"Without knowing, GiveDirectly has helped a lot of widows in society.They visit us at our home and get to have a conversation with us."

"GiveDirectly does well in educating us on how well we can spend the transfer. Also, the money is unconditional which gives me the freedom to spend it."

"I am a widow with five children. I lost my son years ago and left a son behind who lives with the mother, my other children are married. My daughter-in-law takes care of the grandson and sometimes I chip in whenever she does not have money to pay for his tuition fee. I spent $250 from my second transfer to enroll my grandson in the university and $100 to install electricity in my home. I do not work due to my old age and most days my children send me money for my upkeep. I can now watch the latest news using the television that I bought with my first transfer and not get bored."

"My mother died five years ago and l was left with my father. My father married another woman and ever since life has never been the same. I have a younger brother in school that I pay school fees for, and it has been difficult to pay school fees for him due to other responsibilities at my home. I have three children, two in school that I pay school fees for. I do casual jobs such as masonry getting a wage of $10 whenever I am called in for a job which does not happen most of the time. This money mostly enables me to buy food for my family and pay part of the school fees for my children. With the recent drought, water has been expensive, and juggling all the bills has been difficult. Receiving this money has enabled me to pay school fees arrears for my brother which was $300 and build a house for my family with $230."

"Villagers are no longer dying of hunger, especially during this period of famine. Villages are very happy."

"Money does not pass through other government officials which have always been a trend in Kenya also Educates us on the right channel to follow whenever we get an imposter."

"I brew traditional alcohol and sell it in jerricans but during this drought season, it has been difficult to find coconut trees thus making me out of a job. This job would give me $5 a day that I mostly spend on food and the remaining to save up and pay school fees for my eight children. During this drought season, I could not afford to pay for school fees and It had accumulated to $125. My house was leaking at the roof which made my children sick all the time. This transfer has enabled me to buy new iron sheets for $30, pay school fees arrears, and bought food for my family."

"GiveDirectly has helped a lot of families in the village. They have given hope to the hopeless. Villagers are happy and more cheerful than ever."

"GiveDirectly has done a good job, of giving us this money unconditionally. They do not discriminate against anyone."

"living in the hills has a challenge of flash floods and landslides which have carried away my crops and partially cut off my house putting my family's life in danger and thus forced me to relocate twice"