"Our new goal is to complete the construction of our house and to buy more gutters for collecting rainwater. We also have a goal of buying furniture for our house. We had put some effort before building the house, but we did not manage to complete it. There are a few things that still need to be done. We have, however, moved into it. We had managed to buy some gutters and a water tank with the second transfer but the gutters were not enough. We would like to buy more so that we can collect enough rainwater. We also want to buy the furniture because we do not have them. We are still a young family and we have not managed to buy them. To achieve the said goals, we plan to first finish repaying the loan that we took so that we can concentrate on the developments."

"GiveDirectly relieved us from the struggle we were passing through. It was a drought season, getting water and food was a big challenge for most families hence people were starving. Through the transfers we revived from the death of hunger which was brought by poverty and the drought. I am very grateful for the support my community and I received, sincerely we cannot forget this organization for the good humanitarian work it did for us."

"I have been supplying water to the nearest school where one of my children schools and I usually get paid at the end of each month. They usually deduct 50% that goes to school fees from the amount that I am paid. I have six children in different levels of education and despite getting help from my spouse in paying school fees for them, they are usually in and out of school most of the time. It has been my wish to start a poultry-keeping project as a way of diversifying my sources of income. When I received my transfer, I spent KES 20000 building a chicken coop and used KES 6000 to pay school fees for my son to avoid being sent back home. In addition, I spent KES 20000 on the purchase of a dairy cow as an investment for my family. This will lead to an increase in the income from milk sales when it reproduces and I will be able to use this money in educating our children."

"I spent part of my second transfer on buying three goats at KES 9000. These are so far the only assets that I am relying on on in case of any financial crisis. I settled for them because they reproduce very fast and their pastures are readily available in my region. I also bought a new bed and a mattress at KES 10000. Initially, I was using the mats and some old clothes as a mattress. It was such an awful experience that I wouldn't which anyone go through. I also bought a water tank (200litres) at KES 3000. I now have a place to store water unlike before whereby I could use pots. With the remaining amount of money, I bought foodstuff for my family."

"My house is leaking and during rainy seasons I face it rough as the water from my roof wets my beddings making such nights stressful, at times the mud gets wet to a level that it starts falling. Putting food on the table is also a challenge as I depend on farming and due to this prolonged drought all the maize I planted dried up."

"Few days before receiving my first transfer I fell very ill. They rushed me to the hospital, got admitted and after having several scans and tests, the diagnosis was a uterine infection. At the time I got sick I had no savings as I worked mostly on doing manual jobs. I fetched water for people and get paid, sold firewood and sold local brew just to make end meets for my family. When I got admitted to the hospital, I had no money to pay off the bill and when I received my second transfer; I was thrilled. With the help of my relatives’ contribution, I could pay the bill and got discharged. I then spent KSH 500 from the transfer to buy some medicine. Because of the seriousness of the illness, I spent the remaining amount on buying some fruits, milk and other foods to help in my speedy recovery."

"Receiving this money will bring a new lease of life to our family. We have always longed to have a better house with iron sheet roofed but due to inadequate finances, it has remained just but a dream. The house we have at the moment is grass thatched, it seeps water and is in deplorable condition. It is also poorly ventilated and the smoke hardly gets out and as a result, it is not conducive to staying on. The clothes also retain the smell of the smoke and it has been disgraceful for my children since they are looked down at school by other pupils, they have been a subject of ridicule and that bothers me a lot. We cannot also harvest clean water and as such we do not have clean drinking water. This help has come at the right time, we will channel KES 35000 for the construction of a 24 iron sheets house and the rest of the money to buy a dairy cow."

"Upon receiving the money, after some few days I decided that I was going to buy a hen so that I could add to the chicken that I already had in my farm because I genuinely wanted to begin poultry farming on large scale and take them to the market for sell. The hen cost me KES 300. The other remaining part of my balance I decide I would cater for tuition fee since two of my children were literally on the verge of being kicked out of school because I had pending balances in the school fees. I gave them KES 600 to be split between the both of them equally. I was left with about KES 2,100 which I used in purchasing a bag of maize flour that contained a dozen packets and used an additional KES 400 to buy four kilograms of beans so that we would have a meal in the house. The remaining KES 300 I used it to acquire ten gallons of drinking water since we experienced a shortage back in the village."

"After a long struggle fetching water from the river - located more than 3 kilometers away- I am glad to have finally purchased a large water tank worth KES 18000 from my second transfer. This has saved me a lot of time and resources that I would use to ensure that I get some liters of water every day. I also managed to complete the construction and the furnishing of my new house that I had initiated with the first transfer. I bought and fixed the ceiling board with KES 9000, fixed the floor, and applied pinned a mended canvas worth KES3500 on the walls to shield the crevices from letting in a cold breeze every night, and also brought in new furniture worth KES 6100. The room is so clean at the moment and so warm that I hardly sleep with a blanket at night. I spent part of the remaining amount on tilling my piece of land and planting with a total cost of KES 2000 and used the last bit on clothing and foodstuff for y household members."

"I spent Kshs.23,000 in purchasing a heifer that is about to calf in a few weeks. Am grateful that we are going to have adequate milk for use compared to when we used to buy it. I also spent Kshs.20,000 in purchasing a 3,000 water tank which we will store water, especially during rainy season hence we save us walking long distances to fetch water. With Kshs.5,500 I paid school fees for my primary school-going children for the entire term. Spent the remaining in buying food for my family."