"My husband works at a repair shop where he repairs faulty solar and I am a consistent farmer. Together, we are blessed with two children. Upon receiving my second transfer, my husband and I opted to use our transfers to buy a water tank worth $220 to reduce the several trips that we have been making daily to and from the stream, which is 15 minutes away. With it, we can harvest clean water during the rainy season, thus saving time. Secondly, I used the remaining amount to complete my house, which was incomplete, because I run out of the first transfer due to the high cost of building materials. The transfer from GiveDirectly uplifted my life highly, hence I am grateful."

"The transfers means a lot for me because I will be able to build a house for me and my grandkids since the house we are living in is small and also whenever it rains water gets in. I would build a three bedroom house at $800 so that my grandchildren can get a spare room to themselves. I would also buy a goat that will sustain us into the future. The transfers will clearly change my life in a great way."

"I desire to invest in livestock and poultry farming. Since I can not depend on farming, raising livestock is my second option. I will buy about three goats at $30 each and construct a chicken coop. With this investment, I will be able to support my children's education and possibly see them through college. The other project I want to capitalize on is putting up a water point for myself. I will need about $150 to tap the water from my neighbors. All I picture when I look at my unused land is a vegetable garden, with different types of vegetables for commercial and subsistence use."

"I am married, and they employed my husband in a barber shop. We live hand to mouth because his job pays him on commission, so it all depends on the customers received for the day, so we have good and bad days, but it has been a struggle just for the two of us. As soon as I received my cash transfer, I used $10 to pay back my friend who lend me the cash to seek medical treatment earlier that month. The other $10 was saved in a merry-go-round group and the remaining was used to buy food and water. Because drought caused most of the rivers and wells to dry up, getting clean water has been expensive and inadequate in most of the villages in Kilifi. Therefore, I use between sixty liters of water daily, which cost me about $1 daily or sometimes even more. The funds have been supportive, especially during these hard economic times when my husband's work has been affected and is on the low."

"Water passing outside our home and making such a big marking scares us every time especially when it rains heavily. Our mature bull worth $ 833 was poisoned at the place it feeds from and died. This brought us sadness and worry as we though they may poison the remaining animals."

"Am always worried especially when it rains when water starts coming out of my house and it makes the house cold. My youngest daughter khawama gift has pneumonia and so whenever it starts raining or any rainy season I start to worry alot where mo ey for medication is going to come from."

"We survived the day when water broke and filled our house in July. My family got out safely and we are happy that we are alive. Also our neighbour allowing us to stay here in his quarters also brought joy because we did not have anywhere else to go."

"I PLAN TO SHIFT TO A BETTER PLACE WHERE THERE WILL NOT BE WATER IN THAT WE WILL NOT GET SICK, INCASE I STILL HAVE A BALANCE, I PLAN TO START A SMALL BUSINESS AND ALSO TAKE MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL"

"One of the biggest challenges am currently facing is water coming from underground when it rains heavily, the house gets too cold which also affects my health, garden and leaves cracks in the houses. Am always worried that anytime my house will be washed away."

"I find it hard to feed my people because the landslide destroyed the garden with crops which has brought hunger in my family.I also face the hardship of paying shool fees for three children who are at school, one in senior four and two are in Primary five and four respectively. We live with a lot of fear the landslide can kill us anytime."