"Being in a state of joblessness has always posed the challenge of raising money for my family's support. I had to bear with that situation before my enrollment in GiveDirectly's program. Therefore, with an assurance of a monthly transfer for this year, my main goal is to invest a portion of my transfers in poultry farming. It is a viable project that I can easily undertake while at home. From it, I am hopeful that I will be in a position to raise money for our nutritional needs, and also meet my medical expenses."

"Despite the fact that I own a charcoal business, I believe it is insufficient to support my family. I set a goal for myself at the beginning of this year to save money in order to start a retail shop. Because my wife is a fashion designer and works at home, I believe she can manage both the shop and the tailoring business. This course will diversify our income sources, enabling us to easily meet the needs of our family. It is difficult and inconvenient to rely solely on one source of income. This was a goal I set for myself last year, but it did not come to pass."

"Because the charcoal burning business is strenuous, I have been looking for an alternative source of income. With the security of a monthly transfer, I have a goal of starting a business dealing with the sale of second-hand clothes. Every month, I have set a goal of saving $20. As a result, I will have sufficient capital by the end of the year to venture into that business. I will be able to support my family and my husband's land purchase plan with the proceeds from the business. The current parcel in which we are living is not ours, and we are afraid that the owners may send us away even though we have lived here for a while."

"GiveDirectly has brought a lot of impact on us. They engaged us well with respect and dignity. At first, I was afraid that I might be interviewed by a non local and that I would struggle to understand to the contrary we were handled so well and understood everything they taught us."

"Even though I spent a portion of my first and second transfers on the construction of my current home, I was unable to finish the interior furnishing because I needed to budget for other things. In the coming year, I hope to increase my savings from casual labor and subsistence farming so that I can finish the interior walls and purchase new furniture. I am pleased with how far I have come, and I hope to have the furnishing completed by the end of the year."

"Their training is good, at first, we had reservations and unclear information about their program but when they came they explained to us everything in detail until we understood. I pray for GiveDirectly to continue supporting us and to continue with the same spirit in reaching out to the poor and possibly reduce the time that one take waiting to receive the transfers. Needs are so many and they do not wait, it needs to be met almost immediately. This way the impact will be instant."

"In my opinion, giving money to needy people in society is the greatest work that Give Directly does. More so, the organization lets the beneficiaries choose how they spend their cash transfers; we are allowed to spend the money on anything. They are so incredibly generous that there is nothing they can improve on, according to me."

"We are living far from the Road and its a challenge for us to be able to operate any business, we currently have banana plantation but we do not have a location where we can sell banana juice so it requires us to sell to other retailers and the profit we get is not as much as we could generate directly from customers. Currently, the season is not adequate for our crops. They are destroyed by heavy rain, and we will not be able to yield as it was before. And when we are not able to get money, we face some challenges in paying for our children's school fees and other school materials."

"The addition of a heifer to my dairy cow and the start of a poultry project are the most noticeable changes in my daily life since receiving my first transfer from GiveDirectly. I have been collecting at least 5 eggs per day, and selling them has been beneficial because I can use the proceeds to buy household goods and pay some bills. I am excited to expand the project in the future to accommodate more birds, and  I am also looking forward to a plentiful supply of milk once the heifers calve and begin producing milk."

"I am a parent of two children, a boy and a girl, ten and twelve years old respectively. My husband had no stable source of income. Initially, my husband was employed as a rider in a nearby supermarket whereby he was doing online deliveries. Whatever he was paid was very minimal to take care of our young family's responsibilities. Since I received the transfers, I used part of it of kshs 45,000 to purchase a motorcycle for our own errands and for business purposes. Our lifestyle has changed positively as whatever he receives from the business is enough for our family needs like food, clothing and kids' school fees. Getting a regular and balanced diet has been the hardest thing in my family. We used the remaining part of the transfers of kshs 10,000 to stock food and cereals and this lasted my family for a whole month. I am so grateful for the GiveDirectly transfers."