"When we tell people we are going to give them money, they start doubting us. They're like, give us money, not water, not a school? Is that true?", says Caroline Teti. She is a field director at radical aid charity GiveDirectly, which over the last six years has given $100 million in cash to people living in extreme poverty. "Only I know what I really need and what will benefit me in the future. Not everybody wants a goat", says William Owegi, a Kenyan beneficiary of $1000 from GiveDirectly. Owegi used half of the money to buy instruments and start a band. "Through this band I am able to cater for my needs and family in terms of food, clothing, and other essentials", says Owegi, who earns a small income through gigs. GiveDirectly claim 91% of donations it receives goes straight to the poor, and have initiated an ambitious 12-year-long trial, paying entire Kenyan villages a "Universal Basic Income". Cash is paid to everyone, regardless of what they already earn - an idea many believe is key to a future in the Western world where robots have supplanted workers. "This is huge. It’s very different from what you've know previously", says Teti.