"I received the good news when I was at the farm, I was very excited and happy, I called my wife to inform her of the good news and she was equally overwhelmed with joy, it was the best news that we had received that early morning, it was indeed a blessed day that I will not forget in a hurry."

"When I received my transfer, I bought building materials which includes iron sheets, because I plan to build a house for my family, the house that I live in now is a small grass Thatched house, I also used part of the transfer to start a poultry farming project."

"I spent my transfer to pay for my children school fees arrears and also used part of the money to stock up my business which had gone down because of the harsh economically state recently due to the corona pandemic, it is the only source of income that we all depend on."

"In my opinion GiveDirectly does well by giving money to the poor in the community to build better houses and to buy dairy cows. I do not find anything that GiveDirectly did not do."

"The biggest hardship is finding enough food for my family. I am a casual labourer , working on other people's farms, mainly weeding maize crops. This pays about Kes 200 on a good day and are rare to find. This income is not sufficient to buy milk, vegetables and maize flour, rendering us hungry many times in a month."

"We used to live in May forest and after we were evicted last year, I had to request one of my relatives to give us one of his house since he was not living in it. My transfer came in handy as I was able to spend KES 40,000 from it to purchase a piece of land. We settled on this as a family so that we would have a land to call our own. Using the remaining amount, I bought some timber to use in building a house for my family in our newly acquired land."

"In my own opinion, GiveDirectly does well by giving out financial aid to everyone and I do not see anything that they do not do well."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by changing people's lives through cash transfers and I do not see anything that they do not do well."

"I spent KES 10,000 from my transfer to pay school fees for my children who had been sent back home. We decided on this as a family since it had always been our aim to pay school fees on time so that they would not be sent back home every one and then. Also, I bought a heifer worth KES 16,000. I settled on this so that when it reproduces, I will be able to use the income from the sale of milk to pay school fees for my children. Using the remaining amount, I bought some foodstuffs and clothes for my family."

"I became a widow at a young age so I have had to struggle by myself to feed these children and buy clothing for them. My husband died even before he could build a decent house for us so the biggest hardship in my life has been to raise my children all by myself."