"The moment I saw the message that i have received money from Givedirectly I was very excited and grateful at the same time, i couldn't believe what i saw. Givedirectly has offered me something I never imagined happening in my life."

"The recipient has never been that happy in her life she thanks give Directly for everything"

"The recipient biggest change will be her sleeping in a house fixed with ironsheets something she never thought she would do"

"The recipient life will be better off once he builds a house"

"My biggest hardship is little harvest i get from farming, i try hard to farm different crops every year but i dont harvest enough due to lack of fariming materials like fertilizer i end up harvesting little food to feed my family i end up looking for piece of work which are very scarce to find this side."

"I was really thankful and happy at that moment of confirmation of the message notification when I received the first transfer. Knowing that the promise we had been given in the past few weeks was finally honored was a great feeling. In some way, it was a surprise to me even though I was expecting it. Such a huge sum of money has never been in my possession at any one time since I was born, and I was afraid that handling and accounting for it might not be possible to me but still, I was excited that it was finally in my account."

"After splitting my first transfer into parts, I managed to complete the construction of a new house by obtaining and fitting a ceiling board at a cost of 11,200KES, bought new clothing for every member of my household with the other 12,000KES, obtained new comfortable furniture - with cushions, bedding, and foodstuff with the other 18,000KES, and managed to finally save the remaining with the intent of starting a new business. I was glad that the agreement we had with the other household members never changed that much when we received the transfer and completing the house we had been struggling with was a relief to everybody. Although I have spent 5,000KES of the savings on a tragedy that befell our family when we lost my father and brother-in-law at almost the same time, I am still hopeful that receiving the second transfer will take me through the investment from where I left."

"Receiving this money means this organization is helping us by enabling us to buy things we don't have like food and iron sheets so we can fix our roof"

"The biggest hardship I've faced in my life is having no money to be able to feed my children or send them to school. We live so far from town it is hard to send my children to a proper school because of the long distance."

"The biggest hardship has always been affording a good sleeping place. The house we are living in leaks during the rainy season and we struggle with moving items from one corner of the house to the other. This is so as plastic sheets to complement the grass is a bit expensive for us. Hence, some household items always get damaged during rainy season."