"The end of a prolonged drought that lasted for about 4 months has brought me some joy. Previously, grass for the cows had become too little to support them and water was hard to find. I used to send my children to fetch water from a dam located about 3KM away from home. The recent rains have relieved us because we now have rainwater and plenty of grass that have sprouted for my animals!"

"Receiving this money means clean water for home consumption. Currently I live in a grass thatched house that cannot enable me to harvest rain water for drinking as what we fetch from the river is not safe and sometimes we get diseases such as typhoid. I will use KES 25,000 for purchasing building materials and cost of labour in order to build two-roomed iron sheet house. After which I can buy 3,000 litre water storage tank to harvest water for future use.I will not feel embrassed again borrowing water the from community. For the rest of the transfer, I will buy a dairy cow."

"My plan was to change my thatched roof to iron sheets roof, because the thatched was leaking every rainy season we will have water flouting in the house. but I never had money to accomplish my plan, farming was my sourced of livelihood. but when I received my transfer I was able to change my roof to iron sheets roof. My New goal is to buy additional building materials to improved my house."

"My goal is to change my thatched roof to iron sheets roof, because the thatched has leakage all over, it is making my children to get sick from cold, when the rain is falling my room can ba full with water. That been my plan to change the thatched roof, but I never had the money to accomplish my plan. I'm so thankful to GiveDirectly for making my dream come through"

"Environmental conservation has been my ambition after discovering the importance of caring for the environment. We are encountering drought due to deforestation as a result of timber harvesting and charcoal burning in my community. I started a tree planting business five years ago when I realized people had not adopted tree planting which I encourage them to and care for it. I currently have 300 seedlings of bluegum and Cupressus that will be ready in two months time for sale. I plan on expanding this business by increasing the variety of trees and purchasing a 5000 litres tank for harvesting water for irrigating during the dry season. This will cost me KES 30,000 for the tank and KES 10,000 for seeds and packaging. I am happy as this will be a source of sustainable income for my family of six and also more planting and caring for the trees will reduce deforestation and improve rainfall patterns."

"For a living, clean water is an essential need. We receive low rainfall in our area thus long droughts are our major challenge. We rely on water pans to keep us during this droughts. On my farm, I have not been able to dig one. I rely on my neighbours pans to get water for domestic use. To me the challenge I am currently is getting access to clean water."

"I am a single mother of 6 living in a small single hut. This house is 12 years old and the grass has started falling off allowing leakage during rains and light penetration on sunny days.The condition of the house lowers my self-esteem especially when guests are around.This is because apart from leaking roofs the soot also falls randomly on the tables hence making the room untidy. In addition, the house does not offer privacy to me as a mother because we have to spend the nights with my three daughters on the floor of this room. With KES 40000 my dream of owning an iron-roofed house will come true. This will allow me to collect safe water for drinking during the rain seasons"

"I bought a heifer worth KES 25000 and used KES 5000 to plant nappier grass that we will use in feeding it after receiving my first transfer. We settled on this as a family so that we will be having milk supply throughout the year as I am planning to alternate its lactating period with that of the one that we already had. In addition, I spent KES 10000 to clear fee arrears for my son in secondary school so that he would not be sent back home. I am a farmer with four children, two are in the primary level while the other two are in the secondary level. I had cleared paying school fees for the one who is in a day school and the one in boarding school was remaining hence why I decided to pay for him alone. Using the remaining KES 14000 I bought some foodstuffs, home clothes, and a sky plast to use in harvesting rainwater."

"That day, I had gone to a nearby river to fetch water without my phone at around 10 am.That is when I heard neighbors saying they had received their GiveDirectly transfers.On reaching home, I also checked my phone and confirmed to have received KES55000 from GiveDirectly.I was very excited and immediately went with my sister who's also a beneficiary for the money.That day it was a very great day because we ate special diet which we don't normally afford."

"I was on the school campus watering my garden when I heard people from my town yelling that Give Directly has sent their transfers. Within that time my phone was not with me, so I have to run home for my phone. Upon getting my phone, I hurriedly ran to the network place to check my inbox. As soon as I got there, the transfer was already on my phone. I felt very happy at the moment, because I needed money to pay my daughter graduation fees and to take my sick nephew to the hospital."