"My life is different now because I never thought I would be able to have a house with proper roofing. And things used to be so difficult for me before the transfers and now with the transfers I no longer suffer to provide myself basic needs."

"In my opinion Give directly is doing a great job I cant find anything negative to say. They should just keep up with the good work more especially on the part where they are meeting the people personally and not through chiefs or village head man because I feel that if that was the case then they would have been a lot of corruption and bribery."

"Financial instability is the biggest hardship I have ever faced in my life. This is because lam a housewife, I depend on my husband for survival. His salary can not cater to the needs of the family and also enable me to pay school fees for my siblings. Am real ashamed when my siblings drop out of school due to lack of school fees. This has stressed me for a long."

"Food insecurity is the biggest hardship I have ever faced. This is because being a charcoal burner earning very little to $20 only. Bearing in my age, am not energetic enough to cut more trees. With the little earning I can not cater to all the basic needs of the family. Due to this, I have been struggling to put food on the table, sometimes asking for help from my relatives."

"The only way to earn some money for me was from contributions of fellow community members. This was so as I volunteer to teach their kids in the local kindergarten school. Hence,the main challenge for me was finding a source of income to achieve my dreams of owning a business."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well for fulfilling the promise of sending cash aid to the poor households in the society. In addition, they provide us with enough training before sending out the cash directly to our phones."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well in assisting the poor households in the community by coming up with a cash transfer program that is unconditional. I don't see anything that it does not do well."

"For all those years I have been sheltering under a small temporary hut with a very old roof. I have been aspiring to construct a modern one but because of financial difficulties could not afford to purchase the necessary materials. Being a widow and a family breadwinner has not been easy at all. I have been straining to make ends meet which was not attainable most of the days. Therefore having a spacious house would take years for me to accomplish this goal. For all that time some of my children had to seek shelter from their friends since they are adults and they needed privacy as well. Also according to my culture, it is taboo to share a room with your children who are mature. This situation frustrated me alt as the parent but then I had no option. I am happy and proud own because I managed to construct a decent spacious house that can accommodate all my children and even host a visitor and I feel it makes the biggest difference in my daily life."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is unfavorable climatic conditions in our region. Over the past 10 years, we have been unable to harvest enough crops on our farms due to unknown diseases. Initially, we used to rely on maize to cater to both education and domestic expenses. This has become something of the past due to unknown diseases which affect our maize. We used to harvest 22 bags of maize on our 1.5 acres of land unlike today, we harvest only 8 bags which is not enough to sustain a family of 5. Life has become intolerable and this has led to sleepless nights. Thanks to Give Directly for their timely entry into our village."

"It was around 9 in the morning when I was at my farm fetching firewood when my cell phone started ringing so loudly. I definitely there was a new message. Without wasting even a second, I decided to check its content since I wasn't expecting to hear from anyone. Upon checking, I realized that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly, I felt so happy and blessing for receiving such a precious gift."