"I have experience in boutique business as I have been doing it during the holidays. In the coming years and beyond, I will be expanding my botique business and also I will employ some workers to take care of it as I continue to develop my career in education."

"It felt good to receive the first transfer, knowing that I would prioritize buying food over paying school fees for my children. I had a lot of plans, including investing in livestock and finishing the construction of my new house. I was alone at home when I received the money because my husband was at work, and he was overjoyed when I told him over the phone. We had a lot on our wish list, and we have always talked whenever we are picking a new item on our list. "

""I spent my most recent transfer to 2bundles of zinc, bought food for my house, used some to mold bricks and the balanced is being saved as I await my balance transfers. Right now, the living condition of my family matters to me more than any other things. In this town as a man, one of the greatest achievements lies in your ability to own a house"."

""The biggest differences this transfer has done is addressing my children schooling, the completion and renovation of my house and provided for our daily meal intake and the provision of soaps and other household materials"."

""Since our plan is to build ourselves and children a better living place (house), I have used part of my transfer to buy a bundle of zinc, nails, made some commitment toward my children education. It is my plan that when I successfully complete my house. I will be one of the most grateful recipients of Givedirectly support in this town (Towah Town) and even within this statutory district GiveDirectly is presenting rending support to households"."

"In my opinion, what GiveDirectly does well in this program is that we receive the transfers in lumpsum amounts. This helps in planning as one is in a position to do something huge as compared to when the transfers are given in small instalments. Another thing that GiveDirectly does well is that the unlearned recipients are taught how to use mpesa. This has reduced the number of theft cases in the community as most of us managed to change our pins to a more secure code. What needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household to avoid household conflict. 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."

"In the coming year and beyond I am planning to start a groceries shop. I once did it during the pandemic and it collapsed as I never had any other source of income.People tend to buy groceries on a daily basis, with the high demand, there is a high possibility of getting good profits that will be catering for the basic items of the family like buying food and education for our children."

"I was lying in bed and I heard people yelling that GD has done it again. So I went to the next house and ask a boy to check my phone. The moment he confirmed that the money was on my phone, I got on bike and ran to Zwedru for my money. I was so happy because others got their money and I was a bit worried. I'm a widow, taking care of my grand children. I don't have any source of income. I was really hoping on this money and God answered my prayer. Many thanks to GiveDirectly for the great job"."

"" There are lots of changes now in my life. The first thing is that I was able to pay my dept in time. Secondly my wife will be proud of me, for being a man of my word. Lastly, I will able to complete my house. I started the process, but could not complete it because I didn't have money. But with GD intervention, I will be able to change the whole house design. I'm so grateful for this institution"."

""When I got the transfer, I bought 2 boundles of zinc and paid people to make dirt bricks. We have a piece of land in Zleh Town. The only problem we had was money. However, we were blessed to be a part of GD program."