"The fact that their funds come with no strings attached is to me the most amazing part of GiveDirectly. They transform lives, while asking for nothing in return, yet making dreams a reality for recipients. All I would ask is that they continue with their good work and consider adding more transfers to past recipients, at a later date."

"what GiveDirectly does well is uplifting our lives through giving us unconditional cash transfers. This money has transformed my whole village and I can imagine how many people got their lives changed through the transfers. I would urge the organization to continue transforming more societies."

"My stay at home wife and I were in in need of some decent utensils in our house, so we set out to get some of those with the transfers that GiveDirectly had blessed us with. Further to that, I boosted the stock in my retail shop where I sell food stuff. It's located in one of my father's building, which he allocated to me to play my trade. It has been sustaining me and my family, and helping in catering for the fees of my two kids. The cash injection by GiveDirectly assisted me to clear some of the bulk of the fees for my eldest in Kabarak University, as well as cater for my 2nd borns Grade one fees of KES. 500 per month. The drought had left me disheartened but both my family and I are thankful for all GiveDirectly has done for us."

"In my opinion, what GiveDirectly does well in this program is that we receive the transfers in lumpsum amounts. This helps in planning as one is in a position to do something huge as compared to when the transfers are given in small instalments. Another thing that GiveDirectly does well is that the unlearned recipients are taught how to use mpesa. This has reduced the number of theft cases in the community as most of us managed to change our pins to a more secure code. 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. The vulnerable like orphans, those living with disabilities and the HIV positive should be enrolled in different programs with huge amounts of transfers as they do not have any source of income, and most of the days they sleep hungry."

"What Give Directly is doing well is that it is uplifting families in my village. My children have been able to go to school courtesy of your money. People have build good houses and our village is shining. Everyone is happy and there are no conflicts. Keep this up. There is nothing for improvement. Everything is all perfect."

"My immediate goal is getting my youngest into colleague. He would love to be a doctor and I am striving to make his dream come true. While at it, I would love to buy cows for dairy farming and have milk both for sale, and for consumption at home."

"In the short term, building another house for my kids would be ideal. I am also aiming at getting getting dairy cows, which I can milk and sell their produce to generate another revenue stream for me and my household."

"When I got the promise that I would receive cash from GiveDirectly, I knew this was a perfect opportunity for me to transform my life. In the coming year and beyond, I aspired to start a goat-rearing business by purchasing a goat at $25 every month. I have four goats so far and plan to have several in the future and possibly also include cows. This is because of the ease with how they mature fast and when the need arises, I sell."