"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of money to provide for my family. My children look up to me for their needs especially for school fees but I am not able to adequately provide."

"I spent part of my second transfer on buying an ox at KES 13700. I settled in buying it because of my farming activities. Previously I was using my own hands with a bit tiresome considering the fact that I am old. Because of that, I was getting very low harvests. I could not utilize the whole piece of the farm, it was not easy for me. I then bought a bed at KES 5500 and a mattress at KES 5000. I had been sleeping on the traditional beds ever since I got married. I never thought I would sleep comfortably on a bed with a mattress. It was like a dream to me. I then bought a wooden door at KES 1500. This was for the house that I had constructed with the first transfer. I then paid school fees for my grandson who is in high school at KES 4550. The remaining amount of money I bought enough foodstuffs."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the assets that I was able to buy with this transfer. I do not take it for granted that I have been able to actualize my dream of buying goats that had always puzzled me. These goats are very essential to me since I will be able to sell them once they mature and easily raise school fees for my children. This is an assurance that my children will have the best education uninterrupted like I have always desired them to have. I am looking forward to seeing them join secondary and perform well in their studies as well. I feel so much indebted to GiveDirectly for this timely support."

"My life is now so different because I managed to clear school fees for my sons. This has been my greatest worry and problem because I did not get a chance to go to school and My wish was to see my children getting a good education. It is now my pleasure that they are all in school and they are studying without any disturbances. I am so assured that their future shall be bright and their coming generation. Had it not Givedirectly coming to my village, I would not have cleared their fees anytime soon. I am so thankful to GiveDirectly."

"My desire has been to clear my children's school fees arrears but due to the financial crisis, I have never achieved this. I have 2 children who finished high school in 2017 but they have not received their certificates because I am yet to clear the balance of the fee. I am planning to spend $ 400 on the transfer to clear the balances. I will use the extra $700 to take them to vocational colleges to pursue mechanical courses that will create opportunities for them to be employed something that will make them independent."

"Receiving this money means my children will receive quality education. It has been a problem paying school fees for my children which affected their school attendance. I will sleep in a better house as well because, so will be abel to construct a better iron roofed house."

"Having my own dairy cows and goats has made my life to be so different in various ways. First I will be getting milk for free which will be for my family consumption, this will make them be healthier unlike before whereby they were malnutrition because they could not get enough proteins. Apart from that the remaining liters I will be supplying to my neighbors and the local markets and I believe this will improve my living standard. Before the coming of GiveDirectly, In used to buy milk from my neighbors which were costly and sometimes I could not afford it. With the goats, I will start a business of selling the offsprings once they mature and through that I will no longer struggle like before in paying school fees for my children. If it were not for GD coming to my life I would not have achieved all this."

"My life is very different from how it would have been if it were not to GD's support because I have seen my shop expand as far as stock is concerned. Before the shop alone could not sustain the household expenses but as per now, it goes to the extent of paying my children's school fees and affording luxury lifestyle."

"The fact that I will be owning a tuk-tuk I feel it will bring the biggest difference in my daily life. This is because my spouse has been employed for a couple of years from neighbors and whatever he was earning was too little. We used to strain in meeting the family's basic needs including schooling and their daily meals. We used to borrow foodstuffs from friends like every day and it was very embarrassing. I am now so hopeful that in the next few months, we will settle everything down. This is because whatever my spouse will be earning from the tuk-tuk business will all be ours. I also hope I will no longer strain in paying school fees for my children and also providing their daily meals. I am so grateful to be among the beneficiaries."

"After receiving the transfers, I have achieved to restock my livestock keeping business. I had spent all the money and sold cattle that I had on hospital bills for my wife. I was glad to be able to own livestock again! Cows are important to me when it comes to paying school fees and feeding my family. I could easily raise school fees by selling some of the animals and also from selling milk. The money from GiveDirectly put me back to the position where I can handle my household responsibilities."