"Buying food for my family is the biggest difference that the funds have made in my life. Lack of jobs has made the situation difficult for my family and as a result, we often sleep on empty stomachs and survive on a cup of water. I am happy that for the previous two weeks, my family has had plenty of food to eat."

"I was on my way home from fetching water when I received a message. I was tired after walking for many kilometers to and from the river and I didn't bother to open the message since I didn't think it was important and I wanted to get home first so that I can relax. As I was relaxing, I opened the messager and found out that I had received my first transfer. I was happy that finally, I was going to build a house."

"The biggest difference is having the water installed in my home. The days of long walks in search of water are over because with tap water installed in my home, will do household chores at ease. I also plan to buy a water tank which will act as a storage and an opportunity to make money by selling water to my neighbors who still walk miles to get water."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the purchase of water pump,tilling of my land and planting of maize.This will allow us have enough maize in the next harvest season hence reduction of expenses on purchase of maize."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is I am currently sleeping on comfortable bedding unlike before when I was using a traditional twisted rope bed which was so hard and resulted in body pains. Additionally, I no longer had to worry when it comes to getting water for myself after connecting tap water to my home and purchasing a water tank. All this was made possible through the aid from GiveDirectly. I am very grateful for the transfer."

"It was the happiest moment in my life after receiving the transfer from GiveDirectly. I celebrated together with the entire family thanking God and praising the organization for eventually fulfilling its promises. I remember it was around 11 am when I received the message alert on my phone. I was under the shade chopping vegetables to prepare lunch for the family. Being illiterate, I had to wait for my daughter who had gone to fetch water at the nearby tap water stall which is one kilometre away from my home."

"My new goal is to buy a water tank for fetching clean rainwater for my household use. Getting clean water is a big challenge in our area. We have constructed a small underground water reservoir that usually collects surface water for household and animal use. This water usually serves us a few days after the rains are gone and when they dry up, we are forced to go to the main river which is quite far and the water is not that clean. We have been hoping to buy a water tank for quite some time but we have not been in a position to since we have been struggling with the payment of school fees for our five children. Three who are in secondary school and two in primary school. Other than that, our other goal is to get money for paying school fees. We have been depending on farming where we usually grow crops such as maize and beans and we supply them to the schools where our children are studying for payment of school fees. Sometimes the crops, most especially the maize gets affected by some disease and hence it does not do well. When that happens, I am forced to look for casual work such as that of construction work to get money for paying school fees."

"During the rainy season, rainwater could enter my house through the walls since they were weak. This was the main problem I was facing because my items were being destroyed. Due to poverty, I had nothing to do about it on to find some logs to place my bags of clothes preventing them from getting wet. My biggest difference as of now is that, through the transfer I received from GiveDirectly, I was able to build a one-meter height wall all around the house to make it firm as well as to prevent water from entering during the rainy season."

"I am so thankful to GiveDirectly because before knowing it I was struggling all alone on taking care of myself and my children with no support from my father. I would rely on doing house chores for people like washing clothes and fetching water in order to feed my family but the organisation had offered a helping hand and support for my family and I through the funds which I am grateful. My children are on school and we no longer go for days with nothing to eat. I compliment this organisation for its generosity."

"I tend to have most difficulty in my home with matters concerning nutrition due to the severe on going drought and I can barely work due to my old age. Therefore when I received the funds my first thought was to ensure I cater to have a meal in my house since there was none that day. I took KES 1,800 and bought a bag of maize flour which contained a dozen packets which I hoped would take me a while until I worried about food again. I also used KES 400 and bought drinking water since water was also a challenge and scarce. On the other hand I was left with about KES 800 which I used by buying two hens since I planned yo venture into poultry farming."