"All my life I have been a farmer, it's the only job I do well. I would like to add more livestock to my current one, add the chicken so that I generate more income and save more for rainy days."

"Before the transfers, my house had no doors or windows. I would put ragged clothes on the windows and iron sheets supported with stones on the door at night so that my children can have a warm night. After a day of receiving the transfer windows and the door were installed right away. My children were happy, you could see this in their eyes. I used the remaining transfer to open a business selling second-hand clothes. Used a capital of $250 which generates for me $100 a week which enabled me to buy food for my family and also have some saving that helps on rainy days."

"Before the transfer, I had a grocery shop where I sold vegetables such as pigweed, tomatoes, onions, and okra. Right now, I am at home taking care of my grandchild. My daughter has a son and when she was called for a job in the city she opted to leave her son behind until she can be able to settle down. I have eight children, two are in school, and six are over the age of eighteen. One child is in primary school and the other one is in high school. The one in high school pays $60 a term which has been a challenge and over the years I had accumulated $220 in debt. GiveDirectly money has enabled me to pay off the debts and even paid some $100 in advance for two terms. The rest of the transfer was spent on food. I can now concentrate on just paying school fees for my other children without straining myself."

"I am a farmer. I cultivate crops such as maize, pigweed, and spinach. But with current drought we are facing, I can no longer farm due to shortage of water. I ventured into other business selling timber which gives me a profit of $20 a week. This money is spent on food for my family. I have seven children, all attending school. My husband sells traditional medicine and the income he gets from his business is spent on paying school fees. The money we generate is not enough to take care of all our needs, and sometimes, we accumulate a lot of debt from school fees to food. With this transfer, I was able to pay all the debts which were $170, bought clothes for myself and the children that cost $30, and bought food with the rest of the money."

"My goal is to buy 3 acres piece of land and construct modern rental houses on it. This shall cost me around kshs 300,000. By next year at a time like this I want to be already receiving rent money from the rental houses. I'm planning all these to secure the future of my children. I can later buy more livestock just to expand."

"I want to continue educating my six children until they finish school. I will be able to achieve this by saving little by little from my daily income. I would also request GiveDirectly for an additional transfer since I still have a long way to go with my family. An additional transfer will give me a big boost."

"I am happy because of receiving these transfers and I thank God for the same. Since I started receiving these transfers, my life changed for the best. The help you gave me was so great. I thank you so much for this I don’t take it for granted. Many people spent money on basic needs like food, shelter, and education but I spent it very differently and I believe it is going to make a difference in my life"

"I am a mother of 6. I am a farmer of maize, vegetables and cassava. My husband works in a workshop. 2 garls and 4boys. I spent my first transfer on buying a 5000ltrs water tank which costed kes. 35000, I bought 3 garters at kes. 4500, bend at kes. 400, dropper, bags of cement, and paid the plumber kers 5000 to fix it. In total buying and fixing this tank coated me kes. 50000. With the second transfer, I paid kes. 24000 school fees for my daughter who is college studying salon, bought 18 bags of cement at keas. 630 each to make floor, to do plastering and the remaining amount I spent on buying cook ware, plates, food and other house hold goods. I am a mother of six,two girls and four boys, a maize, vegetables and cassava farmer. My husband works in a workshop."

"Give-directly do well by giving me money to start building my house. Give-directly could do better by giving all of the poorest villages money also.They at times passed by other towns that are also in need of money and give other towns."

""In my opinion GiveDirectly has been doing extremely well from the beginning of this program until now. Their love for humanity is very much commendable. The level of professionalism and transparency carried out by this Organization towards us the needy is so much remarkable. The joyed and excitement brought to us the needy will never go unnoticed. Therefore I have not seen anything that is not well done by GiveDirectly.""