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"It was about 9 pm and was already asleep. I was woken by vibration from my phone. Upon checking, it is a confirmation message with a receipt of money from Give directly. I was thankful and happy and couldn't wait to go and withdraw the following morning."

"I was at home that evening with my family when I received an MPESA statement. When I checked, it was a receipt of cash transfer that we had been promised by Give directly officers. I shared the good news with my family members and we all celebrated and thanked God for the blessings."

"GiveDirectly does several things well, primarily being the most obvious, helping people with financial challenges. In our village, people have been able to build houses, pay school fees, bought water tanks to store water and a host of hundreds of other things that have changed their lives, for good. In the process, I have observed that GiveDirectly excel at amazing communication and accountability - they explain things very well in plain language, have empathy and integrity- seeing as I have never been asked for anything in return for their assistance, most importantly do a great job in finding people who really, truly need their funds and making their lives better. I have nothing negative to say about GiveDirectly. I hope their continue to do their good work for years to come."

"I am very excited to be one of the beneficiaries of GiveDirectly financial assistance. Before receiving payment from GiveDirectly, I dropped out of school for a year plus due to lack of money and while waiting for financial assistance from any one, I got pregnant.For this reason, my goal have been to go back to school, with my second payment I was able to start school using all the money. Now with this new transfer, I used some of the money to pay my school fees. I also used a portion to buy clothes for my son and my myself. The remaining money is kept for our upkeep. I am very happy for organization like GiveDirectly, because of their humanitarian heart I'm in school today to continue my education."

"After receiving payment from GiveDirectly, with my desired to built my new house, I used some of to purchased a bundle of zinc to be added to the first two bundles of zinc bought previously for my house project. Moreover, I used some of the money to pay my daughter's tuition fees. Thanks to GiveDirectly for this financial opportunity to we the needy."

"The feeling at that particular moment was wonderful. I couldn't believe that someone would be able to send me such a huge amount of money without asking for a refund. I took a reflection on what we needed to do as a family and settled on building a new house. My family and I had stayed in a grass thatched house and were always looking forward towards improving it."

"I had for a longer time desired to build a better house for my family. This dream had had to be pushed since the little income I got from my odd casual jobs could only provide us with the basic household needs. I felt so happy that my dream of owning a better house was finally going to be realized through the help of GiveDirectly. I was overwhelmed and let my family know of the same the moment we received money from GiveDirectly"

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving money from GiveDirectly is the great improvements I can see in my life. I now have the things that I lacked before, especially a bigger and better house, some household items as well as new and better clothes for my children. I am so happy and grateful to GiveDirectly."

"I spent most of the transfer which was KES 39000 on buying nine goats and four sheep because I have always believed that livestock is an investment that will live on. They will multiply and increase in numbers which inturn I'll be able to count on to address the financial challenges I will be facing in the future, especially educating my children. I also spent KES 12000 on buying a bed and mattress because I didn't have them previously and used to sleep on a bed made of sisal ropes which was not very comfortable, and I desired comfort. Therefore, I am now so happy and proud that I sleep comfortably on a proper bed and mattress, all thanks to GiveDirectly."