"Last week on 4th of October, I received a food donation from Tungule Foundation. I received forty Kilograms of maize, beans ten kilograms and four packets of maize flour(kgs) which will last my family of four members for one month. This has brought me joy and happiness because I will now use my savings for other basic needs such as water which sells at KES 50 per jerican of twenty litres."

"The challenge that I am currently facing is food insecurity because of unreliable rain fall in the area. It is now three years since we received enough rain and got good harvest. Due to this, my income of KES 4000 per month from charcoal production is not sustainable for a family of nine members. All this money go to buying food and water. This has been a stumbling block to feed my family on a daily basis. Sometimes I borrow food from my neighbours which does not please me at all."

"Receiving this money means a sustainable income to my household. I am planning to spend KES 30,000 to start a food kiosk at Midoina trading center. I am a house wife and my husband and I depend on charcoal production which gives returns of KES 2600 per month. The income is not sufficient for all basic needs and as a result all the money goes to buying food and water. This has made me to struggle to put food on the table as well as buying water. In fact my family is always on debts. The remaining transfer will help me to buy five indigenous goats so as to create an asset that will assist me when need occur."

"We have been relying on charcoal work as the only source of income for our family until last month when my husband get a new job as a truck driver.This made me happy knowing that I will get an extra amount to pay school fees for my children and also cater for other house expenses like water."

"Lack of water in the village is the main challenge that I am facing. Our village is experiencing prolonged drought that has caused all the dams in the village dry up. This forces us to walk over twenty kilometres everyday to look for water. Sometimes we go without food because there is no water. This makes life more difficult. The only way to be assured of getting water is buying from local motorists who sell 60 KES a twenty litre drum. Due to lack of money, this is not possible. Upon receiving this money, I will be able to buy a ten thousand litre water tank that I will use to store water for my domestic use."

"If I am successful to get this cash transfer from Givedirectly, I will use some to buy zinc to build a decent house for my family. Currently my family lives in a dubbed mud house that has a thatched roof and as such during the rainy season we hardly sleep at night because the roof is very old and no longer holds Water. Sometimes when there is a storm we seek shelter in town mosque."

"By the grace of God, if I received this transfer, I want to change my house roof, because when the rain falls, the thatch is unable to divert all of the rain water and use the balance cash to do a business. Since, I had an accident in June 27, 2017 with a motorbike, I became disable now. Before I could build this house, my colleagues help me to cut sticks and carrying on the dubbing of this house. This is not my home, but when I had the accident, it was these people that took me as their son and work on me until I'm in this form. Even though, I'm not physically fit, but by the grace of God, I can stand among the living. I am a high school graduate of the Annie Ben William Senior High School in 2013. I have been in this village for more than four years, and the house I'm in belongs to me. No doubt, receiving this cash, will help me used some of the money to change the thatch to zinc, and used the balance to get into business in sustaining myself until God can carry me. At my stage, I can't do any physical work, I can regret seeing other people raising my children, but what I will do? Because I'm crippled. So I just have to bear it."

"As a mother, one of my biggest priorities in life is to ensure that I provide the basic needs for my children. So I spent KES 10,000 on the purchase of food including maize, rice, beans, sugar and water. I then spent KES 42,000 on setting up a business. This amount catered for rent, electric shavers and everything necessary to set up a barbershop. I'm so appreciative of everything that this transfer has enabled me to achieve."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I was able to purchase some of the building materials, with this I am hopeful that when my second transfer arrives I will be able to construct a decent home for my family, this is because the house that we were living in currently was small and grass-thatched, Secondly, I would be able able to harvest rainwater using the iron sheet roof. I am so grateful for the support that changed my life and that of my family"

"With 3 children in secondary school, it has been a challenging task to educate them. We decided with my spouse to prioritize clearing their fee arrears, I spent KES 20,000 to pay the fees. I also used KES 3500 to purchase building poles for the construction of a new kitchen since the one I had is about to collapse which is very risky. I was forced to use my mother-in-law's kitchen because I lack enough finances to construct a new one. In addition, I save KES 15,000 to boost my goats rearing in the future since we are currently experiencing drought and lack of sufficient pastures. I also spent the remaining amount on fetching water for the family."