I have no greater goal in life than to see all my children succeed. Being a single parent and jobless at the same time, where will I get the money to set big goals? You know everything needs money. Maybe one thing that I want to accomplish next year is to make sure that to of my children, who for their K.C.P.E this year, will be able to join secondary school next year. It will be my greatest joy to see my children complete their studies. I need around $200 but I cannot lie, I do not know where I'll get this money from.

What Give Directly is doing well is that it is helping people to build houses, buy beds, food and livestock. This is very helpful and it has changed our lives. What else can we ask from you? Maybe if you can consider sending us more money. You don't have to improve on anything because there is nothing wrong you've done to our village, keep it up Give Directly!

It was at lunchtime and I was preparing a meal for my children when my trustee informed me that Give Directly had sent me the money. I was so happy because finally you had fulfilled your promise to me. I'm a widow with five children, my eldest son who is twenty two years old had no house, and this used to stress me up a lot. So I bought ten iron sheets using $95, fifteen bags of cement worth $98 and paid $48 for labour in order to build a house for him. In that line I also spent a few dollars to renovate my own house. I 'm sorry I do not have the exact figure for this. My other four children who are in primary school had school fees balance of $30, I also cleared it using this transfer. I need to do some investment that would be beneficial in future, something that I can sell in case of an emergency, I settled on two goats and paid $60 . Since my husband passed on, my house has always been hunger stricken! So I spent $50 to buy food for my family and thanks to Give Directly we felt how it is to be fully satisfied.

I was at home with the rest of the family members relaxing while narrating stories to each other as we wait for dinner. I was carried away by the laughter and joy of being around the family after spending that whole day working. I received two consecutive messages on the phone and that forced me to seek assistance from the helper. After checking, I received the KES 55000 from Givedirectly on my account. I was very happy about receiving my transfer since it would assist me in fulfilling most of the desires of my life, especially proper shelter.

Owning a spacious modern house for my family is the biggest difference in my daily life. Previously, the structure we were living in was very small something that forced us to cook outside the house. Most of the time, our food would be contaminated with sand during the wind period rendering it inedible. I am very happy for the transfer that has returned the dignity in my life.

I spent the recent transfer on constructing a decent shelter for my family of 6 members. The structure we were living in was very small and forced us to cook outside the house. This was the miserable experience during the wind period since our food could be easily contaminated with sand. I bought 16 irony sheets, nails, timbers, and building poles. Similarly, I set aside KES 7000 for labor charges. In addition, I spent KES 11000 to boost the goats keeping business, the intention is to sell them whenever they reproduced in the future to cater for any financial emergency. Also, I bought a spacious bed and mattress since we were sleeping on a small traditional bed with a mat as bedding which was not comfortable.