"I am so happy to receive these funds from GD. I look forward to buying food beddings and also build a new house with iron sheets"

"I spent $150 to purchase bedding for myself. This because I sleep on the floor with small mattress which left me with a lot of back pains in every morning. Also used $150 to purchase one indigenous daily cow so that we may reduce the bundle of purchasing milk every morning which is costly. The remaining amount was used by my husband to clear the dowry payment to my father."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is financial inadequacy. Initially, before we separated with my wife about 10 years ago, we used to work together as casual laborers in a posh white settler farm which is about 10 kilometers away. When we combined our income, it was enough to cater to a family of 6. After we separated, life became unbearable, and running a business was the last resort because walking for 10 kilometers and later doing household chores was a burden. We have been facing challenges in our business because the profit is low and when I intent to start my own business, I lack capital. Give Directly's timely entry into our village is a sigh of relief because I will start and run a business of my own."

"I have a beautiful house where I carry out all household activities including cooking. Since firewood is our main source of fuel, smoke soot from the kitchen has coloured the walls of the house. This has destroyed the initial cream paintings that had brought glamour to my house. Receiving this money means that I will be able to use 80,000 shillings to build a separate brick kitchen. This will ensure that the problem of soot is a thing of the past. I intend to use the remaining 15,000 shillings to buy a water tank to store rain water for my domestic use during dry periods."

"The recipient will be able to fix her house and install Ironsheets"

"The recipient was so happy cause she didn't believe at. First she was full of joy"

"I was very thankful And excited. I will be able to build a house."

"i have bought 23 iron sheets and I am moulding bricks. I want to build a proper house. I have also bought 5 bags of maize for consumption."

"Climate change has contributed a lot to food insecurity in our community. Unlike the past, we cannot accurately predict climatic conditions and weather patterns so as to inform planting seasons. For a community that depend on maize farming and livestock keeping as livelihood and education of our children, prolonged drought has led to unproductive farms as well as low yields from our livestock. My biggest fear is not giving enough food for my children, let alone affording the ever increasing cost of education."

"Imagine staying in a single room house with 8 children, some of them are in adolescence stage. This has been my state after my previous house collapsed 7 years ago. My longing has been to construct a spacious house for my family but due to financial challenges, this dream has not been fulfilled. Receiving this money means building a large house which can accommodate all of us and live comfortable life. Also it's going to retain my privacy from my children at least they will have a separate room. I am planning to spend 70,000 Kenya shillings on the construction. Apart from the house, I will commit the remaining amount on school fees for my children."