"Givedirectly is doing well by helping me with money so that I can improve my living conditions."

"I have been surviving on farming activities as a farmer and my income is very little to build myself a house. In the coming years, I want to keep getting money from GiveDirectly so I can build my house."

"At age 48, I am still living in my brother-in-law house with my four children and I don't feel satisfy with such a living condition. When I received the money from GiveDirectly, I used almost all to buy building materials inorder to build a beautiful house for my children."

"I want to keep getting enough money so that I can support my children in school that will really make me happy in the next year."

"Mwanganga Town has been completely transformed thanks to GiveDirectly. They have made people's dreams come true. Building a house, buying land, getting livestock, and so on. People would never have done any of these things if it weren't for GiveDirectly."

"I spend my recent transfer on paiding the carpenter to roof my house."

"I hope to accomplish making my dream come true by building my house."

"While my husband works as a tuktuk driver in Mombasa, I have been working on our three-acre farm to produce food for our family. He earns $10 per day and comes to see us once a month. We barely have enough money to allocate to development projects between us, so when we received the funds from GiveDirectly, we stocked up on food for the house and expanded our business by adding a stall from which we are now selling thrift clothing to those in the surrounding area. I then concentrated on paying my children's tuition. I have three in school and two who have yet to start. The three attend Ndarako School and pay tuition of $10, $7, and $6.5 for their grades.Learning ages 5, 3, and 2. We would not have met our obligations as caregivers if GiveDirectly had not stepped in. I will be eternally grateful to GiveDirectly for their contribution to the continued existence of our family unit as we know it."

"GiveDirectly transfers allowed me to expand my three-bedroom house to a four-bedroom house. My husband works as a carpenter in Mombasa, only returning home every three months, while I till the 3.5-acre farm to harvest the cereals we eat as a family. Education for our children is a challenge with the income we both bring in. As a result, the funds were also used to purchase uniforms for the children as well as pay their tuition. This year, I had a Class 8 candidate, one in Grade 5, and the youngest in Grade 3, all at Tsangoloweni Primary School, and all of them were paid $13 per term for their studies. Meeting our living expenses would be impossible without GiveDirectly."

"I currently only sell my food inside Bodoi School, and my dream is to grow my business into a proper hotel here in Bodoi. With the extra money, I'm looking forward to possibly getting 5 more goats and providing my children with the future they deserve."