"Payment of school fees had proven to be a challenge for my three children since I depended on selling vegetables to cater for their school fees hence could not meet the school's expectations. With the first transfer, I spent Kshs 50,000 in clearing balances for two who are in university and one in secondary school. I am now happy they are faring on well without being sent home at all. With the remaining amount, I spent on buying foodstuff for my household."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the acquisition of a dairy cow.This means I will have enough milk and later on can sell the surplus so that I can cater for household bills."

"I spent Kshs.20,000 on the construction of a two-roomed modern house. With a family of four, we had been living in a single grass thatched house and during the rainy season, we could be rained on. I am happy now that my family members can have a good shelter during cold seasons since we are almost moving to our new house. I also spent Ksh.30,000 on buying additional land which we can now plant enough food and can keep us throughout drought seasons. With the remaining amount, I used to buy maize and other household items for my entire family members."

"I have been married for over fifteen years and I have been experiencing so many challenges. I used to stay at my brother-in-law's house before I owned my own temporary house. This was the worst experience ever because I did not have the freedom or privacy. A few years later we constructed our own temporary house which was relatively small and would collapse anytime. Having a family of seven some of us had to seek shelter elsewhere which was so frustrating. The idea of building a decent house was not in mind since I only depend on casual jobs with meager incomes which could not even sustain all our household needs. Therefore the fact that I now have a spacious iron roofed house has brought the biggest difference in my daily life. We no longer have to worry about our safety or even the communal harsh names. We are happily living under one roof which has been my dream."

"" I am a single mother of 5 children, trying to take care of my children. I was 2 months pregnant when my youngest child father abandoned me. The child is a year plus now. Therefore, my plan for this transfer is to use some for my children's school fees and their well being. And also buy land and build a house for them"."

""My major constraint is money. I have many children and other family members to care for. As we speak, my children's school fees are not yet paid because I don't have money"."

"We spent our first transfer money on various things that were important to us. We first bought a cow at KES 28000. We then spent KES 15000 on paying school fees for our two children, one who is in secondary school and the other who is primary school. Other than that, we spent KES 8000 on buying fencing poles and barbed wire for fencing our land. With the remaining amount of money, we used it in buying maize for our consumption and some clothes. Buying a cow was our biggest priority upon receiving the transfers. This is because we didn't have one before and also because the cow was going to be of great help to us. We will be able to get milk for our consumption and for sale when it calves. Apart from that, we can also sell some of the cow's calves and use the money on important things such as paying school fees for our children. We usually incur the cost of buying a litre or two of milk daily which is costly to us. We didn't have the money to buy the cow before, my husband works as a security officer while as for I was a pre-school teacher until recently when I decided to leave the job because I have a young child. The money that we make is not much and most of it usually goes to the payment of school fees for our two children. We are hence so much grateful to GiveDirectly because we were able to achieve one of our dreams which is owning a cow."

""The challenge I'm facing currently is lack of finance. My household is involved into farming, but the proceeds from the farm is not enough to cater to my household needs, at the same time build a house, and start a business"."

""Our family greatest challenge now is been compared to live in this house that is in a deplorable condition due to hardship where the rain falls in the room when it rains and causes sickness for my family. We are going to change that situation soon Givedirectly sent us transfer by building a house with zinc roof"."

"" Our expenses are the spending we do on getting medication for us due to cold. Once we receive money from GIVEDIRECTLY we'll buy zinc and roof our home and we can spend our money on other important things"."