I haven't seen something that you should improve on so far as everything has been running smoothly as promised. Thank you for uplifting my life and that of other through the unconditional cash transfers.

My husband is a peasant farmer and for the last two years, he has never grown anything in our farms due to drought. Buying food became our new norm and we have only been able to afford one meal per day. I have been bearing all the family responsibilities through selling charcoal, a business that has been greatly affected by deforestation. Due to these financial constraints, we have not been able to build our children a separate room since we have been sharing a single room with them. Being enrolled in the program was a good opportunity for me to save towards building them a house. I spend my recent transfer to buy two iron sheets and I'm planning to add eleven more enough to roof a single room that I'm planning to build for my kids.

I was engrossed in my morning household chores when I heard my phone ringing, an alert of an incoming message. My husband helped me check who the sender was. The smile on his face showed that it could be some good news. I was greatly overjoyed when he finally disclosed to me that indeed GiveDirectly had sent the transfer. I thanked them for honouring their promise to us in our time of need.

Selling charcoal has been the only source of income that I depend on to fend for my family. I could sell only a sack of charcoal at KES 500 once a week. I do not do this job daily due to health issues but when I fail to sell it becomes hard to provide for my family. The money however has not been enough and I could stay without food sometimes or skip meals. My husband who also depends on casual jobs was not working most of the days. I am happy that receiving this monthly transfer has enabled me to buy a bale of maize flour which served us for weeks.

I have depended on subsistence farming for many years from which I could get a good harvest to feed my family. However, there has been a prolonged drought that has made it impossible to do crop farming. This has forced me to rely on selling charcoal as a source of income. In a week, I sell one sack which goes for KES 500 since burning charcoal is tiresome and physically draining. The money is not enough to take care of my family's most important basic needs. My husband also does casual jobs which are unpredictable. I could not afford three meals a day, I had to skip so as to minimize expenditure. I am grateful to GiveDirectly because the transfer helped me to buy enough foodstuff for my family. I purchased a bale of maize flour that could serve us for some weeks without skipping meals.