Give Directly does well in registering people and keeping its promises of sending monthly transfers. One of my children failed to attend school for over a month because of insufficient income to fund his education. He joined me in the business of charcoal burning, but we still hit rock-bottom in raising his school fees. It was through Give Directly’s transfer that he resumed his studies. He looks forward to sitting for his exams in December. There is nothing wrong I can pinpoint from the organization’s work.

I spent most of the money on medical expenses, poultry, food, and school. When the transfers came in, my leg was in severe pain following an earlier accident; so my first transaction, KES 450, took care of the hospital bill and medication. I allocated the remaining cash to settle my children’s school fees amounting to KES 500 and secure food worth KES 690 since we had taken no meal the previous night. Additionally, I purchased 5 chickens at KES 660, with intentions of rearing and letting them reproduce to eventually obtain an income from selling them.

I received the text message at around 9 in the morning. I was already on the farm cutting some pieces of wood to burn charcoal. I received the text message and after reading it I knew I had received my first transfer. I can tell you I was very emotional, tears rolled down my cheeks because I was very happy and I still did not believe that I had received the money. I left what I was doing and hurriedly went back home. On reaching back home, my son had arrived from school because of rent arrears. I asked him to go withdraw the money gave him part of it and went back to school.

Yes, the transfer has made a big difference in my family. I am grateful that I received the transfer in time when my son who is epileptic needed some medicine. I did not have any money and the transfer was of great help. I am happy that he is well and doing well at the moment.

I have two sons who currently depend entirely on me to provide for them. One of my sons is currently in his final year of secondary education. He learns in a day school far away from our home. He needs support in terms of paying his rent, food, and other personal effects. I currently do not have a job and I have been surviving by burning some logs of wood into charcoal and selling that. Currently, my health status does not favor me to do that job. My last born is epileptic. He has been like this since when he was a young boy 4 years old. To manage his situation he requires some medicine. Getting the money to buy the medicine has proved to be challenging for my family. When I received my first transfer, I spent KSH 900 to buy him some medicine to manage his condition. I also spent KSH 800 on my son who is in his final year has his pocket money when he goes back to school. With the remaining KSH 1300, I bought 6 chickens. My wife and had decided to start a poultry project that will be one of the income-generating projects.