"I used the last transfer to buy two bulls to help me in ploughing since I also leased a farm to plant maize the rest of the money I used to pay fees for my son who is in the seminary and another in high school."

"I spent my third transfer on buying a solar lamp 12,000 KES which I am now using as a reliable source of lighting mainly at night as opposed to before the transfer when I used to use traditional lanterns that required paraffin and in the event that paraffin got exhausted no household activities would take place up to the next day ,this solar lamp I also charge my neighbors phones hence getting some income out of it.I also fixed a steel door and two steel windows in my house and completed cementing parts that I hadn't cemented ."

"I spent my third transfer on plastering my 3 roomed house and fixing new steel door and glass windows.I had build the house using second transfer. I also bought seats (5,000 KES) which I never used to have."

"I used a portion of my third transfer on 12 bags of cement and sand which I have used to cement the floor of my house because I have a back ache problem which cannot allow me to bend for long hence could not smear my house with cowdung , I bought steel door and three steel windows which are durable and cannot be damaged by termites. I paid laborers who cemented my house, I bought a goat because I did not have any livestock in my compound. The remaining amount, I spent to pay school fees for my child who had been sent home from school, bought 20 tins of maize for consumption and food for my family."

"I used to cook outside as I did not have a kitchen and sometimes I could get scared more so when it was dark, so when I received my third transfer, I bought some building materials that I have since used to build a kitchen. I also bought a cupboard and utensils for my household. The remaining I used on buying clothing for my children as we received it over the Christmas. We celebrate Christmas with a lot of happiness."

"I spent my third transfer on replacing my old leaking roof with 40 new iron sheets for 48,000 KES. We always wanted to so but had limited finances."

"I used a portion my third transfer to timber, iron sheets and nails which I have used to build a new house because I was staying in a very old house which was leaking regardless of it being iron roofed. I bought sand and cement which I have used to cement my house which I had built since it was mud, I spent some amount to pay school fees for my child who is in high school because it has always been my wish for him to study. The remaining amount, I spent on my spouse both medical bill and mortuary bill since he passed on."

"In the land I live in the parcel or plot number is under my fathers name so I chose to change the name in the title deed, I therefore called the surveyors to do a suspension and make the name change now am settled I in my land knowing no one would claim it. I also paid fees for my child, gave some money to my wife to use as capital to boost her business of selling fruits in the town center."

"The biggest difference in my daily life now is that,i was able to settle my debts that i incurred at the time when i lost my father and my brother, and now i am a stress free person and I feel I am now a free man and I freely interact with people,but before getting this money,I had debts with most people in the village that I had failed to pay, this made me to fear to interract with people because they would demand for their money that I borrowed and yet I did not have the money to pay them. I am now a happy person,this money has brought happiness to my life,I used to be so miserable and worried all the time,wondering how to pay all the debts that I had,I there fore I ask God to bless the donars of givedirectly for bringing happiness to my life. "

"I have been buying milk for my family consumes so when I received my third transfer I bought three cows for milk production purposes. I will no longer have to buy milk. I also bought some goats that will help me in school fees for my children in the future. I also bought two sacks of corn for my family consumes."