"The support from GiveDirectly has boosted the lives of my village mates. I lack words to express the immense joy and happiness that is in my heart. In my opinion, the organization does a wonderful job of empowering both the young and old without discriminating against anyone. They took time in visiting everyone's house and saw the living condition of all the houses by themselves without depending on the grapevine information."

"The money is unconditional. GiveDirectly does not tell us what to do with the transfer."

"I have a grocery shop where I sell vegetables such as kale, arrowroots, cabbage, and eggplant. Most days I get home late in the night and with my children at school there is no one to fetch water for the family and when I am early I take an hour to find water. I spent my transfer to install water at my compound and I no longer suffer to get water."

"GiveDirectly toll-free number helps a lot. It is free to call and whenever I have a question I call and they attend to me."

"I used 25000 to pay school fees for my children who are in secondary school and used the remaining amount to buy food and clothes for my children. The money came at a time that one of my children was joining secondary school and the only asset that was at my disposal was a dairy cow. Had we not received this cash then we would have sold this only asset to take our child to school. I am a mother of six who relies solely on maize farming to raise income that helps me pay school fees and meet other needs of my family. I am so happy that I was able to comfortably take one of my children to secondary school and that I did not sell any asset as I had anticipated. It has also given me an opportunity to plan ahead on how I am going to pay school fees in the coming days."

"What GiveDirectly does well is supporting the poor in the community like me. With this unconditional cash transfers, we have been able to empower ourselves. I also like the service that we were offered by the field officers who were very kind and respectful."

"Before I was enrolled in the program, I used to be a casual worker and life was not easy especially supporting my four children and wife with the meager wages that I used to earn. When I was enrolled in the program I planned to actualize long time dream of starting a business. Since I spend the first transfer to start a selling second hand business, I spend all my second transfer to to add more stock to my business. I am happy that the business is doing well and I am able to support my family without much struggle."

"In my opinion, I will propose that GiveDirectly enrolls young youth who do not have families and lives by their own. This is because, they also need to uplift their lives because they are no longer dependent on their parents whom they perhaps share kitchen and meals with. However, you have done a great job in terns of uplifting poor communities ."

"My goal this year was to focus on expanding my business so that it can in turn increase income. Accomplishing this means that I will be able to save money towards buying a land because we now live in our fathers land. I will also be able to support my family without more strain like I used to do before."