"I spent KES 45000 from my transfer to pay school for my spouse. We settled on this as a family since we had stayed for a long time without paying for his school fees. I am now glad that we do not owe the university a lot of money and my spouse will be able to sit for his examinations. On the remaining amount, I bought some clothes for my children and food to last us for some time."

"We struggle to find money to buy food and fertilizer in our home. This leads to hunger"

"I'm so happy to be part of this program being in this program means my household will be able to buy all their essential needs and we won't be living in hunger anymore. I plan to buy fertilizer and rent land so I can grow maize so my family and I have maize throughout the year."

"The biggest hardship I've faced is food. Having a big family is not easy because we do not always have enough food to feed everyone."

"In my opinion, GiveDiredctly has done well by sending unconstitutional cash transfers to the extremely poor without discrimination or bias. I don't see anything wrong with the program."

"Sending us cash transfer is what GiveDireclty did Well, it enables every household to decide on how to use their transfers according to the challenges they struggle with."

"In my opinion, Givedirectly is doing well in supporting many poor people by sending them cash which improves their lives."

"I had begun the construction of a semi-permanent house using bricks by purchasing cement and sand. I was not able to complete the construction with my first transfer. After receiving my second I spent it to purchase roofing material including timber, 45 iron sheets, nails and pay labor charges. This is because the one I had was very small and did not fully accommodate my family and commodities. The remaining amount assisted me in educating my child who is in form 4 by paying his school fees."

"After the accomplishment of the started projects with the first transfer, the second one came with an opportunity to invest in other new schemes I had. I spent 25000KES on purchasing a heifer after losing the only cow we had due to a severe illness that later claimed its life leaving us no option but to start buying milk again. With the heifer, I needed to re-establish livestock farming on our field hoping to see it multiply soon. I also bought a piece of furniture for the just-completed house and paid the remaining amount on school fees for my three children. A huge amount ended in settling school fees since we had been struggling in the last few months to a point of selling part of our farm to sell to raise enough amount for the school fees. After paying this, I felt relieved knowing that the remaining piece will not be sold anymore as the paid amount covered two terms."

"I spent $400 of my transfer to clear fees arrears for my two children one in form 3 and another one is in college. This is because they have been out of school due to the corona virus pandemic. After the school reopened paid their fees in full so that they may concentrate on their education without being sent home due to lack of school fees. I bought sufficient food with the remaining amount for the family since we are experiencing drought in our area."