"The night I saw the message, I was sitting in my kitchen warming water for bath when the message came on my phone. At that moment I started shouting, to the extent that my neighbours thought I got burned by the hot water. But it was a shout of joy. I have been planning to start a business that will be of help to improve the livelihood of my family and raising cash from the farming work was a difficult thing to do. Interestingly this transfer is a dream come through."

"We have been in a drought all through this year. We barely had enough food to eat let alone water to drink. Many live stocks are dying and we are just holding on. With this money, I decided to spend KES.2200 on food and water as we have to buy water. I also decided to pay school fees worth KES.800 for my three children. This will allow them to do exams as well as continue with their studies. This is all thanks to Give directly."

"I had woken up early to go fetch water at the nearing water point so that I do not get tired when the sun comes out. After some back and forth I heard my phone vibrate with a notification. It was around nine o'clock when I saw that I did indeed get the transfer. I was so happy that I could ensure my family had a good breakfast that day."

"I had been walking home after fetching water from the neighboring village. I felt my phone vibrate but I could not reach it as I was carrying water. When I got home, I took my phone out and checked to see who had sent me a message and was very happy that I had received the money from Give directly."

"I think the Give directly program of helping people like us who have nowhere to turn to especially during this drought is a blessing. With this money, many of us have been able to buy water and food for our families. I don't think there is anything they have done."

"I bought 6 bags of Cement 3 bags of lime and 2 pails of 20 litre paint. I also bought pots water dishes and place for my home"

"They new goal that I didn't had before I received the transfer is buying a water tank. This was not on my mind, my main priority was the school fees for my children. When I received the second transfer I found it worth to purchase a tank for storing clean water."

"I have managed to pay the builders and foreman to build and roof a new house for me. I used to own a house made from mud and with grass for a roof. Seeing how we are close to lake and rain water flows from the mountian to the lake, having a house made from mud leaves u in danger. I have also bought cement so that i secure the base of the house well."

"I'm a subsistence farmer and currently the extreme weather conditions has messed up my plans. Since the beginning of the year we haven't had rains and so there hasn't been any farming taking place. I'm always forced to sell my animals to be able to buy food and water for my family. At the moment I'm only remaining with three goats and I'm worried I have nothing more to sell should the draught continue into next year."

"Lack of water is my main challenge. A jerry can sell for about 30 KES. In a day I have to make two trips so that we can at least have water for personal use. I have to carry the cans on my head which is tiring, let us not even talk about the distance I have to cover. By the time I am back my legs are sore and my headaches a lot. I long to see the day it will rain, I will be so happy."