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.