"I am very old with 73 years old, If I didn't go work in others farms for $0.8 I can't get food to eat, As we can't get enough food, we eat once day and we can't do any saving. My house also is very old, I don't have money to repair it, no electricity at home. I even have loan of health insurance of $9, every month I pay $3 per month"

"What GiveDirectly does well is empowering the less fortunate in the society by giving us unconditional cash transfers. This money has transformed our village in so many ways and I can't imagine about how many people you have changed their lives."

"My husband is living with disability, I am working alone to feed my family, paying schoolfees for my children I have to work hard. Sometimes I work in others farm to get food or money $1 per day"

"-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."

"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"

"I spent part of my second transfer on buying decent and modern bedding such as two beds and mattresses a total of $310. For years, my nine children and I have been sleeping on the floor since we couldn't afford to acquire new ones. It has never been easy at all because we used to experience unending back pains which have been affecting our day-to-day activities. It is now a relief to us as a whole because we no longer complain of the pains, also my children can now concentrate at school. Additionally, I purchased a solar panel at $38 which has replaced the candles that we have been using. On some days, we couldn't afford to buy them hence we could stay in the dark which I felt was not good for our well-being. For now, my children can study at night comfortably without any hiccups like before. With the remaining amount of money, I have been buying food for my ten family members. Noways, I no longer have to borrow from neighbours like I used to do courtesy of GiveDirectly."

"The main challenge is that I live alone. My wife left me four years ago. This hinders me from reaching to the development I want. I wish, I could get someone else to live with though we didn't divorce officially with my previous wife."

"The house I had was not big enough to house me and my three orphan grandchildren. I utilized $155 from the second transfer to build a room in the house. I am content right now since my grandchildren have a comfortable place to sleep. We stop squeezing. I then paid them $200 in school fees. One is in secondary school and needed $100, while the other two are in primary school and needed $100 as well due to outstanding balances from prior years' tuition. After resolving the two big concerns, I spent the remaining money on the family's maintenance and purchased two goats for $76."

"I intend to keep cultivating vegetables, cabbage, beans, and maize. As we get ready for the rainy season, I'm hoping to work hard on my farm so that when it's time to harvest, I can obtain a nice harvest sale and earn money to buy wholesome food for my family, pay for their education, and take care of other essential requirements."

"The best thing GiveDirectly gave us was the ability to choose how we would use our transfers. My community has been transformed and strengthened. In that the children are comfortably studying in their respective schools, people have built new houses, and many other good things have been done, I have not seen anything done poorly during my interactions with the GiveDirectly staff."