"Upon withdrawing the money, I took KES 22000.00 and build a house since I was sleeping in a kitchen. Where I used to cook is where my bed was plus my entire luggage, it was a pathetic situation. I also used KES 16000.00 to repair my motorbike, paying debts and buying some food. The motorbike aids me in fetching some water as well as using it for business (bodaboda). I also bought 4 goats for KES 14000.00. I bought the goats instead of cows because they can cope up with the dry season we are experiencing in our area."

"After withdrawing the money, the first thing I did was to construct a house. I didn’t have a house before instead I was sleeping in my grandson’s house, so I took this as an opportunity to build my own house. A better part of the transfer went in the house construction. The remaining amount I used it for food and also for fetching some water because our area has some hardship in sourcing for water. A bucket of 20 liters goes for KES 50.00 and its several miles from where we fetch. In that regard we have to hire a motorbike for us to go fetch some water."

"Buying water machine, materials for garden and buying food for the house for my children, I was so happy. In the past years, I couldn't afford to buy water machine. but now, my garden has improved and my children and I life have improved."

"In the village I come from, we have drought and famine now. It is hard to get clean water. Two weeks a go a well wisher brought a tank of clean water in the community. Every one got enough water that would take them two weeks. That brought happiness in my life."

"My husband is a casual labourer, last month he got a two weeks job which gave him KES 30000. She did shopping for the family and even bought water for the family because there is no clean water in our village due to drought. The shopping done by my husband brought happiness to me."

"My current challenge is food insecurity. As a subsistence farmer, I used to do mixed farming whereby I was doing both crop and livestock farming. Through this, food availability and accessibility were 100%. But due to the persistent and prolonged drought in our area, all the cows died due to lack of water and grass. This has now caused my family to reduce from eating three meals a day to sometimes two or one a day. This has affected our health and sometimes the performance of our children in school."

"The most challenge I face in our village is lack of clean water for domestic use. This is due to the drought that is here since the beginning of the year."

"I have just started my dream project of dairy farming by acquiring 3 heifers. Dairy farming is a profitable business in our area owing to the presence of a ready market and fair price (KES 40 per liter) for milk. As such, I will use the transfer on completing the project by paying off about KES 30000 that I still owe the person who got me the heifers. Also, I will use some of the money on planting more grasses (for feeds), establishing a parlor, and installing a water system. Indeed, God's timing is the best since GiveDirectly's aid has come when we direly need it."

"Not having a stable source of income is my challenge. With the prolonged drought in our area getting food and water is a problem. I have to buy to cater for my family, this hinders me not to save any amount I get from my charcoal-burning activity."

"Drought has hit my place it's been 2 years since we got rainfall. Trees are wilting we cannot cut them for charcoal. Cows are starving because there is no grass to eat and no water to drink. I had invested in buying 10 cows and am only left with one as of now. This has brought me back to square one without any investment."