"Receiving this money means my life is going to have a drastic change. It may be some little change but its worth it. I appreciate. I am going to use this money build a better house, start up a small business and continue with my education which I had to take a break from due to lack of fees."

"The biggest hardship that I face is the inability to earn sufficient enough income to enable me provide a decent education for my children or even provide for them their most basic needs consistently."

"The biggest hardship that I face is not earning sufficient income to sustain my family's basic needs and education. This is because farming that i do engage in has not been so fruitful of late in the region due to the severe drought being experienced all over."

"When I received my second transfer, I spent on a cow worth 13000 KES and saved the rest of the money in my bank account. I will use the money to pay school fees for my children. I am now rest assured that my children will get education just like their peers in my community."

"My major problem before I received my second transfer from Give Directly was education of my children and therefore when I received the money, I paid for them school fees and then bought for them a solar panel that would help them light at night as they do their homework."

"I used my second transfer to buy a plot of land since i was living on the clan land and wanted to own mine. I also paid school fees for my children so they get a better education"

"When I received my second transfer, the first thing I did was to pay school fees for my 4 children-one in a seconday school and the rest in a primary school. I prioritized education of my children since they are our future lives and this cost me most part of the money. We spent the remaining little amount on food."

"When I received my second transfer I spent 25000 KES on a sofa set and paid school fees for my 2 children in a secondary school with rest of the money. I am glad that education of my children is no longer such a big challenge and my house looks attractive too due to the modern furnish I have done to it."

"I paid school fees for my child in a secondary school worth 11000 KES. I believe education is the future of our children and that is why I prioritized it. I constructed a semi-permanent house of 39 iron sheets since my former house was situated in a swampy area and this could make the house flooded all time making us susceptible to malaria related diseases. It was therefore prudent to relocate to a new area and build a better house there."

"I spent my second transfer on buying two calves to start a livestock farming, paid school fee for my child in form one to help facilitate her education, fitted a steel door and window to my house to help enhance security and bought two bags to sustain my family."