"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. Another thing that GiveDirectly does well is that 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. What needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household to avoid household conflict. 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 used the transfers to pay tithes and thanksgiving in my local church for kshs 5000. I am a parent of three kids. Two of them are in Secondary school, form one and form three, while the other one is in college pursuing bachelor in Education. I used kshs 30,000 to pay for their school fees. Getting regular and balanced meals has been the most difficult thing in my family. I used kshs 10,000 to stock food and this lasted us for almost two months. I thank GiveDirectly for the transfers as my family fed on healthy meals for two months. I used the rest of the transfers as savings for future use."

"The biggest difference in my life is that, this money is helping me to improve my house and also help me to easily get my children that are in school uniform this year."

"I have not cash my recent transfer yet but I am plannning to buy Zinc, Nails and Woods for the construction of my new house."

"I bought a motorbike for commercial purpose. Since I am a student and don't have the time to open a shop, I believe that the motorbike will help me to generate funds to continue my education."

"Givedirectly is doing well for us. No staff is embarrassing us or taking something from us. I think everything is ok."

"Givedirectly let me down the first time when they came. It was after a month that I received my money. I think you people need to make improvement in satisfying everyone."

"My most recent transfer will be use to sew planks and pay workamanship to build my house"

"I hope to be somewhere better not encountering too many living difficulties as it relates to living condition."

"I would like to build a new house. I am a family of many children and I need a better place to live."