"My son sent message to me that he has received transfer on my phone. I was very happy because I have suffered a lot in life. My wife is ill and she does not walk. My rice kitcken got burned last year. It discourage me and I didn't make farm this year.I have three children in mission school. I am the same person responsible for their education. When I got my transfer, I paid my children school fees, bought zinc and medicine for my wife. I appreciate GiveDirectly because if it was not this transfer, my children would've dropped from school."

"The biggezt difference is that the ttransfer enable me to get back to what i was doing before by selling medicines."

"Shule1000four kids .kindarani food 1500 medicine 500. I was sick.thank god."

"I bought zinc and mattress with the money i received from Givedirectly. I also give some to my brother to start his business. I used some to buy food and medicine for my children. Givedirectly is indeed a God send blessing to me."

"My husband is suffering from labour problem and each time we buy the medicine is not always not easy to get the money, but today, we can just purchase without thinking where to take money from"

"I have had prolonged right leg pains for two years now. Walking has been difficult and at times I use some walking sticks. This has made it impossible for me to perform my day to day activities such as charcoal burning. I am under medication right now although the medicine I use are very expensive and at times I fail to buy the required quantity as prescribed by the doctor."

"The biggest difference in my life is I'm able to buy food for my family. I am also able to buy enough of medicine to take care of my sick wife. With the help of givedirectly I was able to start building my owned house, and I was able to buy iron sheets to change my leaking roof. Thanks to GiveDirectly for making my life changed for the better."

"With this first transfer, I decided to buy medicine and a drinking trough for my chickens. I decided to do this because during this drought, many animals have been dying and I did not want that to affect my chickens as they are a source of income. I bought the trough for drinking water to help with the thirst and stop them from going to the kitchen to destroy everything in search of water. I was also able to buy medicines treating worms and bacterial enteritis."

"My most recent transfer was spent on my sick husband medical bills, mattress for our room, school fees for our children, some herbal medicine for my sick brother in law and food for the family."

"The biggest challenge I am currently facing is prolonged chest pains attributed by the energy draining charcoal burning occupation I engage in. Sometimes I manage to get two 90kgs bags of charcoal a month and sell at 800KES per bag. This earns me utmost 1,600/=. This is not worthy the energy drained during burning the charcoal. Sometimes I spend a big portion I the money to buy medicine to treat my chest pains."