"n my opinion, what Give Directly does so well is that they give out unconditional transfers, different people have different needs and therefore it would be of no importance if the transfers had any restrictions on the spending patterns. The transfers are given in lump sum amounts and this helps in planning purposes in terms of the developments that we would wish to engage in at a personal level. Unlike other projects where it is given in small amounts. To avoid household conflict, what needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household. 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 my opinion, what Give Directly does so well is that they give out unconditional transfers, different people have different needs and therefore it would be of no importance if the transfers had any restrictions on the spending patterns. The transfers are given in lump sum amounts and this helps in planning purposes in terms of the developments that we would wish to engage in at a personal level. Unlike other projects where it is given in small amounts. To avoid household conflict, what needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household. 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"

"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."

"This year, my main objective is to find a reliable source of income that will enable me to help my husband pay the household bills. Since poultry farming is less expensive to start and maintain, I'm considering it. I intend to buy day-old chicks and animal feed with a portion of my future transfers and raise them. I'll sell some of the hens when they're fully grown and use the proceeds to take care of my immediate needs. The long-term plan is to purchase goats and sell them to use the money to pay my children' secondary school tuition."

"The main challenge we are facing is that we don't have our own house. This one we pay for it $2 per month. Normally we are not stable, we are used to shift from one house to another and it's not easy to find the rent fee. We have to do casual labor like cultivating for others, currying some loads to get paid in return. In general living by renting it's a big challenge."

"The first challenge I am facing is living alone . When I fall sick, i don't get any immediate support, and this affects my healing process I currently don't have enough capital to run my own business, I always do casual labor to be able to raise enough money to do some small business and I don't get the whole amount i need all at once. I once approached Sacco ( Saving and Credit Cooperative) because i wanted to buy a land , and they managed to give me a loan of $100 but the land couldn't generate income and i had to struggle to be able to pay the loan back it required me to sell my livestocks, i sold my only 3 pigs to be able to pay out that loan."

"My goal currently is to build a new house through the monthly transfers. I am planning to buy 20 pieces of iron sheets, and building poles in the near future. I will be buying part of these materials every month, and accumulating them until I am able to start my project. Owning my own house is what I am yearning for, which I believe will be fulfilled through the transfers."

"My current goal is to build a new house through the monthly transfers. I am planning to buy 20 pieces of iron sheets and building poles soon. I will buy part of these materials every month and accumulate them until I can start my project. Owning my house is what I am yearning for, which I believe I will fulfill through the transfers."

"We are living close Kintiti river, all our land is gone, we are feeling safe, we are planning to move in a non risk area. I and my husband we are old, we do have courage or effort of working hard as we used too, this affected our life negatively"

"The biggest challenge is that we do not have enough land for cultivation. In addition to that we rent land for $5 or $10 per year but sometimes getting that amount is very hard for us. Moreover, we only have one cow which is not enough to get fertiliser and milk for our children."