"The main challenge we are facing is poverty as you can see we don't have enough clothes, we need to be clean in our homes and we don't have money to buy so. We don't have enough food and because of that we take one meal per day. And that is a big one because no one can't work with empty stomach."

"I'm looking for money so that I buy another piece of land; approximately 50m by 100m. The main aim of this is so that I can use it for farming since my wife and I are dedicated farmers, so we find our current piece of land to be too small for farming. I require $550.natafuta pesa niongeze plot nifanye ukulima. hii ninayo haitoshi. current one is 100 by 100. to add 50 by 100 for farming. I had hoped to receive more transfers from Give Directly but since its impossible, I'll wait for my cows to reproduce then sell some. Or should I ever receive any money from other organisations, I'll use it for this purpose."

"I reside in a small, mud-walled home with my spouse and 7 kids. We have been sleeping on an old, ripped mattress while our kids slept on the floor with rags for many years. Due to prolonged sleeping on the floor, our children are frequently affected by maggots on their skin. I had desired to provide the family with quality bedding, but I was unable to do so because of our financial position. I spent $490 after receiving my transfer on buying proper, modern bedding, including 4 beds and 4 mattresses. In addition, I invested $50 to expand my business of selling fried fish. Right now, I am happy making a profit of $5 on average per day. This income is enough to cater for the daily expenses of the family like food."

"-Before the transfer, I never had a modern house, I owned a small grass-thatched house which was leaking during the rainy season. I thank Give Directly for the transfers as I managed to build a three-bedroom modern house for kshs 50,000. Initially, I never had peace of mind as it was so tiresome moving some of my valuable items during the rainy season, my young boys too never had adequate space to spend their nights and this was so stressful as they could sleep in a neighbour's house. My peace of mind is finally restored since I built a house. Getting a balanced and regular meal had been the most difficult thing for my young family of three. I used the whole balance of kshs 5000 to stock food for an entire month. We are very grateful for the transfers."

"In my opinion, what Give Directly does so well is that they give out unconditional transfers, different people have different needs and therefore it would be of no importance if the transfers had any restrictions on the spending patterns. Another thing that is done perfectly is that 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"

"Give Directly has given me money to buy food and build a house. This really helped me and changed my life. I'm grateful for the money you send to people because that is what you have done so well. It is my wish that you come back and send us more money. I don't see anywhere you should improve, everything you have done is right. ilinisaidia sana natamani mrudi tena."

"In the next rainy season, I am planning to plant beans, since our land is a bit bigger, the beans will be enough for the family and we will sell some. Accomplishing this means that I will no longer need to buy beans for the family hence saving and I will also earn income from selling beans and pay some family bills."