"I was able to buy food and water with the first transfer. We were facing drought hence the transfer really helped to alienate the situation. With the second transfer, I bought 5 hens each worth KES 100 each. My plan was to use these poultry for domestic consumption. The third transfer was spent on my 3-year-old child. I used part of it to pay for school fees for my child and as it was the festive season, I used the rest for the Christmas celebrations."

"I saved 3000 KES in my Mpesa account planning to add it to the coming transfers to purchase iron sheets for constructing a new house. The current house does not have a roof since it was blown off by the wind while part of the wall has fallen off. Whenever it rains I have to put containers all over the house and pour the water outside when they are full to prevent it from being flooded. I have not been able to construct a new house because I rely on subsistence farming and the produce can barely feed my family for half a year. I can not wait to construct a new house and finally have a peaceful sleep where I won't have to share a house with snakes and other insects. KES 1100 I spent on foodstuff, mostly dry ones for the family."

"During the previous transfers I received, I managed to pay tuition fee for my eldest daughter since she was in highschool and the teachers threatened not to give her the report card if the fees were not cleared so I decided to take care of it but did not pay for her younger siblings who were still in elementary. Therefore this time round when I received the money I paid KES 500 for the both of the which was KES 1,000 and finished the debt they had. As for what I was left with I decided to buy bricks so that I could finally renovate my house because I live in a mud house and during the rainy season I get a really hard time because the heavy rain melts the mud away and water begins to flow inside my house, leaving my children and I cold and uncomfortable. That is why I used KES 2,000 to buy bricks so that finally I could take care of the predicament once and for all."

"Receiving this cash transfer will transform my life because its going to give me opportunity to rebuild my life all over, first I plan to buy new beddings for my family, because at the moment we share one mattress together with my two sons in the single room and I can say there is no privacy. Water has been very scarce and sometimes we travel long distances like 3 kms to and from to buy few jerricans, and sometimes you just get one as they are costly, so I plan to buy a big water storage so that I can rest some days and do my other duties. I had a dream to own livestock and now I have a chance to buy 3 goats and 1 cow, these o can sell them whenever am in an medical emergency or if my sons will need for school fees."

"The money helped me at that time to buy food, water, and seek medication and I am thankful for GD."

"Before I started receiving funds from give directly, I was unemployed. In order to fend for my family, I would look for casual jobs most of which involved cleaning. This was never profitable for me as the jobs were not consistent. I would make around ksh150 per day worked and providing for my family was a challenge. But when give directly stepped in, my life changed for the best. From my first transfer of ksh1200, I spent ksh600 on food, since there were droughts in my area, I spent ksh400 on water and the remaining amount I added to the ksh100 I had to raise a capital of ksh300 to start a fish vending business. This increased my daily earnings by more than 100%. When I got my second transfer of ksh3000, I distributed it equally to farming, food, and business expansion. I now have a daily earning of around ksh500 and I could say I can now comfortably provide for my family."

"It was around 10 AM when I was at the dam fetching water when I saw a message notification on my mobile phone. I decided to check who it could be since I wasn't expecting to hear from anyone. Upon checking, I realized it was an Mpesa message from GIvedirectly, they had debited my first KES 55000 as they had promised. I have never been that happy before, to be honest, the message made my day. I had to rush back home and inform all my family members and it was like a dream to them as well."

"The recent short rains have brought me a lot of joy as a goat farmer. Last year was a tough year because of lack of pasture for livestock due to a long dry spell. Since the onset of the short rains I can now relax at home. I used to go for long distances looking for water and pasture for the goats. I can now utilize my time to do other activities like crop farming."

"My priority is injecting more capital to my tailoring business when I receive this money. I have a small tailor shop which needs a lot of expansion. I will start buy adding more materials and buying one more sewing machine all at a cost of KES 30,000. This will help me earn more income from the shop which will help me with family needs. I also plan to use KES 10,000 to complete part of a a wall of my house which is incomplete. When it rains, water gets into the house through the opening."

"When I withdrew the money, I bought a bicycle so that it may aid me in water fetching since the distance to the water point was very long and it was expensive if you hire a motorbike. I was also able to pay school fees for my children. Thereafter, I bought some goats and saved the remaining amount for food to sustain the family."