"Receiving this money means quality education for my children. I have 6 six children; 3 at the secondary level and 2 at the primary level. I have various school arrears totaling KES 30,000 and we have been figuring out where to get that amount to clear their school fees. My husband works as a house construction within and outside the village. He seldom gets a job and when he gets one, most of the cash is spent on household expenses, and he hardly saves some that can cater to the school expenses. My children are always sent home due to school fees arrears and this has affected their performance in school. Now that I am a beneficiary of Give Directly, I will settle all school fees arrears and have them get quality education. What a sigh of relief for my family."

"We will help our children with their school fees and to be about to feel my family"

"I have been selling fish and coconut on a very low level for many years . If I am blessed to be given this grant or unconditional cash transfer , I will definitely increase my goods or items I have been sending to a better level to help me cement my house and put floor. I will also be able to pay school fees for my children and a grand child with the profit from my upgraded business. These are what I have planned to do with the cash transfer if I am blessed to receive it ."

"I have been wanting to construct a house for my family. The kitchen I have now is leaking and during rainy seasons, it gets flooded making it very uncomfortable to live in. The house will serve as the living room and bedroom for me and my daughter whom we currently share a bedroom. Receiving this money means better housing for my family. This will cost me approximately KES 30000. For the rest of the amount, I will pay off school fees for my two children in secondary school."

"Receiving this money means I'll be able to finish up constructing and equipping the house I started eight months ago. I would like to do some finishing, put a nice ceiling and cement the floor. Before building this one, we have been staying in one small grass-thatched house which was quiet to accommodate my family of three and visitors. This will cost me approximately KES 40,000. The rest of the money, I plan to invest in buying sheep and goats so that as my children grow up to join the school, I can sell them to pay school fees."

"After the successful investment in the five sheep and a heifer, I am currently confident that I will raise enough school fees for my two sons to join their grade nine when the time comes. The joy of having the livestock on my field gives me great joy and affirms my hopes which is the biggest difference in my daily life. I expect to see them regenerate as the sheep breed I obtained has a shorter gestation period that if all goes well, one can reproduce twice a year."

"I will make business, and some of the income generated will go toward our children's school fees, while some will be used for medication for our 20-year-old son who is suffering from serious mental illness for since nine years."

"Receiving this money would mean an eased burden on school fee payment for my children, better housing and acquired asset for me. In my life I have never known of a decent house, I have lived a life of continuous suffering ever since I was young. The house I lived with my parents before I got married was grass thatched and we could live with chicken and goats under the same roof. Coming to my own house also the conditions remained the same. I never went to school because my parents did not value education especially that girls and it hurts me to date. That's why am currently struggling to educate my children. I have sold whatever I could to pay school fees for them and currently there's no asset under my name that's why I would like to purchase cattle."

"I recently completed my course at Sot Technical Institute where I was doing a course in plumbing. Raising my own school fees was the biggest source of hardship to me. I sold all the assets that I had in the process including a flock of 30 sheep and still have pending arrears to a tune of KES 30000. That means I cannot apply for any job because I do not have the necessary papers."

"I used to pay school fees for my kids by supplying milk to the school. The agreement with the school is that my kids continue with their education as I pay their fees in a series of payments using the returns from the sale of milk. Unfortunately, I sometimes fail to honor this agreement more so during dry periods and when my two cattle are in dry periods. To overcome this, I intend to buy 2 dairy cattle for KES 25,000 each that will supplement milk during this dry period. In this way, I will be able to regularly supply milk to the school hence ensure my kid's study goes uninterrupted. For the remaining amount of transfer, I plan to construct a small house for my boy who is about to enter puberty."