade. Their fees have not been paid completely. In the coming years and beyond, I hope to save enough money to be able to pay their fees until they complete their High School education. I also hope that a year from now, I will have a decent structure built for my family and I."

"I have always wanted a better living conditon for my family and me. Therefore, In the coming years I want to complete my house renovation project and be able to invest more in farming so as to save enough money for my children's school fees."

"I want build a condusive living place for my family and me. I have already bought two bundles of zinc with the initial transfer and I'm planning to use the balance to buy additional two budles and nails to complete the roof."

"I want to complete my house and be able to invest in my farm save enough money to support my children to school."

"One morning while stting at the front of my house, my phone rang. When I went to checked, it was a mobile money alert from GiveDirectly that I have received 35625LD. I was so exited and the first thing that came to my mind was to buy my matress and drums of gas for sale because that has been my plans."

""For the passed fifteen years, since my house was built, I was not able to fully complete the plastering of all the rooms due to unforeseen circumstances. And since than we have been living in it just like that. Notwithstanding, it had been my planned the one day I will be able to complete the plastering. Worse of all most of the zine started leaking again and this just made the condition worse. Now that I have started receiving transfers from GiveDirectly, my first priority is to recondition the entire building to a decent status. This is what I couldn't afford to do for the passed years. Thanks to GiveDirectly for this great help.""

"I have a very big number of dependants with no clear source of income. I'm currently living with three of my grand children who also have three children each. On top of that, I also have a son whose wife went to Qatar in search of job leaving him with two children whom are also basically under my care. I'm really struggling to feed this number. I sometimes receive some help from my son, but mainly I'm always on my own burning charcoal and selling firewood to make ends meet. I used to depend on my husband who was employed by a particular cargo company at the harbour but he passed away at the beginning of this year."

"I do not have a reliable source of income. I'm a mother of five living with my husband and my children. Two of them are already attending a local grade school both paying school fees of $50 per academic term. My husband used to be a taxi driver in Malindi town but he stopped a year ago due to low daily income of just $2 he was generating from it. Currently he got a job as a casual labourer with a Chinese company constructing a particular road nearby, a job that he just got two week ago and has not yet earned from it. Personally, I sell palm wine at this village's shopping center. This earns me around $10 in two days. As a family we've been surviving with this, though not enough to pay all our bills."