I am a widow who is advanced in age. In recent years, I developed arthritis and I also suffer from high blood pressure. As a result, I have not been able to engage in any incoming generating activities for the past ten years. So when I received my April transfer, I bought food worth KES 1,800 as well as water which is super scarce in our area. I also spent KES 1,000 on buying drugs to ease my joint pains. I can attest that the recent transfer has greatly helped me to acquire basic needs, which I could have not done suppose I never received them since I only depend on my only son even though he also has his family, and he does not have a formal job.

In my opinion, Give Directly does well because they give people money and let them decide on how to spend them. This is better than giving people foodstuffs since it has enabled people to improve their lives in various ways.

I am staying with my orphaned grandchild who is in primary school. The moment when I received the first transfer, she had been sent back home for school fee arrears which I cleared with KES 600. I am happy she was able to concentrate in class and improve her performance. The remaining KES 1700, I spent on both doctor's fees and laboratory tests since I was unwell at that time. I also spent some of the money on food for the family.

At the time the message came in I was just at home with my grandchild since he could no attend school due to the debt and the message came in at around nine in the morning. I was overjoyed because I knew the money meant I could cater for some of the things that were of importance like my grandsons education.

Well with my old age and the passing of my husband years ago had left me to rely on my son who does casual labour for minimum wage occasionally, keeping in mind he also has a family of his own to take care of. Therefore this funds have helped in reducing the financial burden since I too can pay for some of the things in the house like food and education which make me very happy.

When I received the first thing I considered was paying school fees for my grandchild since he had been home for three days now and he was also my responsibility ever since the mother who was my daughter died during childbirth, so I went ahead and paid KES 500 for tuition but although I was not done clearing it he would at least manage to attend classes once more. I also went ahead and bought for packets of maize flour each at KES 100 accumulating to KES 400 because we had no meal in the house and depending on the harvest was not an option due to the consistent drought. Lastly I bought medication since I suffered from high blood pressure and I had run out of my medicine where the dose cost me KES 100.