"My life is different than it would have been if I never received cash transfer in that I have moved out of a grass-thatched house to an iron-roofed house. The former one could require frequent maintenance and again, it was not waterproof. Besides, I have managed to expand my farming activities and this has boosted my food production."

"Initially, acute water shortage was one of my major challenges in my home. It was a daunting task trekking miles away looking for domestic water and therefore when I received my third transfer, I spent the whole of it on a 3000 L water tank. I can now proudly say that I am drought resilient courtesy of Give Directly."

"When I received my third transfer, I spent it on a cow, a donkey and food. I was lacking a donkey and a cow and being that my area is semi-arid, fetching water over longer distance was not an easy task. As we talk, I can say that I have somehow combated water related challenges since these my livestock help me a lot when it comes to ferrying water. After long day hard work, I can as well never go minus food to boost my energy since I have it in stock already."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received cash transfers from Give Directly in that currently, I live in a better house-my former house was just pathetic, it sats on a wetland and therefore a lot of water could seep out of the floor making it too cold to live in. I am glad, conditions are no longer the same-my current house is well located and therefore we live more comfortably."

"I spent my third transfer on purchasing more utensils in my house, bought a water can to store more litres of water and my decent clothes. I also bought new seats and used the larger percentage of the amount on completing the renovation work started using the second transfer."

"I spent my third transfer on connecting electricity and tap water in my house and the rest on buying a cupboard and a bag of maize for consuming with my family."

"I spent my transfer on paying school fee for my child for the first term. I the piped tapped water to my compound and now I do not have to buy water from vendors. I then built a modern pit latrine because my other latrine was almost collapsing and it was also filled up. I then spent the rest of the transfer on buying a sack of corn which we have been using as food during this dry season."

"I spent the transfer on buying 13 bags of cement 9100 KES, sand 7000 KES, ballast 7000 KES, labor 11000 KES, water 2100 KES and used the small balance on daily meals."

"I spent my second transfer on purchasing some livestock. I had plans of plastering my house but to shortage of water and sand, I opted to invest in livestock rearing as a way of saving the amount intended for plastering. Other than that, I paid school fee for my daughter who was in form four and needed enough time to be in school."

"The biggest difference in our life is that were are now at peace with the fact that we will sonn build a house and move from our current house which is often flooded with water during rainy seasons. Thanks to GD for the miraculous charity support."