""I was on the farm when I received my first transfer message on my phone. I ran with joyed from the farm to the village with dancing and singing. To admit this is the first of this kind in my life to receive such a huge amount of money free. By even being a part of this program is an opportunity I cherish so much.""

"In my opinion givedirectly did very well in my life and that of my village. Givedirectly give me money to support my children in school. Givedirectly was able to enrolled almost the entire village. There are so many New houses with in my village that I am proud of today. Givedirectly has done everything well for me and my family."

"I am planning to improved my old house in my village that I am living in right."

"As a father, few things give me more pride than being able to educate my children and give them the best chance at a better future than mine. My biggest accomplishment in future is to be able to educate my kids from beginning to end. In the near term, I am striving to ensure that I restart my business , and be able to buy a few cattle to then go on to sell at market."

"Everything is correct"

"In the next year, I am praying and believing that I shall be able to buy a vehicle. With the progress that we have steadily made as a household, I believe that a vehicle will be within reach in due time. It would make both ,my business and ,my home life a lot more conducive. Ferrying charcoal by boda boda is very tiresome and takes a toll on me by days end."

""I hope I can complete my house project in the upcoming year"."

""There was no means of me getting money to renovate my house and also building another house for my children. GiveDirectly is doing very well by giving us the cash to improve our livelihood. If GiveDirectly can continue the cash transfer in the next villages it will help people make their own choices"."

"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 have experience in boutique business as I have been doing it during the holidays. In the coming years and beyond, I will be expanding my botique business and also I will employ some workers to take care of it as I continue to develop my career in education."