"In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by uplifting people from poverty through the cash transfer and I do not see anything that they do not do well."

"On receiving the transfer, I was really happy with the hope to finally put up another bigger structure to accommodate my growing family. I was so excited and thanked God for opening a way for us."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the great joy currently in our family. My children are all satisfied after I addressed all their needs and assuring them that their school-going days will soon be better. For the first time, I honored the admission letter sent to my daughter. This changed the story in our household as everyone expected us to seek an opportunity in the local school as we have always lost opportunities in a good school that we could not afford."

"Receiving the transfer was the best moment in our household. Everyone was so happy that we had to come together that evening to hold a prayer session where we thank God for the great provision. It gave us hope that all we ever wished for was finally getting accomplished."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the complete construction of a new house. I had been living with my family in a small house with a tattered roof that was always leaking due to the old iron sheets. The roofing materials I used were so old as they had been used before by a neighbor who after demolishing his old house, he sold me the iron sheets at a cheap cost. I am glad that I finally obtained new iron sheets and put up a new house which is soon coming to completion and will also mark the end of the old one as I will have to bring it down."

"Receiving the transfer came to me with hope. I was so happy as this had been the only hope I had to bring back the good health I used to enjoy. I was the happiest at the moment as deep inside me, I knew how lucky I would be to finally see a specialist."

"Having been in a hard situation, I had been hoping to fix several issues and GiveDirectly played an excellent role in giving us aid in form of cash. I was glad to receive and had the freedom to plan in a way that suited the problems I had as I was trying my best to see them come to an end. With both transfers, I have always been thankful to GiveDirectly and have never found anything to complain about as everything I had in mind was finally accomplished."

"My life is different than how it has always been because I am hopeful and happy. Through the financial support, I managed to construct my dream house. Initially, I have been sleeping under a small house which was in very poor condition and one of its rooms had collapsed. Therefore this forced some of m children to vacate and leave with my relatives. I want happiness at all because it is the joy of every parent to live with all her children under one roof. However, I was always optimistic that I would still own a spacious house someday. My prayer was answered and the condition is now very different. We are living happily together without any worry and as a result, I have even gained some weight, because there is no more stress."

"I spent part of my second transfer on buying some twenty-one pieces of iron sheets at KES 650 each, timber, nails. This was for the renovation of my previous house since its roof used to leak excessively. Also, I paid the mason KES 8000 as his labour. Also, I bought a big solar panel that is now providing us with light at nght. Also, I cleared the fees arrears for my stepchildren who are in secondary school. I also bought a sheep as an asset that I can lean on. In addition, I saved KES 3000 and the remaining cash, I bought foodstuffs"

"I am a mother of five who is in a polygamous marriage. Despite having five children, I get to struggle when trying to provide food for my husband. This is so as we do not harvest a lot and my husband's attention towards the family is divided as he also has to take care of the other family of second wife. The only way to earn some money is when we harvest and sell some produce such as pigeon peas and maize. My husband also manages a small business of selling fish to supplement the income. Hence,this money will assist us to afford a better house with iron sheets as well as our children at school as they will be writing their primary school leaving examinations soon since there is always a demand for examinations fees. I believe this money will also open up new opportunities we thought we did not have once we settle down and decide how to spend the money better."