"GiveDirectly has done well by giving me money to afford building a house. Though I had the thinking of building a house, it was not soon enough. Because I did not had the needed money before. So I am thankful to GD for this opportunity. It has helped me a lot. I pray that GD will keep on giving us money to improve our lives."

"I received the second transfer when my house was hunger stricken! I bought the following food items: 3kg of beans, 1 bale of maize flour, 2kg of sugar, and 1/2 a litre of cooking oil. These costed me kshs 2,340. My family needed some new clothes because we had not wore new clothes in a long while. So I bought 2 pairs of shoes , a pair of shirt and trouser each for my two children. 2 pairs of shoes and 3 lesos for my wife. Then 2 pairs of shoes, a jeans trouser, t shirt and a cap for myself. All the clothes cost kshs 6,100. We used to stay in darkness at night, we would sometimes just use a torch light. So I bought a solar at hire purchase and paid kshs 6,500. I used kshs 17,000 for fa clearing and planting of cassavas. I also bought seeds for maize, coconuts, and cassava. These costed kshs 2,800. I have invested this much in farming because I do not want to experience hunger in my house ever again. I had not completed the construction of my house, so I spent kshs 8,00 to buy 5 iron sheets, kshs 8,000 to buy a steel door and kshs 7,000 for labour."

"Give Directly is doing one thing well; that is eradicating poverty in my village. You have helped me to solve a lot of my financial problems. On the area of improvement is that you continue us money until we are fully stable."

"For a long time we haven't had a presentable pit latrine. We could dig holes ourselves or relieve ourselves in the forests. When I got my second transfer, I used kshs 20,000 to complete the construction of my latrine. My husband has a bar business, but it running in losses since he has been supporting us from that business. So I gave him kshs 10,000 to boost his business. I have 2 beds that my children use, but they didn't have good mattresses, so I bought 2 mattresses that cost kshs 10,000. I paid kshs 4,000 for my 3 children's school fees balance. I also used kshs 7,000 to buy more livestock."

"I appreciate because Give Directly is doing every thing well. My whole village is glittering with new houses. We have also bought beddings and pieces of land. Keep up doing this good job. I see nothing to improve on my side."

"In my opinion givedirectly did very well in my life and that of my village. Givedirectly was able to enrolled almost the entire village. There are so many New houses with in my village that I am proud of today. Givedirectly need to give the next village money as well to empower them as well."

""Having a house of my own will be a very big accomplishment. At my age, I am still living in parent house which it should be. But because of hardship am forced to live with them. Once my house is completed, my family can now move here with. That which will give me joy and happiness seeing family close to me and it is all because of Givedirectly assistance.""

"My goal is to start a retail shop business. This is where I can sell things like flour and cooking oil. I can build the shop by myself. I will need approximately kshs 100,000. I need to accomplish this by February, next year."

"In the coming years, I hope to complete my house building process . I will plaster my house with concrete cement and roof it with guarantee zinc. Thanks to Givedirectly for the financial support. I couldn't have decided on building another house in the coming year with the absence of money. I believe that pretty soon, my dream to build new house will soon come to pass."

"My main goal is to give my son and daughter quality education. I also wish to buy a piece of land, build and relocate with my whole family. This can only happen if I get money but for now I do not have."