"Due to my failure to pay her bride price, my wife was seized by her parents. Because of my health issues, which have made me jobless, I still do not have any money, so I was unable to save her. I miss her and my son the most at this moment since I'm feeling lonely. Thus, my objective is to get funds so that I can pay the $200 her parents need as her bride's price. Thank God, my health is getting better, and I intend to resume my regular work next month in order to raise that amount. Although I may need some time to complete the task, I am optimistic that I will do so this year so that I can reunite with my family."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly has done well by coming into our lives and bringing a positive impact. This is evident from the houses that we put up, the livestock and sending our children back to school. I, therefore, do not see anything that GiveDirectly is not doing well."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly does so well by giving support in form of cash. Looking at the things that I was able to do on my own makes me so happy and contented as well. From the Television set that I was able to buy to clearance of school fees for my children makes me and my family extremely happy. Such investments would not have been made possible had it been that we were not given the freedom to choose how to spend the transfer."

"Before the transfer, I never had a modern house, I owned a small grass-thatched house which was leaking during the rainy season. I thank Give Directly for the transfers as I managed to build a three-bedroom modern house for kshs 50,000. Initially, I never had peace of mind as it was so tiresome moving some of my valuable items during the rainy season, my young boys too never had adequate space to spend their nights and this was so stressful as they could sleep in a neighbour's house. My peace of mind is finally restored since I built a house. Getting a balanced and regular meal had been the most difficult thing for my young family of three. I used the whole balance of kshs 5000 to stock food for an entire month. We are very grateful for the transfers."

"I do subsistence farming for a living. I am planning to start up a small business supplying maize to boarding schools. I usually do it although to homesteads on order. In the near future, I will be expanding and mostly the deliveries will be done by the motorcyclist as they will be in large quantities. The profits from the business will be taking care of my kids' school fees."

"Before the transfers, I never had cows before as I had no stable source of income. I used the transfers to buy female cows for kshs 35,000. This is for milk production for my family's consumption and sale. I do casual work to earn a living and most of the time the pay is too little to cater for my basic needs, I do top it up with the money from selling milk and this has enabled me to take care of other basic needs like food, clothing and kids school fees. I used the remaining part of the transfers of kshs 20,000 to buy a piece of three-seater furniture. I used to fear hosting friends and relatives as I never had enough seats for them, but my self-esteem has improved since I started receiving transfers from GiveDirectly."

"The prolonged drought in our area has affected my ability to engage in farm work since it is no longer reliable. This means the only available work which many people are doing is the charcoal business, a very energy-intensive venture. My health condition can not allow me to perform this work because I had complications after having a stillbirth 10 years ago. I am currently depending on my husband who is a primary teacher. Since we are in a polygamous family, his income can not fully cater to our needs and sometimes, we miss the very basic needs like food and nice beddings. This has directly robbed away my joy as a parent and I, therefore, consider financial crisis to be the biggest hardship to me."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly has done well by giving out transfers to transform the poorest individuals in my region. A better percentage of us now have decent houses, and livestock among others. Therefore I do not see anything negative from their end that needs to be changed."

"I have dedicated my monthly transfers towards educating my four children currently in school. I have been struggling to raise fees for them for quite some time, and since I do not have a source of income to rely on, my children were frequently sent home, thus missing classes. My goal now is to ensure that, once I receive my monthly transfer, I pay fees on time to avoid having their studies discontinued. This will allow them to realize their educational goals despite the financial hardships that I am currently facing."

"I have been adding the monthly transfers to my savings and this has enabled me to buy iron sheets every month. I have been staying in my uncle's house for years despite being of legal age. Currently, I am planning to build my own house where I will have the freedom to develop myself economically, like livestock keeping. My goal is to continue buying iron sheets every month and other building materials in order to commence the building process."