"Give Directly did everything well , it had good intentions for my village . You can now see the projects , we have built good houses , bought cattle , paid school fees for our children among other things . Just continue helping people where ever you go , God will reward you . I didn't see nor hear anything wrong , that you did hence my wish is that you continue doing good to others too ."

"I have one main goal to accomplish ; which is to start a grocery business before the end of this month. I will be selling vegetables and street cooked food like fried potatoes . I will need a capital of $70 , thanks to my husband's 'bodaboda' business since he has promised to fully support me financially on starting the business . I hope this will be able to help me in acquiring basic needs for my children ."

"In my opinion GiveDirectly does very well by giving support in form of cash. This cash gives everyone an opportunity to choose for themselves what they would want to spend the money on. Looking at how I was able to revive my farming practices as well as meet some of the most immediate needs of my family makes not only me so happy but the whole family as well. I am so grateful to have been part of the beneficiaries of this program."

"In my opinion GiveDirectly does very well by giving support in form of cash. This cash gives people freedom to choose how to spend the money and prioritize according to their needs. Having cleared school fees for my children and the fact that I was able to seek medication for one of them really gave me some sense of satisfaction. I did not find anything that I thought GiveDirectly could have done better."

"I'm a simple man with straightforward desires and goals. As a result, my sole goal is to provide the best possible life for our children. I would like for them to finish school, get good jobs, and provide the best possible life for themselves and my grandchildren."

"GiveDirectly is particularly good at giving recipients hope. If it hadn't been for GiveDirectly, I would have been sleeping on the floor, with no bed to call my own. Those transfers enabled me to stand and speak as a parent and human, with no shame or regrets. GiveDirectly will be eternally grateful to me for allowing me to do so while still receiving their assistance."

"I can only speak for my own experience with GiveDirectly. They came into my life and made an immediate impact like no other. Because of them, I was able to educate my children while also achieving personal goals that I thought I would never achieve. GiveDirectly excels at making dreams come true, as they did in my case."

"I would like to start a business selling water to people in my neighborhood. This would significantly increase my income and, potentially, allow me to provide a better life for my children in the future."

"My husband works as a gardener at Ganze Girls, while I primarily farm on our 20-acre property. We primarily grow maize, cassava, pojo, and kunde for both domestic and commercial purposes. From a financial standpoint, the transfers from GiveDirectly changed our lives. I make about $65 per sack of maize, $1.6 per kilogram of pojo, and $0.5 per cassava. The funds from GiveDirectly were primarily used to provide for my seven children, including clothing, food, and school fees. We were able to cover, if not entirely, at least a portion of their tuition. We have one at Kilifi Craft College, where we pay $52 per year in tuition, and two in Mombasa College studying to be lab technicians for which we pay $560 per year, one in form 4 at Nandi Girls for which we pay $380 per term, and our youngest in Moi Kazonzo Kaloleni for which we pay $510 per year in tuition fees. Needless to say, the math alone shows that my husband and I have been struggling to balance all of our expenses, and the funds from GiveDirectly have proven invaluable in assisting us in achieving our goals as fit guardians."

"I work at the Kataret Center, where I make both ready-made and tailored outfits. I specialize in female Kitenge outfits, which cost $8.5 in labor, $3 in labor, and $1.2 in lining. It provides a decent living, but between that and the $56 my husband earns every time he sells a sack of maize at Kataret Center, we were hard pressed to do much more than meet our basic needs. The funds from GiveDirectly enabled us to purchase a new female cow, expand my business, and construct a home for myself and my children. It's a two-bedroom house with a kitchen that can comfortably accommodate our four children, my husband, and myself.While I occasionally receive an influx of business when uniforms are required, netting $6.5 per dress, our incomes would never allow us to do what the GiveDirectly transfers did. The remainder was spent on food and school fees for our children. Our first to third children all attend Kavandisi School, where they are in Class 8, Grade 6, and PP2. We pay $4.5, $3.5, and $6, respectively, from the eldest to the youngest, despite the fact that the youngest is only 1 month and 2 weeks old and only required basic needs to be met by GiveDirectly funds. We would not have made it through everything we did if it hadn't been for GiveDirectly."