"I spent most of the transfer to buy furniture since l did not have anything to sit on, I was using water container as sit. The remaining balance l spent to buy 1 sack of maize."

"I spent my first transfer on buying little house items like hoes, panga, blanket, food, small water tank, sleeping mart for my children, paid fee for my children, e.t.c."

"I spent most of my transfer to buy wheelbarrow which will help me in carrying water or luggage. I bought water tank which will help me to store water during drought and also bought a sack of maize for my family's consumption."

"I spent my first transfer on buying 35 tins of maize 3,500 KES. I bought school stationery for my daughter and school uniform too. I bought a radio and two basins for water collection.I also paid debt that was over due."

"I spent my first transfer on paying One Tenth to my Church (1,000 KES), fixing gutters all around my house to channel water into the tanks when it rains (3,000 KES), 1 bag of dry corn for consumption (4,000 KES) and a plastic water storage."

"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on buying a dairy cow 30,000 KES and a donkey 8,000 KES which I use to collect water thus I no longer make several trips to collect water as I used to before the teansfer .I bought text books for my son and paid school fees for my daughter who is in nursery school.I also bought a bag of maize for my family's consumption and seeds for planting."

"I am better off now because I have donkeys that use to supply water across the village. I did not have any source of income before."

"I spent most of the third transfer to buy furniture being that l was sitting on a water container, l also spent the transfer to install solar system as a source of light, the remaining balance l spent to buy 2 sacks of maize. "

"I spent my third transfer on purchasing a sewing machine and establishing a tailoring shop. I had trained as a tailor before marriage but poverty could not allow me purchase a machine for my work. I had to sit on my skills which would otherwise earned me a lot would I have put them into practice. I instead ventured into some casual jobs like home cleaning, water fetching, land tilling and many more that earned me very meager wages which hardly satisfied my family's needs. I felt so wasted for that long simply because I could not afford to buy a sewing machine for my work and none was willing to employ me too for the same."

"In my own opinion, what Give Directly does well is that it sends us money directly and with a lot of confidentiality, however, I would urge them next time to run a communal aid for example community farming project, water project etc to help us move further and together."