"I spent KES 600 of my transfer to start Poultry farming by purchasing 2 chicken for a start. I had wished to own an alternative reliable source of income since the substance farming I have depended on is not sustainable due to the severe drought due to climate change. With the remaining amount, I bought sufficient food for my family. I am also planning to use my next to restart goat rearing a job that I have depended on sometime back but they all died due to lack of pasture and water as a result of the drought."

"Being a single mother of four, meeting all my family needs had been a struggle since I didn't have an inflow of money. Upon withdrawal of my first transfer, I went and settled school fees arrears of KES 10000 for my son. Due to financial constraints, I couldn't pay it in time. I am happy that he got time to study without being sent home. I also spent KES 24,000 on constructing a two-roomed house since the one I had was leaking during the rainy season. The house is now fully complete and we are enjoying the warmth and adequate space.I bought a skyplast that I use to store 1800 liters of water. With the remaining amount, I bought foodstuff and clothing for my family members."

"GiveDirectly can help people with money, for them to send their children school, build house and to also do business. GiveDirectly does not ask or receive food nor water or anything from people."

"GiveDirectly can help people with money for them to be able to support they and their family, send their children school and to also do business. GiveDirectly don't take food nor water or anything from people."

"I have saved the entire transfer so that after will have given birth I will have more goats for rearing. We rely mostly on farming but for the first two years, the crop yields have been low due to prolonged rains. Whatever we have been harvesting can not take my family for even half a year. This forces me to fetch water for people to raise money for foodstuffs. The much I make daily is KES 200 which is not enough for both household and school needs for my children. I have therefore saved the whole of the second transfer aiming to raise more from the coming transfers so that I can later purchase goats for rearing. I am hopeful that in the future after they will have given birth then I will easily sell some of them to raise money for my household bills."

"I am a casual laborer (fetches water for people) where I make a maximum of KES 150 daily and at times even less. Being the sole breadwinner after my spouse passed on less than a year ago, it has been a struggle to cater to my five children's needs. They have been on a long holiday and soon they will be reporting back to school, yet I had not bought their school requirements. When I received the second transfer, I spent KES 2000 on both their school uniform and books. Two of them had torn school attires, so I had to replace them. I still have KES 1000 which I will pay for their fees when they go back to school. I am great full to Give Directly for the support because I doubt if they had reported back to school if it was not for the transfers."

"I'm struggling with inadequacy of food supply caused by the ongoing draught that has taken two years now. The condition has changed our lifestyle as we used to know it, and right now we are not able to practice subsistence farming anymore as well as having to purchase everything we need including water. It's quite a hard and expensive life for us in this village."

"A huge of my transfer will be used for my house project. a little amount will be used for my children's tuition. I have been living in a very bad house that links with water went rain fell. I was not even sleeping on matters I also bought one matter. However, I bought an additional two bundles of zinc. I also paid for few sticks and planks to roof my house."

"In this area it's really hard to get water as there has been a serious draught for almost two years now. This has also affected availability of food mostly because we have not been able to conduct subsistence farming like we used to. To be able to get some types of food like vegetables, one has to go all the way to the nearest town , around thirty kilometers away. On water issue, we also get supply just twice a week and because it's popped water it has a price tag other than the fact be that it's fetched five kilometers away from home."

"Water was big challenge, I was facing since our area is semi-arid and most of the time we experience prolonged droughts but as we speak the water problem has been solved. I am as well leaving a comfortable life since I'm now leaving in my new semi-permanent house with adequate water flow. From the water I sell I have employed myself and I'm getting daily income to cater for my needs which I previously never heard all these changes have been brought to my life by give directly transfer I received. recently."