"The biggest hardship have faced is lack of stable income. The farm I cultivate is quite small hence cannot produce enough for family consumption, my husband also doesn't have a job and we depend mainly in casual jobs, the little we get doesn't meet the family needs and surplus. So the income from the casual jobs we do goes to purchasing foodstuffs and clothing's hence no development."

"Receiving this money means better Education for my children. Currently i have 3 children in secondary school and am struggling so much to pay their school fees since I depend only on casual jobs. I will spend ksh 70,000 on paying school fees and clearing pending fee balance, I will also use ksh 30,000 to buy a dairy cow for the family."

"The the last transfer that I got from GiveDirectly, I was able to buy alot of food(maize), blankets for my family and also I spent some of the money on improving my house."

"Give Directly does not do any wrong. The organization has really helped us. It is good that they came directly to the people and not through the government or through the chiefs. There would not be as many people assisted as there are now had they done that."

"My parent died 14 years ago. They left me with nothing. In all these 14 years I have been struggling to make a living. Barely making it. I used to live in a small dingy grass roofed shack. I can not even call it a house. I have finally been able to buy materials to build a house to live in. Give Directly made that possible. I am forever grateful for this opportunity. I can not thank you enough for changing my life this way. My house is almost finished thanks to you."

"By giving us money directly, Give Directly does really well and has changed our lives."

"My life Is now different because of the transfer that I received. I have clothes. I have a better place to sleep, and am not able to eat three times a day."

"My life changed and it is still changing. For the past year I was lacking money to buy fertilizer.but this year I will be able to buy fertilizer and I am so happy about that."

"I have been ailing for quite a longtime and being an orphan at home has really given me turf lessons in life, I have to struggle and look for casual jobs that sustain me and my brother. I even lost my voice out of the condition that I had, so I lost some communication with other people because I have to struggle to explain what I can and they don't understand me, I have been depending to my brother who is also a casual laborer."

"I used do do manual labour piece work to make a living. I could not afford to fix up my house. And now I have enough money to fix it and also afford food, a mattress and other necessities for my home. I would not have all these without Give Directly cash transfers."