"In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well in choosing our village as one of the areas to offer assistance. By enrolling on the program I am so grateful that the cash transfer has impacted our life positively. I urge the organization to continue to support the less fortunate in our area with the cash aid."

"I wish to expand my project on poultry keeping. Currently, this is my main source of income since I sell eggs. Wish to purchase more hens and build a better and more spacious poultry house. This is what I intend to accomplish in the next coming years."

"I am really glad that the transfers enabled me to finally have a home but unfortunately I was unable to finish the some few things in my house especially the flooring. Therefore, when I get any money I am planning on finalizing on anything that was left incomplete. Apart from that, I also plan on paying tuition for my kids since their education is quite important."

"This time around when I received the money, I decided that I was going to use it on doing renovations to my house because it was almost collapsing. The renovations and labor cost me about KES 14,000. Thereafter I proceeded to spend the balance of KES 39,000 on buying myself two cows. This was my investment for the future and incase I ran into financial difficulty."

"I completely have no complaints when it comes to the organization and the work that it has done so far, but rather I would prefer to praise it for its generosity they extended to us. The funds were completely life-changing and now I am quite proud to look at my house."

"I want to ensure that I save the money from the small business that I do and from the sales of my farm produce to be able to pay school fees for my son who joined form one this year. I would wish to ensure that he gets the best education."

"Job instability! Currently, my second-hand clothes business has not thrived well due to the harsh economic strains in our area. This means in a month, I make a maximum profit of $20, an income that can not fully cater to our household's basic needs. To an extent, I feel being a burden to my husband's efforts of saving for the future of our children. This is because I have to depend on him to provide for most of our needs including food, school fees for the children, and other basics. This has threatened our future life stability and I, therefore, consider a financial crisis as what stands out to be my greatest challenge."

"Currently, I want to make sure that the school fees for my children are paid on time. I wouldn't want them to reach the prior point of dropping out of school. Thank God, I'm currently running a business. In order to avoid financial hardship when the students who are currently in primary school transition to secondary school, my goal is to pay off the existing arrears they owe the school. Once I have done this, I will begin saving $10 each month. They can only be certain of a better future through education. Like any other parent, when I see my kids thrive in life, I will be happy and proud."

"We do not have most home furniture, particularly beds and chairs. I could not afford them because my business doesn't generate good profits, but now that I receive the monthly transfers, I want to buy a mattress and chairs this year. We presently sit on a mat because we lack seats. I also have a mat and some old clothes stretched out on my bed, but it is not comfortable, and every morning when I get up, I do experience aches throughout my body. I'm hoping to save enough money this year and upgrade my sleeping arrangements so that I can have good health and restful sleep in the future. Once I have done that, I will start setting aside money to buy the supplies I'll need to upgrade my roof. The current one is worn out and full of holes, making it uncomfortable to sleep in, particularly during the rainy season when we get rained on. Whenever there is a moon at night, the moonlight that illuminates the house prevents us from getting a good night's sleep. I am aware that I cannot accomplish all of these at once, but I will in two years."

"What a life! For a long time, I have lived in a very depressing situation because we are financially unstable at home. My only son is doing casual jobs in Kilifi as well as acting in charge of a certain church. His daily income goes into catering to his family's basic needs since he has 11 household members. This has left me desperate at home and I live in an unworthy house that is open both at the roof and the walls. Living in fear has devoured me and I am always surviving the cold nights. I have constantly felt to have the ability to change this misery but it has always been in vain. I, therefore, consider financial constraints as my biggest challenge."