"After withdrawing the money, the first thing I did was buying clothes for my 7 children. Thereafter I took my son who was somehow stubborn to a boarding primary school and paid his school fees amounting to KES 26250.00 inclusive of the shopping and transport. I also paid school fees for the other children who are in secondary school KES 16000.00 and primary schools KES 1700.00. Again I bought a mattress for KES 1500.00 and 9 plastic buckets for storing water for KES 1350.00. I used the remaining amount for the family upkeep up-to-date."

"I am a widow with four children, a grandchild, and my parent to take care of. I currently do not have a job. I depend on manual jobs which pay very little for my survival. Since the passing on of my husband live has never been the same for me. The current situation with drought has made everything complicated for me and my family. I do operate a small kiosk business but that is not enough to meet the needs of my family. The situation with the drought has made life difficult and everything is very expensive at the moment. We live from hand to mouth. When I received the transfer I spent KSH 1500 to pay school fees for my three children and one grandchild. I want them to continue their education at any cost because through it they will have a good future. I also spent KSH 900 on buying food because my food stock was running out. In addition to that, I spent KSH 600 buying water. Due to the drought, situation water is very expensive and one jerrican retails at KSH 50."

"With the current drought situation we are currently facing, everything is expensive and has made life very difficult. I currently do not have a job and I have a child who depends on me for everything. Water is very expensive and a jerrican retails at KSH 50. I have always depended on farming for my survival but for now, it is not the case. With no rain, everything we planted has dried out and we are left with nothing to depend on. When I received the transfer I spent KSH 1000 in starting a new business of selling mandazi just to cope with the situation and earn a living for myself. I also spent KSH 1800 buying food for my family. With no food on our farms, we depend on food bought from the very expensive shop. In addition to that, I spent KSH 200 buying water for my use at home."

"I spent the money on starting a kiosk business. I have a dream of completing building my house. I have not been able to finish building the house due to financial constraints. Before receiving the transfer I thought it would be wise to start a business that will in turn help me to finish the construction of the house. The house requires at least 1 ton of sand, 20 bags of cement, and several jerricans of water. The house is a three-bedroom house. Once the plastering is done my family will have a spacious house to live in."

"Our village has faced drought for the past two years now. It is hard to get clean water for domestic use. A 20 litre plastic of water goes at KES 50 at the water pond which is also not clean. The water I use for drinking has really caused stomach problem to me. So lack of clean water is the current challenge I am facing."

"In 2013, my father inlaw allocated my family some space to construct a house. However, the soil here is waterlogged and when it rains, it retains a lot of water that oozes into the house and destroys the mud wall. When we constructed this house, we never thought that such a misfortune will befall us so we have always wanted to replace the wall with bricks. Unfortunately, we have not had enough finances to complete this task as the family depends on my husband who is a cook, to raise both food and school fees for the children. Therefore receiving this money will mean a comfortable shelter for my family of 4 as I intend to use KES 50000 to renovate the walls and use the rest of the transfers to pay school fees and purchase food for the household."

"Receiving this money means Clean water for drinking in my house. For the last 7 years, I have been fetching water from the chepkulon River, the river is far from the homestead, about 5 kilometers. Apart from the distance, the water is not clean for drinking since a lot of people have been affected by many diseases in the area. I plan to purchase a water tank of 10,000 liters worth of KES 70,000. The remaining I will use to build a kitchen since the one I have is old and almost collapsing."

"Financial Crisis is the biggest challenge that I am currently facing. This has been made worse by the current drought that has made food and water very expensive. The little I get from my charcoal work cannot fully support all my family expenses. I have a daughter in school, paying school fees is now a problem."

"Sleeping in a decent house is what receiving this cash transfer means to me. One year ago, I built this house but because I did not have enough money, the materials that I used were not durable to last for a long time. Recently the roof started leaking which causes everywhere to become wet whenever it rains. I feel very sad about this situation because my six month old son always gets sick as a result of the cold. I plan to use this cash transfer to renovate my house by changing the entire roof. I will also buy new mattresses to get rid of the spoiled ones that have been damaged by the water."

"With the first money transfer, I was to buy food for my family. During this drought season having three meals a day has been very difficult as we do not have fresh produce from the fields. We have also had to buy water as the taps have dried out. The second transfer I was able to divide the money equally, KES.1500 on food for the family, and the rest of KES.1500 were spent on school fees for my children who had been sent home due to school fees balance. I am very thankful to Give directly as my family is now living comfortably."