"Give Directly did everything well , it had good intentions for my village . You can now see the projects , we have built good houses , bought cattle , paid school fees for our children among other things . Just continue helping people where ever you go , God will reward you . I didn't see nor hear anything wrong , that you did hence my wish is that you continue doing good to others too ."

"I have one main goal to accomplish ; which is to start a grocery business before the end of this month. I will be selling vegetables and street cooked food like fried potatoes . I will need a capital of $70 , thanks to my husband's 'bodaboda' business since he has promised to fully support me financially on starting the business . I hope this will be able to help me in acquiring basic needs for my children ."

"Schools are about to reopen and my plans is to raise enough money to pay school fees. I normally rely on farm produce and dairy keeping to raise enough money to pay the fees. I have three children in school having had one of them graduate recently"

"When I received my second transfer, I used $300 to pay school fees for my three sons who are currently in their secondary level of education. I then used the remaining amount of $230 to seek medication for one of my sons who has been ill for quite sometime now. I normally rely on dairy keeping and small business that I run on market days to raise income for both payment of school fees and meeting other needs for my family. At the time that we received the money, we had huge school fees arears for our three children while at the same time we were facing hunger threat brought about by prolonged droughts in our area. Had I not received this sum of money then I would be having the fees arears until today and which would have even been higher as at today. We are so happy as a family that one of my sons who has been sick is now feeling much better after the medical attention that he received after getting this transfer. The payment of school fees also gave me an opportunity together with my husband to plan ahead in raising enough money for school fees as the new year begins."

"The first thing I did with the GiveDirectly funds was build a two-bedroom house with a verandah. We had planned how we would build for a long time but were short on funds; thankfully, GiveDirectly allowed us to do so. In the same breath, I spent some of the funds on food as well as on debt repayment. The majority of the remaining funds were used to pay tuition for my three students. My eldest is married and has one child in Jaribuni; my second child is out of school due to a lack of funds despite having completed class 8, and my third and fourth children both attend Mbonga Primary School.One is in junior secondary school and the other is in secondary school. While my wife and I work on our 5-acre maize and cassava farm, we have little money to meet our own and our children's needs. Needless to say, GiveDirectly has been and continues to be a blessing."

"GiveDirectly is particularly good at giving recipients hope. If it hadn't been for GiveDirectly, I would have been sleeping on the floor, with no bed to call my own. Those transfers enabled me to stand and speak as a parent and human, with no shame or regrets. GiveDirectly will be eternally grateful to me for allowing me to do so while still receiving their assistance."

"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 used the GiveDirectly funds to upgrade my house to a two-bedroom with an attached verandah. This had been a long-held ambition of mine, and GiveDirectly enabled me to realize it. This was closely followed by my purchase of pvc water pipes, which I installed throughout the house to ensure we have a consistent supply of piped water. I went on to buy a female goat, food for my children and myself, and school supplies. I'm a single mother of six children. I had seven children, but both my last child and my husband died. My three eldest children are all married and raising their own families. They have a sibling in Mombasa who is a college student studying tailoring.My final two are both casual laborers. I was relieved that the funds enabled me to meet the financial needs of my children without requiring my eldest to assist in their care. I was previously solely reliant on burning wood to make charcoal and selling it to make a living, so the funds from GiveDirectly came as a huge relief."

"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."

"My shop space currently costs me $15 per month. I'd love to be in a position where I could open my own shop without having to pay rent. This could also imply that, because it is larger, I can take on more clients and possibly hire more staff."