"In my opinion Give Directly does well in giving cash to individuals without any conditions. Through the cash, most people were able to improve their lives. On the other hand, I have not seen any areas of improvement on their side."

"Receiving this money really means so much to me,to be honest this is new i have never been enrolled in any programme like this before,apparently my heart is full of joy and i know i will be much happier when i will get the transfer."

"I greatly thank God for His wonderful plans. Upon receipt of this transfer, the worry of taking our firstborn son to secondary school shall be no more. In brief, we shall use the money on paying fees and meeting related costs since our son is joining secondary school in the next three months. We have been having sleepless nights because we have not saved any money for educating him. Gains from our subsistence farming are hardly enough to meet our basic needs, rendering education too expensive for us."

"Receiving this money means that our children shall have ample study time since we will pay their fees on time. Our firstborn is joining Grade 11 while the second one is joining Grade 9. Unfortunately, we have no reliable source of income or any savings to fund their studies. We have been struggling to pay fees for the firstborn, at times we could delay raising the needed amounts. Such delays could force the school administration to send our child home to collect arrears, a practice that disrupts her studies. To make things more difficult, our second born is joining secondary school soon. We greatly thank GiveDirectly since we will afford to pay fees for both children on time."

"According to me, GiveDirectly did very well by considering every household in our village. This was fair for everyone and that was a plus for GiveDirectly. Sincerely speaking, I didn't see anything which was not done well."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly did very well by selecting our village to be part of this amazing program. I am like the fact that it was not influenced by anyone for us to be supported. On the other hand, there was none which was not done well. The process was so fair and transparent."

"Finishing my house with cement, door and window flames are what receiving this money means to me i managed to build a house but i was unable to finish it due to unavailability of funds so i just started living in it the way it was since i had no where to stay and no hope to ever finish my house now with GD i will be able to finish my house"

"The biggest hardship i hbe faced in my life was when my husband left Malawi to search for a job in South Africa i felt like he has dumped me and i had to raise my child alone life was very hard for me"

"The biggest hardship have faced in my life is failling to provide school fees for my children because i couldnt raise enough money for both food clothes and school fees"

"Our biggest hardship as family is shortage of income generating activities. We rarely find money in this village and mostly when my husband finds some money is via pieceworks from people in towns who farm here."