"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."

"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."