"I was out collecting firewood when I received a confirmation message that I had received money from Give Directly. I had to check the message once more to be sure that it was not imagination. I had never handled even a quarter of such an amount at once in my life and this was a miracle. I could not wait any longer, so I had to rush home to share the news with my spouse."

"We spent most of the transfer money on paying school fees for our two children who are in secondary school. We took out KES 24000 and we used it in clearing the arrears. We also bought a calf at KES 15000. Apart from that, we spent part of the money in putting up the ceiling board for the house that we were living in and with the remaining amount, we used it in buying food for our family of eleven. Paying school fees was our main goal since the children were about to be sent home due to the arrears and we didn't know where we were going to get such a huge of money in a short time to clear the balances. We hence decided to prioritize the school fees payment so that the children could continue smoothly with their studies. School fees payment has always been our biggest challenge since we have nine school-going children and we do not have a stable source of income. We depend on farming and sale of milk from our cows to earn a living which is not much enough to pay for school fees for all our children. We are therefore so much grateful to GiveDirectly for the help."

"I would use the money to buy iron sheets because my house leaks with the grass roof. I would also se it to buy maize because I struggle with casual work to get food. I also wish I had a good comfortable place to sleep on on so I would buy mattress and blankets with the remaining money."

"In my opinion, everything was perfectly done and I would urge you to continue uplifting the poor societies."

"That very day, I was seated in a local hotel in a nearby market taking tea when I saw the transfer message. I was overwhelmed with happiness, it's even hard to explain how I felt."

"I remember I was just relaxing at home when I received the transfer message. I was so excited since I knew that I was about to achieve my goals."

"It has not been easy sharing a one room house with my nine children. The house is grass thatched and overtime, it had started leaking from the top because the prolonged drought had made it hard to replace the grass. We had hope that we would buy iron sheets and build another bigger house but the high prices of food and other family responsibilities wouldn't allow my husband who is a casual labourer earning average daily wage of Ksh 200 fulfill his dreams. Being enrolled in GiveDirectly was a big releave to us as we knew most of our goals were going to be fulfilled. Right now, I'm building a three roomed house which has so far costed me Ksh 23500 of my first transfer. I also spent Ksh 2500 to pay school fees for my children and I'm planning to use the balance to buy the remaining house materials as well as buying food my my kids."

"It was around 10 pm and we had just retired to our beds. Suddenly, my phone rang hence notifying me of a new message. We wondered with my wife what could the message be all about, and we hence decided to check the contents of the SMS to clear our doubts. We were so happy that we lost our sleep when we read the SMS which was saying that we had received the promised transfer of KES 55000 from GiveDirectly. We gave thanks to God because we had never received such a huge sum of money."

"I am a classroom Teacher and farmer who has not been paid for the past five months. I have been thinking how to raise funds and complete the construction of my house. Therefore, when I received cash transfer from Give Directly I will complete the construction of my house and also buy a land in Ceatos City."

"I have been struggling to raise funds to improve me and my family living conditions. Therefore, when I received cash transfer from Give Directly I will buy zinc and change the roof of my house. Additionally, I will also use portion of the transfer to do business."