"Up until January 2021, I have been purchasing milk for six years but then I got tired and borrowed a lactating cow from my brother to save on money and also my children to get enough milk for drinking. Receiving this money would boost me to buy 2 good breed of dairy cows at a total cost of KES 70,000 and will see my dream of owning a cow come to pass. My children will get enough milk for drinking which is very important for their growth and development, at the same time I will have extra milk to sell from which the proceeds I will use to support my husband to cater for school fees for our daughter who just joined secondary school."

"When i get this money, i will pay my children school fees."

"When I recieve the cash, will use the cash for business and use the balance to pay my children school fees."

"I am a jobless widow with five kids. My husband died in the year 2019 due to throat cancer. He passed on after we had used most of his retirement benefits and even sold some of our assets to seek medical care. He left me with two kids who were still schooling, one at Kamongil Secondary form four and the other in college. Receiving this money means that I shall be able to pay my son's school fees fully and that they will be able to get a quality education due to ample time for learning.Being sent home to collect fee balances will not be part of my sons and thus they shall excel."

"Earning money is the most challenging situation I'm facing right now, I'm not even able to provide meals regularly for my family, I'm also challenge with the children school fees. I'm aging and these challenges worry's me a lot."

"I am a single mother of three who works as a casual laborer at Olerai Farm. My firstborn son did well in his Secondary Education and joined Embu University in the year 2019. Due to his efforts, I have been doing my best as a parent to ensure that I pay his school fees on time. He requires KES 40000 per year and this has been a great struggle for me because my income is KES 6000 per month. Moreso my family allocated me a small piece of land enough to build my small hat and hence I do not have a place to cultivate. This money will enable me to complete a whole year fee for my son who is in his third year in University and I shall be able to save enough amount from my casual job to buy some dairy goats ."

"I'm unemployed, taking care of my wife, children and my mother is my biggest challenge. I don't have money to handle my children school fees, my mother is very old, I need money because, she needs constant medical attention everytime, these are my challenges."

"For the past years, I have founded it difficult in getting my daughter's school fees paid on time due to my very low income from the petit business am doing that doesn't even provide sufficient meals for myself or her so when I received Givedirectly money,I will be able to establish a better size of business which will bring me an improve profits and that will enables me pay my beloved daughter's fees to quality schools as well as getting sufficient meals."

"This recipient said the current challenges that he is facing is with his children school that is about to open; he doesn't have enough money to pay his children school fees and to get them school items."

"If I am selected to benefit from GiveDirectly cash transfer program, I intend to renovate my house which is in a deplorable condition. And to also use portion of the money to pay my children school fees."