"The biggest difference in my life is that I no longer travel for long distance to fetch water for use at home and for livestock as we spend part of the transfers which we got to pay for water installation fee and buy water pipes which we used to connect water to our door step. "

"The recent transfers which I received from Give Directly, I spent on buying some clothes. I spend some on buying food items since we had no food as we had lost our crops due to a disease which affected our plants. The other portion I spend on buying paints for painting my house which is made of timber. The house now looks good and has become water proof."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that we will stop walking long distances in search of water. Since I bought a water tank we will now have enough water stored during the rainy seasons. Initially, we used to fetch water from a water point that was 7 kilometres far from where we stay. I normally strain a lot because I am now old and not strong enough to to walk for that long. I'm also glad that we were able to prepare our farm in time. Previously, we would delay planting due to lack of enough money which would eventually lead to low crop production"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the fact that I now have one extra house; an iron roofed house, big enough for all of us. I am excited that I will soon have an extra space for us since we currently use one house for all the activities. I am also glad that I can now harvest clean rain water from the iron roofs. Before, I used to go fetch water in a small pound and most of the time this water was dirty and and unhygienic at all. I am no longer worried about my children taking dirty water and falling ill. The school fees burden that I had was also lessened since I was able to pay some of the fees using the transfer. We also have sufficient food after buying maize in bulk. We initially used to buy food a day at a time and apart from being expensive to do that, we were sometimes unlucky to have food and it would force us to sleep hungry."

"When I received my second transfer, I spent a good amount to buy dairy cow and its calf. I settled on dairy farming since it will enable me to earn an income and reduce my daily expenditure. Also, this will give me enough time to work in my farm and ensure that its productive throughout the year. I spent the remaining amount to buy a water tank after topping up some amount."

"Receiving this money will enable me to complete constructing my house which i have built it half way. My two children will be joining college in two months time thus this money has also come in handy to support me in paying their first school fees. I also plan to buy a 1000 litre water tank for harvesting clean water in my homestead during rainy seasons"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the construction of a borehole. Fetching water from the rivers and dams far away from home had been a struggle for a very long time. In our household unlike other households we never had a donkey which is the main mode of transportation. We would always walk to and from the water source with water pots on our heads. We are happy now that we constructed a borehole which is supplying us with enough water. "

"The money which I received from Give Directly, I spent part of it to buy building materials for constructing a bigger house and a kitchen. I also bought some water pipes for connecting water to our. The remaining amount I spend to buy a goat, food and some maize seeds."

"Before we would travel for long distances to fetch water for use especially during dry Season when a nearby stream dry up. This would mean that we would waste a lot of time to and from main river. After we got the transfers and spend part of it on buying water pipes and connect it to our doorstep. We safe a lot the energy and time which we would have spend collecting water from the river."

"My life is different from how it would have been had I not received the transfer because my family now has access to clean water. I was able to buy a water tank with a capacity of 3000 litres using my first transfer. Due to this, I no longer go to the river in search of water during this rainy season as I use it to harvest rain water. Also, I have been able to build a more spacious and decent kitchen for my family."