"I hope to accomplish a lot of things . Top on the list is to complete renovation of my house by March this year . I had already completed renovating the walls using the first transfer but the roof is not yet . This will require a sum of $100 . I intend to borrow this money from our merry go round group then pay in instalments . Since my husband is a skilled mason , I will not spend on labour . I hope God will open a way for all these ."

"Give Directly does everything perfectly well . It saved my family from hunger and poverty . It gave my husband self employment through the motor bike . It has brought us all the way from a deep hole of darkness ! Thank you so much ! There is nothing to improve since you are already doing a good job. Just keep it up."

"In my opinion GiveDirectly does very well by giving support in form of cash. This cash gives everyone an opportunity to choose for themselves what they would want to spend the money on. Looking at how I was able to revive my farming practices as well as meet some of the most immediate needs of my family makes not only me so happy but the whole family as well. I am so grateful to have been part of the beneficiaries of this program."

"Two of my children are in their final year in secondary school. One other child is in form three. This calls for so much attention in terms of raising money for school fees for them. My desire is to see them do very well in school and we therefore will be concentrating on raising enough money to clear their school fees in time. I still rely on dairy keeping to raise income and small business that I run on market days. My husband too relies on small business to raise income that helps us in running our family. It is my hope and prayer that in the coming year, I will be able to pay all the school fees in time. I know this will be more clear and realistic once we make our first harvest from our farms-this will leave us fully concentrating on payment of school fees contrary to now where we struggle to raise money to buy food and pay school fees at the same time."

"GiveDirectly has changed the lives of so many people in our community. excels at providing dignity and growth to those in need. I pray that they are eternally blessed and that God allows them to continue their good work without ever running out of funds."

"GiveDirectly funds could not have arrived at a better time. I was in desperate need of funds to expand my house from one to two bedrooms. This not only improved our quality of life, but it also allowed me to complete a task that had been on my to-do list for years. I was also able to purchase a bed, putting an end to my nights of sleeping on the floor. The next item on my shopping list was furniture. We needed seats and a table, which the transfers provided. Food and clothing for the kids were also high on my priority list, so I made sure we had plenty of both. With two children and my husband,Making $5 per day for every casual job he gets, it's clear that it would have taken us years to achieve what GiveDirectly enabled us to do with these funds. I mostly look after our 2-acre farm, where I grow maize and vegetables for domestic use. GiveDirectly has been a blessing to us, and the funds allowed us to save for both our eldest, who is in PP2 at Pentanguo School, and our youngest, who is only 2.5 years old and will begin school soon. GiveDirectly turned out to be the miracle we needed as a family."

"The bulk funds from GiveDirectly went towards paying school fees for my children. The transfers allowed me to bulk up on food as well. My small business, selling groceries , also got a major boost from these funds, not to mention the funds allowing me to complete paying for my 2 acre piece of land, which will allow me to leave some form of an inheritance for my 7 kids. I say seven, but my two eldest past, though I still consider them my children. My 3rd born just completed form 4, my 4th is in form 4 at Ventanguo Secondary, my 5th is joining class 6 at Mlunguwame Primary, while my 6th and 7th are both in grade 4 at Mlunguwame Primary. While I primarily volunteer as a midwife at Pentanguo in Ganze, it makes it hard for myself and my husband, who does casual labour on construction sites, to meet all the finances such as $150, $1.5, $1.5, $1.5, all in tuition fees for my kids, from eldest to youngest, respectively. We will eternally be grateful to GiveDirectly for all they have been to us."

"I would like to start a business selling water to people in my neighborhood. This would significantly increase my income and, potentially, allow me to provide a better life for my children in the future."

"My husband works as a gardener at Ganze Girls, while I primarily farm on our 20-acre property. We primarily grow maize, cassava, pojo, and kunde for both domestic and commercial purposes. From a financial standpoint, the transfers from GiveDirectly changed our lives. I make about $65 per sack of maize, $1.6 per kilogram of pojo, and $0.5 per cassava. The funds from GiveDirectly were primarily used to provide for my seven children, including clothing, food, and school fees. We were able to cover, if not entirely, at least a portion of their tuition. We have one at Kilifi Craft College, where we pay $52 per year in tuition, and two in Mombasa College studying to be lab technicians for which we pay $560 per year, one in form 4 at Nandi Girls for which we pay $380 per term, and our youngest in Moi Kazonzo Kaloleni for which we pay $510 per year in tuition fees. Needless to say, the math alone shows that my husband and I have been struggling to balance all of our expenses, and the funds from GiveDirectly have proven invaluable in assisting us in achieving our goals as fit guardians."

"GiveDirectly excels at identifying those in need and making their dreams a reality. People in our area have purchased livestock, built houses, and so on as a result of GiveDirectly transfers. I have nothing to add to what they do except to ask that they continue to assist us for many years to come."