"I invested KES 24,000 of the most recent transfer on purchasing 6 goats. This was to start livestock rearing a future investment for my child's education. For a couple of years now, I had dreamed of owning livestock but I lacked the finances. In addition, I bought 7 iron sheets which Intend to improve the condition of my house by constructing an additional room. Currently, I am inhabiting a small one-roomed house that is not enough to fully accommodate our items. I was remaining with KES 8,000 to assist me in my daily needs like food and water."

"With 4 children in secondary school, providing for their educational needs has been a big challenge for me. I depend on temporary casual activity of charcoal burning. This job does not earn me enough money to feed my family as well as to cater for the children's education. They were always sent home for fee something that has impacted their performances negatively. In most instances, they are forced to engage in casual jobs after school to pay their fees. I spent KES 28,000 of the recent transfer to clear their school fees. Currently, they are happy learning with disruptions. In addition, I bought a barrel for KES 2,800 to store enough water for the family. Also, I purchased 3 plastic chairs because we were sitting on the floor which was a shameful situation whenever we received guests. With the remaining amount, I completed the renovation of my kitchen."

"I spent the KES 48,000 of the recent transfer in purchasing animals feeds. We were experiencing drought and lack of pasture and water. This was a great disaster considering that I depend on livestock farming as my main job. I decided to spend most of the transfer to purchase hay and water for my six dairy cows and 30 goats. With the remaining amount, I bought enough foodstuff for my family of 5 members since we had food shortages."

"Givedirectly did well by giving unconditional cash transfers to the poverty alleviated households. At the moment, every household in my village has a new face i.e newly iron-roofed houses, dairy cows, water tanks which we all didn't own before hence making all of us equal."

"I am a single mother of five children - all currently in various schools right from primary school and stretching to University. Meeting all their needs both financially and even the physical and emotional support has never been any easier for me. I am grateful that GiveDirectly support was timely in that it came right when the push to clear their school fees was on. After paying part with the first transfer, KES 35000 out of the second transfer still went to the clearance of the current semesters. They can now study in peace as I work hard on other income-generating projects to raise more for the coming terms. Back at home, I have been living in an old house with rusted iron sheets that I would keep tugging some polythene on the leaks that would otherwise let rainwater in. I managed though to spend the remaining KES 18000 on buying 14 iron sheets and 8 kilograms of roofing and framing nails that I am looking forward to using in the construction of a new spacious house for my family of six. I am one of the grateful mothers around for this generous support from GiveDirectly that gave me a chance of retaining my children who were on the verge of dropping out of their schools."

"Originally, I had a goal of buying a cow purposefully for production of milk. I like milk although I have been forced to buy from the milk vendors snce I never owned a cow. Immediately, I executed this goal, I developed a new goal of acquiring a 5,000 litres water-tank. I have been relying on water from streams which is not only unclean but also unsuitable for direct consumption. The stream water has occassionally been causing water-borne diseases among my children thus causing us to always spend some money on medication. I hope that by acquiring a water tank, I will be able to harvest rain water for my household utilization."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well to give us aid in form of cash because everyone used it according to his family's needs. In our village, for example, some people bought water tanks for water storage. Others, who had grass-thatched houses have built Iron roofed ones. Better still those who had school fees arrears have cleared. Last but not least, every household was enrolled without partiality whether rich or poor."

"When I received my transfer, I bought a water tank worth KES 17000 with a capacity of 23000 liters. I settled on this so that I will be using it to harvest rainwater during the rainy season. With this, I will not have to walk for a long distance looking for water for domestic use. Also, I spent KES 20000 to pay school fees for my children who had been sent back home. I had not been able to pay their fees on time since I depend on dairy farming to support my family and in paying school fees for our four children and this money is not always enough. I spent the remaining amount on food, clothes, and some school necessities that were needed."

"In my own opinion, GiveDirectly did well by giving out financial aid to people. Because of this, those who did not have iron-roofed houses have been able to build them and are currently having access to clean water for domestic use, especially during this rainy season. I do not see anything that they did not do well."

"My home is located near a semi-permanent river where a lot of water flows for a quarter of the year. I had aspired to start small-scale irrigation farming. My new goal is to purchase a generator water pump and pipes. I intend to start growing maize, kales, and tomatoes for my household consumption. Moreover, I will sell the extra produce to earn a living to support my kid's education."