"Now that it is a rainy season, my children and I have not had a comfortable sleep in a long time due to a leaking roof. With no money to purchase a bed and good sleeping materials, we have had to brace the cold nights in which we some times wake up to a pool of water inside the house. My big worry has always been the fear of contracting diseases predisposed by such extremes. "

"I expect to buy bedding i.e bed, mattress and bedsheets and a few household items like utensils and water storage tanks that I will use when I join college later this year. I also wish to pay rent with the amount of money I have been saving in my bank account when I finally join college."

"Receiving this money will enable me build an iron roofed house since the one i currently live in is in a bad condition since water leaks in whenever it rains. I also plan to buy one dairy cow which will act as my source of income upon selling milk."

"My husband works as a casual labourer at a textile factory in Mombasa but the earnings he gets are not enough to meet all our needs such as food, school fees etc. Water scarcity and low rainfall in the area has rendered as more hopeless as food prices have now risen and we also have to pay more to access water for drinking and other household needs."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is having a bicycle that now helps me with transporting heavy items, especially fetching water from a far place."

"My life has improved because through this cash transfer, I was able to repossess my farm land. I hope to use it in the next season. Secondly, I bought a bicycle which has eased my work like collecting water and food crops from the farm. Previously, I could farm on a small scale and more so I often suffered from chest pain because of carrying heavy things."

"My happiest moments is in the evening hours. I struggle the whole day trying to search for how to survive through casual labouring. The only available time is evening hours as I fatch water from the bore-hole , I chat and share development ideas with friends."

"In the last four months, I really had a hard time since I didn't have any reliable source of income unlike nowadays where my projects are really doing well. I thank GiveDirectly for the great changes that they have brought into our lives. Everyone in this village is thanking God for what's happening in their lives. I now have more than 40 chickens which I bought from the transfers I was receiving. I also have a new water tank which I am still paying for in installment terms after obtaining it at a deposit fee. All these have just happened in a period of four months."

"When I wake up in the morning, I have to go and fetch water from the nearby water pan. On arriving home, I prepare my first meal when is is around noon and thereafter, I am forced to go and camp at my selling point of the local brew in order to get my customers. I usually come back home at night, around ten o'clock to rest. It is at the night hours when I get ample time to rest from my busy day. Therefore, I consider evening as the happiest part of my day."

"The new goal for my life in the next four months is to buy a water tank to store water that I shall be harvesting from the rainfall to use during the dry season. This will save me the time I would use in going to fetch water at the river. I am planning to use my savings from our merry go round group to achieve this."