"Evening is my happiest part of the day, This is the time I get a chance to rest after a tiresome day of transporting water to a neighbouring school using a Bicycle."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of a reliable source of income to sustain my family. We solely rely on the taxi business my husband does in town. The cash he sends home is not sustainable and this has led to suffering. Sometimes we lack on important basic necessities of life such as water, food and clothing."

"Receiving money is a blessing for my family because i will now be to buy the things which i have always wanted but i couldn't buy because i don't have enough money tp afford. I want to use the money to buy food which is always a challenge for me. I want to use the money tp buy a few bags of maize as i completely do not have maize in my house. I also want to buy ironsheets for my house. I know this will help out a lot especially during rainy season as i struggle so much to contain rainfall water. In addition i want to use the money to buy matress. I sleep on the mat and it's my wish that one day i should have mattresses in my house"

"After receiving my first transfer, I spent KES 30000 to purchase some building materials ie iron sheets, sand, gravel, and stones. We are planning to use them in building a house for my family on a different section of our land because where we currently live is a waterway hence our house usually gets flooded during the rainy seasons. Also, my spouse had recently got a job and was posted to go and work in Homabay county. Because of this, we spent 10000 to use in renting a house and to purchase some items that he needed after relocating. Using the remaining KES 10000, I bought some utensils and food for my family."

"Being a mother of two young girls one aged 2 and the other 5 months old I engaged in household chores such as cleaning and cooking. When my baby sleeps I get a chance to feed and water the flock. I get to relax, play around with my kids or watch the television in the afternoon after taking lunch.The afternoon is therefore the happiest part of my day."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the great investment in a water reservoir. Even though it cost us a lot, I am glad that the frequent visits to the river and the costly pay I had been making to be supplied with enough water will soon stop. I am grateful to GiveDirectly for making my dream come true. I can now save the daily KES120 that I had been spending on water and might as well use it in obtaining enough reading materials, and stationery for my kids."

"My husband is a water vendor. He earns 2500KES every month which is insufficient for the upkeep of a family of seven. My children have been chased out of school several times due to school arrears. As a wife, I rely on subsistence farming and water vending to earn a living. The drought has rendered our land barren. It has been difficult to live in such a financial distress."

"We sold our home land, 2 years ago with an intention to move to to another village. I ended being dubbed into buying a waterlogged land. There was no where to put up a house. I had to return back here but on about half an acre, too small to even produce food for my family. I will corect this mistake, by purchasing one acre. I will spend about KES 35000 on this, and further KES 20,000 to build a home on the new land. I will then spend about KES 30000 on dairy cow."

"Back in 2014, I developed a cancerous sore. Over time, my condition worsened as I could not afford proper medical care. My head is now deformed and I am unable to attend to simples chores that other women easily do. I can neither fetch water nor cook food as drawing close to the fire makes my head bleed. My husband is my only caregiver. It hurts me to see him do all the chores knowing very well that makes him the talk of the village."

"Receiving this money means improved housing to my family. I will use KSH 40000 of my transfer to build a 3 roomed iron roofed house, which will not only bring to an end the shame of sending my teenage sons to spend their nights at my neighbour's house, but the roof will also be helpful in terms of harvesting rain water. KSH 15000 of this money will enable me to buy a dairy cow, which will not only relieve me off daily worries on where to get money to buy milk for my household consumption, but selling milk will also be an assurance of daily income."