"The biggest hardship has been this time when I have been trying to pick up the pieces after the loses I made during this pandemic but nothing has so far worked. Providing for my family has been hard, paying school fees has also been a challenge."

"We have been struggling to pay for school fees for our three children who in a self sponsored universities, I had to go an extra mile of buying and selling milk within the community so that we can substitute with what my husband was earning."

"My life has changed because i now have all things i wanted such as matresses, enough food for the rest of the year, settled school fees for my daughter and rented land for growing crops. These things would not have been possible had givedirectly not come in this village"

"I spent my transfer on building a brick fence around my home at MK100000, pay school fees for my 2 secondary school children amount to MK50000, 5 bags of maize at MK8000 each and saved part of it"

"I had plans that I had laid down and prayed to God to open ways for me to be able to fulfill them. One of these goals was to start a poultry-keeping project and when I received my transfer, I spent KES 30500 to build a chicken coop, purchase thirty chicks, and catered for the transport. This will be my main source of income and I am happy that I will be able to help my spouse in settling some of our bills and grateful to Givedirectly for enabling me to achieve this. In addition to this, I spent KES 10000 to construct a powerhouse in preparation for the electricity last-mile installation. I decided on this since my house is 700m far from the transformer and the required distance is usually 600m or less. Also, I spent KES 2500 to pay school fees for my children who had been sent back home and used the remaining amount on food and clothes for my family."

"When I received my transfer, I used KES 7000 to pay school fees for my daughter who had been sent back home and bought a dairy cow worth KES 33000 as a way of investing this money. When it reproduces, my family will have enough milk for consumption and for sale to earn an income. Also, I will be able to save the money I would otherwise use in buying milk as I have been spending KES 2000 monthly on them. In addition, I used KES 8000 to buy two sacks of maize and other foodstuffs and managed to use the remaining KES 6000 on utensils and clothes for my family."

"When I received my transfer, I spent KES 37000 to build a more spacious house for my family and KES 2000 to buy a table since I did not have one. I used to live in a small grass-thatched house and I knew that with time, I would need a bigger house where my children would have their separate room to sleep in for privacy purposes. In addition to this, I spent KES 5000 on food to last my family for some time, the same amount on clothes and saved KES 2000 in my account after using KES 3000 to pay school fees for my children who had been sent back home."

"Receiving this money means a better future for my children since I have desired to educate them at University. I have been worried about realizing this dream but with the arrival of GiveDirectly to our village, I am optimistic about materializing my ambition. To achieve this I am planning to spend KES 10000 of my transfer to pay the school fees balance for my 2 children in primary six. To allow them to settle in school and hence, a better performance. I also intend to spend KES 60000 on my transfer to buy 20 goats that will act as an investment project to support my children's education. The remaining amount of my transfer will cater for household expenses like food among others."

"As a family we do not have a house and are currently living in house made from thatched grass. The house we had fell down last year and we have been living in here since then. With my transfer, i want to rebuild my house. I have manged to buy materials such as bricks, iron sheets, timber, nails and also paid the builders for the work. I spared some of the money to pay school fees for 2 of my children who are in secondary school. My children dropped out last year because i could not afford their school fees."

"Since the death of my husband, I have been struggling to find basic needs for myself, paying school fees for my children and my grandchildren, buying them clothes even feeding them has been a challenge, I will use this money to start a new business so that the business can be helping me on a long term basis to buy them day to day necessities"