"We spent the transfer money on buying a cow. We bought it at KES 16000. We decided to buy the cow to add to the ones that we have because the cows are usually of great help to us. We usually have enough milk for our consumption and we also usually supply the surplus to the school that my children are studying and by doing so we get to pay for their school fees little by little. Other than selling milk, we also practice farming and we usually sell some of the farm produce. The money that we make from the sales is what we usually depend on to buy maize for our consumption and other household goods such as sugar, salt, etc. We also bought a water tank at KES 20000. We bought the tank because the rivers are too far away and we do not have access to clean water. The water tank was going to help us collect clean rainwater for household use. We are glad that it has rained and we now have clean water. We hence no longer make long trips to the river to fetch water. Other than the above, we also spent KES 10000 on paying school fees for our child. We did not manage to pay the whole amount but we are happy that we were able to pay a little and he has not been sent home due to arrears. Thank you so much GiveDirectly for the support, may God bless you."

"Before GiveDirectly came, I used to live in a tiny grass-thatched house that could only accommodate my family. Due to this, for the past year, I desired to build a more spacious house but could not afford it. But when the second GiveDirectly transfers, I spent KES 35000 on building a more spacious one-roomed Iron roofed and mud-walled house. I also spent KES 6000 on a bed and two mattresses. This is because initially, I had only one mattress and this could only accommodate my family alone hence no sleeping place for visitors. I also spent KES 5000 on utensils and large water storage containers. This is because I had only a few household utensils just enough to serve my and water containers which couldn't store lots of water at a time. In terms of food, I spent KES10,000 on a bag of rice, a bag of maize, a bag of beans, and sugar. This will not only ensure the adequacy of food but also reduce household expenditures. The remaining KES 10,000 I used in addition to my tailoring stock. This is because the business is still young as I just started a year ago."

"No, I do have any new goals because I was successfully able to fulfill all the goals that I had in my mind. The first one was to buy a motorcycle and to sleep in a better place. I am so happy that for now I no longer carry water using my back instead the motorbike has been of help."

"I spent part of my second transfer on buying bedding such as a mattress at KES 4300. I have been sleeping on some old mats for years which was uncomfortable and caused me back pains. I now feel relieved because I sleep in a better place with lots of comforts. Also, I cleared schools fees of KES 24000 for my two sons who are in secondary schools. It has been stressing me for a long because they have always been at home. In addition, I bought a water tank of 240 liters at KES 2200. I can now comfortably harvest and store water for my domestic usage. Also, I bought iron roofs at KES 12000 and a labor charge of KES 3000. I had the desire to renovate my current house which had an old roof. With the remaining amount of money, I bought foodstuffs for my family."

"I spent my transfer to invest in my children's educational needs. Currently, I have 4 children who are schooling, 2 in the university taking education courses with one at postgraduate level. The others are in college and secondary school respectively. Providing for their education has been a great struggle for me. I was forced to take huge loans to cater to their studies. The transfer has been of great help to me. I spent KES 40,000 to clear their school fee arrears, previously they had huge fee balances that it was hard to complete, I was just giving false promises for them to stay in school. In addition, I bought a bigger solar panel on hire purchase by paying a deposit of KES 3000, this was for lighting my house. Formerly, I had small solar which provide a dim light for my kids to study. At the moment, they are doing their homework well without struggling due to poor light quality. I also bought a water tank KES 5000 to store enough water for my family of 9 members. The remaining amount I spent on daily needs like food and water."

"My husband and I were given this house we are staying in by my father-in-law. When it rains, water gets into my room and we lack a lot of basic things like beddings. Receiving this money means spending 40,000 KES to repair it and buying the beddings. I am also an expectant mother and I will use some of the money to help me after my delivery."

"Water.The dam we are depending on for water is drying up at a very alarming rate because of the extreme temperatures and this means we will be fetching water far away from Ndarako. I do make charcoal and currently we do not have the appropriate trees for making charcoal.We are now digging out stumps to make charcoal."

"Fetching water from the stream can be tiresome, Upon receiving my transfer, I purchased a water tank to relieve my wife from going to the stream several trips daily, I was unable to purchase one before due to so many responsibilities especially paying the school fees for my children, thus I saw this as the perfect opportunity where I used KES 5000, I then used KES 10,000 in constructing a poultry house, in addition to that I paid back a debt of KES 15,000, and lastly, I used the remaining amount on medication, and in buying furniture, I am grateful for the support that changed my life positively."

"I used my money to buy a matres and blanket so that i can sleep on a descent place. I also bought three bags of maize for food. I did not have enough cooking utensils and plates i also bought water dishes and other home utensils."

"Before December we used to cover very long distances to fetch water but thankfully towards the end of it, the rains started coming. This brought joy and happiness to my life because we no longer had to travel far for water up to date."