"I have four children who are attending school. My main source of income is charcoal burning and selling. This business isn't so lucrative and the highest amount I can make in a month is about 4000 KES which is still way too little for my needs. Two of my children are in a nursery school where they pay 500 KES each per academic term, the other two are in primary school where they pay 800 KES termly. It's clear from that math that the money I get can't pay for my children's education and feed a set of five of them. Getting this money is going to relieve my burden as I have plan to first offset the fees areas I already have then I'll buy domestic animals to rare as a store of wealth that I can resell in future to get money."

"I have a lot of difficulties settling back after prison because I lost everything while behind bars. Right now I do not even have a source of income and need to build a house as well because what I have right now belongs to my father and it's too small to accommodate a family of eight. I have been just burning charcoal but I hardly get enough income from this as I can only produce about eight bags which earns me about 8000 KES per month."

"Yes, I had intended to renovate my rental house by improving it and changing the roofing. Initially, it only had four rooms and the rents charges that I have been receiving were too little. I had wished to at least add two rooms so that at the end of the month I can be collecting reasonable money from my tenants. I however hope that I will be able to accomplish this soon."

"We are blessed with eight children, who are all school going.they are doing well with their studies despite the fact our area has drought at the moment, and we lack food all the time but this has never stopped them in attending school. One big problem that will be solved with this gift from Givedirectly is the large debt at school; which amounts to 27,000 KSH.So we plan to use the first transfer to clear this debt, and to pay school fees for the entire year which will cost around 30,000 KSH for the whole year. We also plan to expand our house to bigger double room, but this will come later in the year, we appreciate give directly for coming through at our hour of need."

"We are living in drought period, our animals don't have pasture and I remember the last lost 18 cows worth 180,000 KSH. Nothing has changed, I tried planting maize almost 1 acre and it has all dried up, this situations makes me feel hopeless.i had taken a loan to prepare the land and buy all farming inputs little did I know It would all be futile. Now we don't have any source of livelihood, am left with a debt that I feel wasn't worth it, no food for our children and sometimes as a family we are forced to eat once a day or sleep hungry and wake up hopeful that tomorrow will be a great day."

"It's such a huge relief for Give directly to visit, I had recently started to construct business premises at the town centre but it stopped for lack of finances. I was diagnosed with heart disease and my operation was November last year, we spent about 300,000 KSH from neighbors contributions and other well wishers. There are very few shops around and there is a large demand, many people want to start income generating activities but lack the space. I plan to construct 4 semi permanent rooms which is half way and KSH 55,000 is enough to finish the project, which includes buying few materials which will cost 40,000 KSH, the remaining amount of 15,000 KSHwhich will pay for labour. By building the shops, it will be a source of bringing monthly earnings to my family. We expected each shop to bring about 600-1000 KSH a month."

"From my most recent transfer, I spent about KES 20,000 to proceed with building a new house which is almost completion. I had began building it with my first transferr which was insufficient since part of it was diverted to other use. I look forward to begin using it soon since the current one is too small to accommodate my family of 6. It has an additional room meant for my children's use hence they will always have plenty time to bond with us at night before they retire to bed. Previously, they had limited time with us because they were always spending in the neighbourhood. The rest of transfer went into paying school fees for my 2 children in secondary and 2 children in primary schools."

"I have a rental house at Ndarako which has two rooms and is fully occupied. I have plans to build three more rooms as rental houses are in demand currently. Receiving this money means using 40,000 KES to build three more rooms. I rent my rooms at 500 KES per month and the money I will get will help me in taking care of all my daily family expenses. I will also use the remaining amount to enroll my two children to school as they have reached the age of going to school."

"I possess the only shop in my village, but I have less stock to satisfy my customer's needs. Receiving this money means business advancement to me. I intend to build a new shop with sufficient space where I can increase my stock to assimilate all customers. Currently, I have rented a small room which serves as the shop and bedroom at night. I will use 15,000 to build a new room for my shop and add stock with the remaining amount. I am optimistic about a better tomorrow through my business. The revenue I get from this business, I will save at the nearest bank so that I can get loans when need be."

"I was diagnosed with ulcers last month and the doctors told me to abstain from any job. This left my husband to be the sole provider for my family of 7 children. I feel pessimistic when my children are sent home for school fees and I can not work to get any revenue to get them to school. My husband's revenue of 4500 KES per month is insufficient to cater for food and pay school fees."