"At the beginning of this month, my children closed school and that made me happy because they are helping me do household duties such as washing dishes and fetching water. I now have ample time to concentrate on other activities that are economically productive for my family."

"I used to do casual jobs around the village like carrying water and firewood to other people's houses. From the casual job I was doing, I was able to earn approximately KES 200 to KES 300 per day. I left doing the casual jobs because I developed a knee injury that does not allow me to perform this duty again. It has always been my prayer to seek medication so that I can continue with the job."

"A couple of years ago before I became asmatic, I struggle so much to ensure that I had flowing piped water in my compound because then, I would go kilometers away in search for water only to come back with a 20 liters jerican. After I fell sick, my son who is a casual labourer working on farms or building sites couldn't afford to pay the monthly bill as he was earning an average weekly wage of 500 KES and this was only enough to get us basic needs. This forced our water supplies to disconnect our pipe until we clear the arrears of 18000 KES. I also needed to repair my muddy house because it has holes everywhere and I was afraid that snakes and other dangerous creatures would get into my house through the hokes and attack me. I spend 18000 KES to clear the water arrears, 28000 KES to repair my house and build a toilet and 8000 KES to pay school fees for my last born son who is in high school. I'm grateful that I have flowing water back home and I don't have to walk for long distance in search of water despite being sick."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now operate my own business and I'm earning income compered to before when I was just a house wife. I no longer have to go for long distance in search of water at it was released back after clearing the pending water bills."

"Giving some money to the poor in the community is what GiveDirectly does well. Most people were able to purchase water tanks to store clean water for domestic uses while others build better houses and pay school fees for their children. I do not find anything that GiveDirectly did not do well."

"When I receive the money I was sincerely overwhelmed with so much joy especially because my kids had been home for close to a week without classes since I had not cleared the debt in tuition fee due to lack of finances. Therefore I took KES 9,000 and paid for one of my kids who was in secondary school and then paid KES 4,000 for three of my other kids who were in primary school. After that I went ahead to settle the debt from the items I was loaned by the store owner during the time I had run out of food for the family. I paid KES 2,000 to clear the debt but my reasons were not only to ensure the loan was written off but also to ensure that the aspect of respect and trust between I and the owner of the store was still intact. Also matters concerning nutrition have also been quite challenging back in the village due to drought, so I decided to take care of matters concerning a meal and I went on to buy a sack of maize for KES 3,900 and five kilograms of sugar for KES 500. Lastly I decided to buy a bicycle that my family and I planned on using as a means of transport when we fetched water. This is because water is scarce in our village and most times we fetch from other towns and villages which are quite the distance so normally we send motorists which is costly since we have to pay a fee. But with the bicycle that I bought for KES 4,500 then I no longer have to pay for the transportation fee but rather I can send my sons instead."

"I was privileged to study up to secondary school and scored high marks but unfortunately, I was not able to further my studies due to lack of finances. These reasons made me promise myself to work hard so that my children will not face the same fate as I did. I have six children, three of them are already in college but I am straining to pay their college fees, I am afraid that the last three might not be able to further their studies because of financial challenges. These transfers are coming at the right time since they will help me with my children's school fees and lift the burden off me. The first 55,000 KES will go direct to settling the school fees and then use the last 55,000 KES to bring Piped water to my home and will hence reduce the stress of fetching water long distances which is strenuous and tiring."

"I have many plans but I have no capital. I am planning to buy a large water tank to solve water scarcity issues."

"GiveDirectly can help people financially so they can be able to sustain they and their family, and to also build decent house. GiveDirectly don't drink water nor accept food or anything from people."

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