"In my community, most people used to live in grass thatched houses. We had no money to fix them. Since receiving this transfer my village has been transformed. Most of us now live in sturdy, well built, iron sheet roofed houses."

"I spend the transfer on alot of things. I was able to buy a bicycle, mattress, food, clothes and I am building a house."

"My GiveDirectly does very well. It gives us money, directly to us. We are so thankful for 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 spent my transfer on a mattress, iron sheets and the fixing of my house."

"I spent the money on different things, I used the money to buy mattress because we did not have any, I used the money to buy blankets, I also used the money to make bricks so that I can build a house."

"The transfer has brought in a big difference, my family is now living a comfortable life because of the transfer. We sleep comfortably because of the mattress that we bought. Before the transfer we did not have maize but now we do ."

"Hunger is the biggest challenge I have ever faced .2017 for instance, was a year where we slept hungry for several days because of drought.My cattle could not produce enough milk and hence we could just live on a cup of tea for lunch and may be at super have a cup of tea and a sweet potato."

"I spent 30,000ksh of the second transfer on paying school fees for my children in various secondary school. The rest of the money I used it to rent a piece of land and planted maize and potatoes. I am so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has changed my living standard."

"In my opinion GiveDirectly is working very well."