"In my opinion GiveDirectly has been doing well from the beginning of this program until now. They have never failed on their promises to us. Some of us were literally giving up on life because of poverty and the day GiveDirectly entered our town our hopes and dreams are lighting up now. We are very fortunate to be part of this unique program. Their love for humanity is very much remarkable. Therefore I have not seen anything that GiveDirectly is not doing quite well."

""With the financial constraints my family was faced with in raising money for my children's school fees and their uniforms, as soon I cashed out my money, I used a portion of the money and firstly bought all their uniforms. Most importantly, I used the remaining money and pay their fees and happily they are all back in school today. Thanks to GiveDirectly for this life saving opportunity.""

""In my opinion GiveDirectly has done a great job for us the needy. I can't imagine life without GiveDirectly especially this year. I was almost giving up on my son's health due to financials constraints. Every time I see him cried and I can't do anything to help him it breaks my heart so much. I am very hopeful that with the transfers I am receiving from GiveDirectly my son will get the treatment needed. Therefore in my view I have not seen anything that GiveDirectly is not doing quite well.""

"I aant to omplete my house building project hopefully"

"The biggest difference is I no more worry about schooling my children"

"I want to complete my house project"

""Before I could received my recent transfer, I made a promised to my father-in-law to help improve their house because it is where we are staying. But keeping up with this promised was almost impossible due to lack of money. Happily when I received my first transfer my main goal is to see how best to fulfill my promised. On that I am planning to used a portion of the money to buy the require bags of cement to plaster the interior part of my and also lay the floors. Additionally, a portion of the money will be used to buy paints to also paint the house.""

"I am hoping of living a happy life with my children, in two to three years time, I am hoping for my children to be out of school and working to support me. And also I am hoping to be in my newly building house."

"I am hoping to be in my new house that I am building right now with givedirectly money."

"Starting a business had been on my mind for the longest time. A plan to get financial independence has always been what I have been trying to execute and GiveDirectly allowed me to do so with the transfers. I started a business selling cows and goats at the market at Mtasar wa Tsatsu , every Wednesday. Sadly though, since the drought hit, I have been forced to stop doing so. The remainder of the funds were also allotted towards paying school fees for my 3 eldest kids, while my youngest lives in Nairobi with my wife and visits every 5 months. My eldest is in from 4 at Shaka Secondary School, my second is in Grade 6 at Bamba Primary School, while the third is in Grade 3 at Alfatiha Academy. I pay Kes. 16,000 per term , Kes. 600 per term and Kes. 9,000 per year respectively, and the funds from GiveDirectly were also funnelled towards sorting that. Between the Kes. 500 I earn a day as a mason and the little my wife makes while working and living in South b, it would have been impossible to accomplish any of this without GiveDirectly."