"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I bought a water tank. I am using this tank to collect rainwater on my roof for domestic use. Before this, I used to have my family members making trips down a steep hill to the spring to fetch it. I was time-consuming and also strenuous. Everyone in my family is happy that we now have water right in the compound."

"My life is different from how it was in that, I have made a milestone in terms of development i.e having bought a 3000 liters capacity water tank, and a wall unit. The money that I currently get is channeled into other important matters. This would have taken me ages to see it come to pass were it not for GiveDirectly."

"Late last year, I obtained a water tank on credit which I repay every month with part of the transfers which I received from Give Directly. In the last four months, I haven't been spending too much time fetching water from a river miles away from home. Nowadays when I am through with the farming activities I just walk to the water tap at my doorstep."

"In the last two months, I received Merry-go-round collection from a savings plan which we started after receiving transfers from Give Directly. these collections enabled me to purchase a water tank. Now I have 25000 litters installed in my doorstep. I made this sacrifice so that I would have sufficient space to store rainwater. Now have one more extra tank means a lot to me as I use to struggle a lot during dry season fetching water from a stream which is far from my homestead."

"Due to unpredictable rainfall patterns in this region, prolonged droughts often lead to walking long distances in search of water for domestic use which is so tiresome and health risking,which is the biggest hardship we face."

"Clearing school fees arrears for my children in secondary school, buying a dairy cow for milking as well as buying a 2000 litre water tank for harvesting rain water is what receiving this money means to me."

"Our major problem right now is water. Even though the nearest source of water is approximately 100 metres, it is in someone else land and I feel I am encroaching on somebody's property. I am now yearning to have clean and reliable tapped water in our compound. I am planning to use approximately $250 of my transfer to buy and connect water pipes in the compound from my neighbors place since it a communal water."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received these transfers in that I have been able to acquire building materials and pay workers to build a new house for me. I am the happiest person since with a nice built iron sheet house, I no longer worry when it rains nowadays and harvesting water from the roof for household use is an added advantage. Before, the previous mud house usually had dust and sometimes affected our health. This is a long gone story through the courtesy of GiveDirectly."

"I have been living in a mud-walled house for the longest time I can remember. This structure requires a lot of maintenance and since I cannot do that myself due to health issues, I usually depend on my children and other family members to maintain it for me. I sometimes feel that I take so much of their time which they would have otherwise utilized it somewhere else. The mud floor also usually has a lot of dust and it is unhealthy. This will soon change because of the new house that I am almost done building. The iron roofed and timber walled house with the cemented floor will not require much maintenance. Apart from this, I will also be harvesting rainwater for domestic use. I am really happy and grateful to GiveDirectly for enabling me to achieve all this."

"When I received my second transfer, I spent some amount to pay for my husbands medical bill. After he passed away, I spent some amount to cater for his burial expenses. Also, I spent some amount to buy sheep as a way of investing this money. I spent the remaining amount to cater for our daily bills after saving some amount. I bought food to last us for some time, clothes for everyone in my household and a tank to use in collecting and storing rainwater."