"Before receiving money from Givedrectly. I was unable to buy fertilize and water pump machine. my children was out of school because I didn't have money. After receiving the transfer money, I was able to buy all the things I needed and my children are now in school.When I receive the remaining transfer money from Givedrectly, I will build a decent house for my family to have a comfortable place life."

"My husband came running from across the water with a big smile on his face, I knew right away that our money had come on the phone because my neighborsrejoicedearlierfor theirs. My husband reached where I was cooking and confirmed the money arrival, I felt so much joy in my heart. I was so happy and started singing praises to Givedirectly in my vernacular. I was dancing and forgot my potato greens on the fire, it burned a little because I was overwhelmed and got carried by joy. But it was a sign of remembrance that the food burned, because it was a historic day that I will forever remember. Givedirectly thank you!"

"Upon receiving my transfer, I spent KES 18000 to buy a water tank for water storage purposes. I will be using it to harvest rainwater so that my wife will not be going to the river during the dry season looking for water for domestic use. In addition, I spent KES 13000 to extend a room from my main house so that I can have a place for my visitors to spend their nights comfortably. Using the remaining KES 21000, I bought food, some household necessities, and clothes for my family."

"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."

"I received the money at around10 am. I was just from fetching water. As I was resting I received the text message. I confirmed that I had received the money. I was very happy and without wasting I went ahead and withdrew the money and bought food for my family."

"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."