"Givedirectly is helping us financially and making us self dependent"

""I was on the farm when I received my first transfer message on my phone. I ran with joyed from the farm to the village with dancing and singing. To admit this is the first of this kind in my life to receive such a huge amount of money free. By even being a part of this program is an opportunity I cherish so much.""

"I am hoping of living a happy life with my children, in two to three years time, I am hoping for my children to be out of school and working to support me. And also I am hoping to be in my newly building house."

"I am hoping to be in my new house that I am building right now with givedirectly money."

"As a father, few things give me more pride than being able to educate my children and give them the best chance at a better future than mine. My biggest accomplishment in future is to be able to educate my kids from beginning to end. In the near term, I am striving to ensure that I restart my business , and be able to buy a few cattle to then go on to sell at market."

"Want to live a better live. That's why in doing all I can to sponsor my children in school one by one. Want to see all of them acquire higher education"

"I genuinely never believed that someone, or even an organisation, could come out of the blue and offer me life changing money, at no interest and with no strings attached. GiveDirectly found me at my lowest and were able to uplift me and that is what I feel they do best, uplift and change recipients lives! The only criticism I have is that they did not reach everyone. A lot of people around me are equally in need of assistance as I was when a GiveDirectly came to my rescue. If they could find a way to assist even more people in my area, that would be excellent!!!"

""When I withdraw my most recent transfer, I plan to buy materials to build a house and a shop"."

""When I withdraw my recent transfer, I intend to use a portion of it to renovate my house and use the balance amount to start building a house for my children in zwedru"."

"Before I was enrolled in the program, I never had furniture in my house. I used to fear hosting friends in my family as they could misjudge me why I never had furniture. I used my transfers of kshs 25,000 to buy a five seater seats. This has boosted my self esteem and everytime I wish to host my friends just to confirm to them the type of changes I had been experiencing due to the transfers I received . I used the remaining part of transfers of kshs 25000 to buy female cow for milk production to be used for consumption and sale."