"Yes. I want to build my family a better house. I have in mind a 2 bedroomed house having a veranda. My house at the moment is in a bad state. It is actually falling down and any time from now the house might come down and it’s even dangerous and scary to sleep inside the house. With the new house I am going to build, its going to provide shelter for me and my family. During times of bad weather I have not been able to sleep comfortably and with the new house coming my children will sleep well away from the harsh weather such as the rain. The other goal I have is to buy livestock and start rearing. The livestock will help me greatly once they double in numbers. I can sell some, while I can use some as food for my family in times of need. I am planning to also buy a bicycle to help in fetching water for my family. This area we live in known for famine and water shortages. I have to walk for very long kilometers of about 60 to and fro to be able to get water for use at my home. With the bicycle it’s going to make work easier for me and I will be able to access the faraway places and get water for my use and even sell to earn cash."

"The biggest difference in my daily life after receiving the first transfer is the availability of clean water from the tap. Buying a large water-holding facility is a great step for me as this reduces the frequency of visiting the river and also will be useful during dry seasons as I will not be using the dirty water from the river. I am grateful to GiveDirectly for the support that has seen me and my household's living standards improve."

"Renovation of my house both on the floor and the exterior walls where I laid a strong starter strip to prevent rainwater from splashing on the wooden walls and making the poles and timber rot is the biggest difference in my daily life. I find it easier to clean the floors at the moment and not straining anymore now that I am alone in the house. I am grateful to God and GiveDirectly for the great support that has made me smile again."

"I had just arrived from fetching water at the only remaining water pan due to the drought we are experiencing in our area. I had walked for 3 hours with 20litres on my head I was extremely tired. I was relaxing in my house when I received the message alert on my phone. After checking, I realized that I had received the transfer from GiveDirectly. I felt very happy for receiving my transfer. I had to wait until the next day to travel to my husband's workplace to inform him as well as plan together on how we could spend the transfer."

"When I received the money I was at the shamba looking after my goats. I remember it was around 8am and the goats were enjoying the moist grass before they turn to their poor state due to the high degrees of the sun we're experiencing nowadays. I felt so happy for receiving the money from GiveDirectly. For your I felt like I have been poured some cold water in a warm environment for I felt refresh after picturing how my problems were going to be solved."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have build a better house. I used to live in a small grass thatched house which could not host all my family members conformable. The house was so old and it was almost falling down. I depend on small scale farming and causal jobs in the village. The amount of money that I used to get from my casual jobs is so small and I was not able to buy the building materials. I was only able to buy the small basic needs. When I received the transfer I bought the building materials and build a better house. Currently I live in a good house and I no longer get shy to welcome victors into my house. I no longer stress up on where to host my relatives whenever they visit me in my house .GiveDirectly has changed my living standard. I am able to harvest clean water from the rain. This were not possible before."

"Water shortage is the current challenge that I am facing. This is due to the ravaging drought that we are currently experiencing in our area. I buy four jerricans of 20 liters of water per day for KES 50 each. This is very costly to me since I have to buy food every for my family of 10. With most of the money spent on food and water paying school, fees are now a problem for me."

"I got a piece of job last month of fetching water for my neighbors using my bicycle and I got some money. I visited my wife with presents only to find that my wife had got a baby boy. Getting some money from my piece of job and receiving a baby boy is what brought joy and happiness to me."

"The current drought is the greatest challenge I am facing. I was a proud owner of 20 goats and 10 cows. I lost all my livestock due to lack of water caused by the drought. Before, I could sell some of my livestock to earn an income. Right now, I have nothing to smile about. I only depend on charcoal burning which does not fully satisfy the needs of my family. I approximately get 5,000 KES per month. With a family of 7 children, this amount is too little to sustain us. The drought has also forced me to walk for longer distances in search of water for domestic use."

"I spent most of my transfer on my husband's motorcycle, which took a total of KES18000 in repairs and service. This was very important because we do not have available tap water close to us. We always spent approximately KES750 weekly to pay for water transport services offered by other motorcycle taxis. This was very expensive in that at times we would run out of water within the week and we will be forced again to seek the services of the motorcycle taxis. Therefore repairing our motorcycle gave us a very huge relief, we nolonger have to worry about running out of water in the house within the week."