In the coming year and beyond, I hope to be able to raise enough money and buy livestock for keeping. Initially I had some that I was keeping but I had to sell them when fee payment took a toll on me. This is a project that is very viable here at my place and does not require much capital to implement. I hope that I can be able to raise enough money through the business that I run and use the money to pay school fees for my three children in time. Once I am able to do this, then I will be able to divert all the resources that I have towards implementation of this project.

GiveDirectly gave us all equal amounts of money irrespective of our economic statuses. This has promoted cohesion among all the people that benefit from this program and ensured that there is mutual respect amongst all of us. Giving equal amounts of money also ensured that we have a lot of respect and agreements in the various groups that we have. I personally do not have any reservations whatsoever in how GiveDirectly conducts itself.

The money came at a time that I needed it the most. The previous day, I had taken my son to report to secondary school on his first day but I did not manage to raise enough money to pay his school fees in full. We had had to be sent home to look for the remaining amount and when I saw a message from GiveDirectly in the morning of that day, I was extremely happy and I sent my son back to school. I am so happy that the money has always supplemented the income that I make from cereal selling business and farming and has seen me pay school fees for my child as well as meet other needs of my family. It would have been very hard for me to manage all these without the help of GiveDirectly considering that I am a widowed woman.

"In the coming year and beyond, my focus will be on participating in merry-go-round contributions. Due to the increased cost of living, I had to stop contributing for a while. Instead, I invested in livestock, which helped me cover school fees. When the situation improves, I plan to use the funds from merry-go-round contributions to acquire more livestock. For the past four years, I haven't had any harvests, so I'm eager to allocate the income to other priority areas."

I think GiveDirectly does a commendable job by ensuring equal treatment and providing uniform additional funds to everyone. I also find their enrollment process fair without any apparent bias."

"I used $10 to cover my children's school fees, and the remaining $19 went towards buying food and meeting other family needs. Without this transfer, things would have been much more difficult, and I would have had to forgo many essential expenses. I'm particularly thankful that my children have been able to attend school consistently throughout the year, which wouldn't have been possible without this assistance." with with KES 1000 and the remaining amount of KES 1900 was used to buy food for my family. I normally rely on cereal selling business which would help me meet such needs. I am a widow and I am grateful for the helping hand from the transfers. Over the recent past few months I have been able to balance the money and I am glad that one of my children is almost done with his education. Things would not have been as easy as they are without GiveDirectly transfers.

Next year, I intend to use my future transfers to purchase two goats, each costing $30, which I will then sell once they have matured to purchase a cow for milk production. I will remember GiveDirectly for its good deeds and earn some revenue (by selling milk) through my investment in cattle farming.

GiveDirectly, in my opinion, does well by giving everyone equal transfers, which encourages fairness in society. We are financially empowered as a result of the transfers; our children attend school, and we can afford nutritious meals which improve our health.

I have two secondary school-aged children (a son and a daughter), one in Form 1 and the other in Form 3. They each pay $30 per term, and I pay their school fees with earnings from my grocery business and money that I usually receive from GiveDirectly. To keep them at school, I used the whole of my most recent transfer to pay a portion of their school fees. Without the transfer, the children would have remained at home due to a lack of school fees. By reducing my financial debt burden at school, I have been able to enjoy a stress-free life.

I have a young heifer which I plan on selling in order to get money for school fees for my son who is joining form 1. I am planning to join a merry go round to start saving money so as to buy another heifer before the end of the year as a replacement to what I will be selling to raise school fees.

There was no discrimination since everyone in the village is getting an equal amount of money. Furthermore, the program was well explained to us and all the safety measures were made known to us. Keep up the same spirit.

I used the transfer to pay school fees for my daughter who is in high school now in form four. I send the whole amount to school where they pay KES 5000 every term and once I have cleared paying the school fees, I can spend the rest of the money on food items since the drought situation is dire. I am a widow and I have 3 children who depend on me. I do casual jobs to raise money for food.