"I was very happy and thankful when i received the money."

"The moment I received the transfer I felt so happy. I remember well that it was 9am, when I heard a ringtone message from my phone. I didn't bother much to check it. At that very moment I heard my neighbor celebrating, I overheard them saying it was the transfer from GiveDirectly. Then I remember getting the message, When I checked my phone I couldn't hide the job. It was message that indicate that I have received 550 dollars from GiveDirectly. I inform my family members and they also really celebrate. We immediately align on how to spent the transfer."

"I spent half of the money I received from GiveDirectly on adding stock to my existing retail shop business. This earns me a profit which I used in meeting other additional basic household items for my family including paying school fees for my children.The other half of the money I bought a dairy cow. This enabled me to cut the daily cost of buying milk which is so expensive. My family now get enough milk and I sell the surplus."

"I have spent my transfer to buy clothes and saved the rest. From my transfer I was able to use k25,000 to buy clothes for me and my child because we did not have enough clothes. I have saved the rest of the money so that I can buy cement, window flames and other house equipments to build a house. I am building a house because paying house rent every month is very costly . My family and I were asked to leave our previous house because the landlord did not like the idea of me staying with my sick mother in law. We are now renting a new house but have decided to build our own house."

"Givedirectly is doing well by directly sending the cash transfers to our phones and not using any other channels like the government or the chiefs . This is very good because everyone is enrolled in the program and the is no discrimination . Givedirectly is doing very well in helping the poor and I have not found any problems with GD this far."

"I think GD is the only organization pioneering unconditional cash trasfers and that is beneficial because it will allow us to buy what we truly need"

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received my transfer in that I am living a comfortable life with my family. Through the aid, I was able to construct a spacious house for the family. Previously, I use to reside in a small house with the grown up children which I lack privacy with my husband. In addition, I was able to start a goat rearing activity a future investment for the family which will help us in case of an emergency."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well for sending the cash transfer which has transformed the lives of poor households for the better. Through the aid, I was able to construct a decent shelter for the family something that I could not have achieved very soon in my life. I do not see anything that GiveDirectly does not do well."

"My life has changed in different ways, I had no hope that one day i will have a house with iron sheets. I also been not able to afford fertilizer for my farm, but with coming of GD, i have fertilizer now and also i have enough food for my family."

"When I received my transfers, I spent KES 30,000 to purchase a dairy cow. I settled on this so that it would act as a reminder of GiveDirectly in our lives. Also, I spent around KES 10,000 to buy three sets of seats. We decided to buy them since the ones we had were old and few. We used the remaining amount on food and other household necessities."