"I aim to educate my children. I have five children in school and the budget for their school fees is above mine and my husband's earnings. My husband sells water in Mombasa and the money he earns takes care mainly of food due to the drought that was persistent. This being a basic need we found ourselves neglecting to pay school fees due to a lack of the finances and this would keep our children out of school. Now I see that through this transfers my children will get education and be able to have a fighting chance."

"As I said earlier I have seven children and they all live at home. My children sleep in their uncle's house, my younger brother, and their grandmother's house because my house is not sufficient for them to live in. I want to use the savings that I make monthly to begin a project of building a house for my children. I want to build a two room house that will be sufficient for all the 7 of them even as they go through school and try to get a footing for themselves. I am hoping by the end of the year I will have began building so that I can use the coming years transfer to finish the structure."

"I am now a father of one. I had no family when Givedirectly came in but now things have changed. I need to put a lot of focus on nurturing my young family. I am also not working at the moment as my employer asked me to take time off after my wife gave birth. I want to build a sustainable business through animal rearing that I can depend on when need arises. I want to use my savings to buy animals maybe goats which will multiply and I cans ell to get a dairy cow whose milk I can sell and get income. I also want to get a drivers license and so I hope to use the savings to also pursue this by paying for driving school."

"I was poor and it gave me livestock that I am relying on. There is nothing bad that GD has done from my view"

"It helped us a lot and I was happy and everything that GD has done was so good"

"On Saturday morning, my husband and I were on our way to buy building materials, which amounted to $320. We built a two-room house with a verandah where we could relax in the shade, especially in the afternoon when the sun was hot. My children would have a space to sleep where they would not be troubled by anything, unlike before when they would feel uncomfortable being in the same room. I had to pay school fees for the one in Form 4, which were $150, to avoid any inconveniences in case the school principal decided to send the girls back home for school fee arrears. For the one in class eight, I paid $30 and bought a mattress for $20 because the head teacher insisted that she be a boarder like the rest of the students, and I wanted to ensure that she has ample time in school preparing for her exams. Finally, I spent $30 on food, which would last us three months. Initially, we would only buy food when we had money with us from a casual job, or we would borrow from a nearby kiosk so we could pay when we got the money, which became too much at times and the shopkeeper would refuse it. The transfers received, in reality, start us on a new path in life, which we must admit would have been tough to navigate on our own."

"I was just going about usual duties in the farm when I received a messaging confirming that I had received money from Givedirectly.I was filled with joy upon confirming and I was glad that they kept their promise of sending the transfers within the time that that had promised to do so."

"The biggest change in my life has been being able to feed my family of four without necessarily having to sell a goat from my flock. Because there is a shortage of food, the drought has had a serious negative impact on us and raised food prices. My goats, including the one I recently bought, will be helpful in the future when it comes to providing for our other requirements."

"To cover all of our needs, we largely rely on livestock, particularly goats in our area. I therefore thought it wise to add three more goats, each costing $30, to my livestock. This is essentially an investment in the future for me, so if the need comes, I may sell one or two, depending on the situation. I then spent $35 to prepare my farm for planting and spent the remainder of the money on food and other home necessities for my family of nine and treatment of my young son who gotten a small injury after falling a tree."

"I received a notification message that I had received $200 from Givedirectly as we had been promised when I was on my way back back to my home from the school where I volunteer as a teacher. I praised God silently for Givedirectly and prayed for his blessing to Givedirectly as I was overcome with joy."