"The best thing that Give Directly has done is that it uplifted the whole village. It has eradicated poverty. Everyone in this village is singing praises for Give Directly. An area of improvement is you can consider giving out loans for people to repay later. You can also increase the number of transfers you send to be able to change our lives more."

"I had great plans for my second transfer, unfortunately it didn't go as planned. When the money was sent, my wife fell ill and I spent kshs 20,000 for her medication. She is still ailing and I hope she'll recover. My daughter who is in form 3 was at home due to school fees balance and so I cleared her balance of kshs 15,000. My son used to sleep on a wooden mat, I decided to buy a 6"×3.5" mattress for him. I bought it at kshs 6,000. I'm glad that he can now sleep comfortably. Due to the on going droughts I decided to restock my food stuffs, so I bought 3 bags of maize @ kshs 4,700."

"For a long time we haven't had a presentable pit latrine. We could dig holes ourselves or relieve ourselves in the forests. When I got my second transfer, I used kshs 20,000 to complete the construction of my latrine. My husband has a bar business, but it running in losses since he has been supporting us from that business. So I gave him kshs 10,000 to boost his business. I have 2 beds that my children use, but they didn't have good mattresses, so I bought 2 mattresses that cost kshs 10,000. I paid kshs 4,000 for my 3 children's school fees balance. I also used kshs 7,000 to buy more livestock."

"I have one main goal of buying a motorbike on hire purchase terms. I need to pay a deposit of kshs 20,000. This will help me to become self employed. I'm already an expert in riding motorbikes so I'll start 'bodaboda' business. I'm hoping for a daily inve of kshs 2,000. I chose a motorbike because my brother ventured in this and it has really uplifted him financially."

"Thanks for that, in the coming years I want to see myself in a new house that I will build with givedirectly money. I also when to see my children out of school that time, because right now with the support from givedirectly my children are in school."

""My planed for this money has always been to build my house. After receiving my recent transfer, I quickly ran to Zwedru to cash out the money. Getting 37500 brought so much excitement to me. I use my money to buy some of my building materials and send the balance to my wife in Nimba County for the family up keep.""

"These transfers have been so helpful to me. This second one was sent when I was really wishing to have livestock. So I took kshs 31,500 and bought 7 goats. 3 males and 4 female ones. Infact they have already given birth to 2 more. I'm glad I can sell them quickly when need arises. I paid school fees my 2 children who are in secondary and primary schools that is kshs 15,000 and kshs 5,000 respectively. I bought clothes worth kshs 8,000 for my children so that they can enjoy the feeling of owning new clothes. Finally I spent kshs 3,500 on maize flour, rice and wheat flour."

"I am saving my third transfer to buy three bundles of Zinc to start building new house . I have cut the house sticks and will soon hire contractors to start building. I want to build new house because of my family size. My late brother ten children are staying with me in the same small house. Thanks to Givedirectly for empowering me financially. I believe that with my transfer, few months from now, I will be able to relocate few members of my family in my new house."

"My main goal is to give my son and daughter quality education. I also wish to buy a piece of land, build and relocate with my whole family. This can only happen if I get money but for now I do not have."

"When I started receiving the transfer, my goal was to build a one-room house for myself. I stay in my brother’s house and am worried I might deprive him of privacy when he marries and starts a family. To date, I have not been successful in building the house since I channel every cent I receive toward food. Aside from the cash transfers, I do not have any other source of income. Though it has been difficult to save, I wish to properly budget the upcoming transfers to begin accumulating materials like iron sheets and building poles for the house."