"The unlearned recipients are taught how to use mpesa. This has reduced the number of theft cases in the community as most of us managed to change our pins to a more secure code. To avoid household conflict, what needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household. During enrollment, those individuals who did not have responsibilities by then were left out of the program yet these are the same people who steal from their old and vulnerable parents. Give Directly staff are very transparent during the enrollment process, they are so keen during the verification process and this ensures that none is left out during registration to the program. Another thing that needs to be done differently is enrolling all the communities in a specific village for uniformity purposes and this will prevent too many complaints coming from the communities that are left out during the registration to the programs."

"I am a parent of two boys who are in form three, I used part of the transfers of kshs 25,000 to pay their school fees. Before the GiveDirectly transfers, I never had any stable source of income and providing for my family had been the most difficult task I have ever faced. I used the remaining part of the transfers of kshs 25,000 to build a two-bedroom house. I owned a small grass-thatched house which was leaking during the rainy season. Besides, getting the grass for replacement was tiresome as transportation was too costly. I thank Give Directly for the transfers as my peace of mind is finally restored."

"According to my opinion, what Give Directly does so well is that they give out unconditional transfers, different people have different needs, and we have the freedom how to spend the transfers so long as it is something that does not harm us together with community members. The transfers are given in lump sum amounts and this helps in planning purposes in terms of the developments that we would wish to engage in at a personal level. Unlike other projects where it is given in small amounts. To avoid household conflict, what needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household. During enrollment, those individuals who did not have responsibilities by then were left out of the program yet these are the same people who steal from their old and vulnerable parents. Another thing that needs to be done differently is enrolling all the communities in a specific village for uniformity purposes and this will prevent too many complaints coming from the communities that are left out during the registration to the programs"

"I used my entire transfer to improve my house as I had planned before receiving GiveDirectly funds. Initially I had plans of building a whole new house but upon receiving my first transfer, I changed my plans and decided to improve the one that I had lived in all along. I feel so much happy that I not only have a better house but I have also constructed a goat house with the waste products from the old house. I am left with just the floor to cement and windows to fix. I look forward to receiving the second transfer and be in a position to accomplish all these."

"We are very old, many times we are sick. My husband has disability of deaf. Raising domestic animals is a big challenge to us because we are not energetic enough. Moreover, our children are the ones to help us get money to pay people who cultivate for us."

"My vision is for me to initiate the cereals business. I am relying on the support that I would receive from the wages that I receive each day to start the business bit by bit. Though this may take longer, I am hopeful that I will be able to do so. I am grateful for the help that has improved our standard of living."

"The best thing GiveDirectly gave us was the ability to choose how we would use our transfers. My community has been transformed and strengthened. In that the children are comfortably studying in their respective schools, people have built new houses, and many other good things have been done, I have not seen anything done poorly during my interactions with the GiveDirectly staff."

"When I received the first $550, I used $250 to buy a lactating cow and used another $40 to buy food for my family since we received the money at a time that we were facing serious drought. I saw this as a relief to my son Richard who has been providing for me the basic needs including food and clothes. Being as old as I am, I would not do much to provide for myself and it is GiveDirectly that has come in with a helping hand; I will always be grateful for this. Right now, I have my own cow that I milk and I also had enough food that lasted for a couple of days. I still have some of the things that I bought with the first transfer."

"We were at home going about our normal duties at home when we heard our phone ring. We were not so much anticipating to receive the money at that particular time and we were kind of taken by surprise. When we confirmed that we had been sent the money, we were able to withdraw the same the following day. We later spent the money on buying a heifer among other priorities that we had set."

"I used almost the entire transfer amounting to $400 to buy timber that will help me put up a better structure. For a long time I have been living in a iron roofed house that was built in the early seventies. I have been thinking about building a better house but paying school fees has preoccupied the better part of my life. I became so happy that immediately after they completed their studies then I also received a transfer from GiveDirectly that will enable me build a better house. My plan is to build a timber walled house that will better my living standards and my family. I stay with three of my daughters and other two sons who still look up to me. I then used the amount that remained to help my daughter Mary who required some money to support her children who recently joined secondary school."