I have a 1 acre piece of land that I intend to fence and practice farming on it. I specifically want to plant maize. With the current economy, maize has become so scarce. I can use the maize to pay school fees for my 2 children. I will save the money I would have used to buy maize and use it on constructive things. I can also sell the maize.

Give Directly has changed the livelihoods of many families in this village. People have constructed iron sheets roofed houses unlike before when most houses were grass thatched. Thanks to you that people can now shop in bulk and stock. Everyone is praising Give Directly all over. What you can improve on is your selection procedure. In my village, I was sad to see hard working youths being excluded in the program and drunkards being given the transfers. Atleast ensure that these hard working youths receive the money because they'll use it wisely.

When my second transfer came, I had two main objectives. That is to complete the construction of my house because previously I used to stay in my parents' house but it was too old. My second objective was to pay school fees for my two children who are in primary academy school. So I bought 15 bags of cement @ kshs 750, construction stones worth kshs 13,500 , paint worth kshs 4,800 , nails worth kshs 3,000 and I paid kshs 9,000 for labour. I also paid kshs 9,500 for my children's school fees. I used the remaining kshs 2,100 to buy house hold items like sugar, soap and cooking oil.

I was at home at around midday when I was doing my normal house chores when I received a message. I rarely get messages and therefore, I was quick to check what it was all about. I found out that I had received my first transfer and I was so happy. I didn't inform anyone then but I told my husband later when he came at home.

The house that we have been living in and looking for to move out soon is very weak and many are time when I don't sleep comfortably fearing that it might crumble and injure my family. The biggest difference is that I hopeful that my family will move in a save house soon and I'm no longer worried like I was before.

I have a young family ( two children and husband). Despite my husband and I being high school teachers graduates, we have not yet been lucky to be employed by the government. We are both employed by parents- teachers association and the less that we earn has not been enough to build our family a house and we have been living in a single muddy room which my husband was built by his parents. We had plans to build ourselves a permanent house once we get employed by the government but we didn't know how long that would take. Being enrolled in the program was a dream come true because we knew the money would help us build a house and move out of this squeezed space. I spend KES 48,000 of my first transfer to build a two bedroom house structure and I'm looking forward to put up a roof once I receive my second transfer. I also spend the balance to clear school fees balance for my school going child and I'm happy that she's nolonger being send back home for school fees.