I am physically disabled and depend on my parents for their support. My father is both a livestock and crop farmer and mostly depends on the harvests from the farm. Since the drought started, it has been challenging for him to provide for his family. When I received my transfer, I contributed KSH 1500 to the family contribution, and we bought maize for food. Though I am physically disabled, I have perfected my skills in sewing clothes. Together with my father, we have already built a shop where I will start my tailoring business. I saved the remaining amount from the transfer so that I can buy a sewing machine and finally start the business and earn income for myself.

I bought Christmas clothes that cost me KES 1500 and spend the rest of the money to buy grass for roofing since part of my house has been leaking.

Yes, in my opinion, GiveDirectly does well in terms of helping the needy in society. I am a proud and happy beneficiary of the program. I can now see my life-changing for the better. This would have happened had I not been enrolled in the program. So I am very grateful for that.

Well, I am physically disabled. With my condition, I always need somebody by my side to help me in doing certain things. As they say, disability is not inability, I have my strengths too. I know how to sew clothes and that has been my dream ever since, to be able to own a tailoring business of my own. Since I am still in school my father who is my helper helps me a lot in the planning. After receiving the first transfer my father and I sat down and discussed the best way on how to utilize the other incoming transfers. We agreed to first build a shop where I will use to sew the clothes. So when I received the transfer my father helped me secure the materials needed to build the shop. He bought some building poles, nails, and some sisal twining. Although we did not manage to buy everything required I am happy that this is the first step to something big of achieving the dream that I have always had.

I received the message at 6 pm. I was sitting outside my house. I had my phone vibrating and I called my dad who came by and checked my phone for me. He then told me the good news that I had to receive the money. I became very happy.

The money has made a big difference in my life. I now have new clothes and I can smile that I dress well and feel comfortable. I now have new pairs of shoes which I previously did not have. With all these things I have got now I can say I am thankful for everything and may God bless you so much.

I received KSH 1200 from GiveDirectly. I am physically disabled and depend mostly on people to do things for me in my daily life. With the recent hardships, I have been facing it is been hard for me and my family too to be able to take care of me fully. When I received the money I spent KSH 550 on buying new clothes for myself. The clothes I was were very little and I had outgrown most of the clothes. In addition to that, I spent KSH 300 buying two new pairs of shoes. I did not have any shoes before buying the new ones. I also saved KSH 350 for my use at a later date and in case of any emergency.