"Receiving this money means financial independence. I teach early childhood education at a nearby school and going on retirement by end of this year after 32 years of service. I desire to be a dairy farmer after that and Givedirectly transfers will help me achieve this. All my five children are grown up and live independently apart from my last born son who is in the university. I plan on buying two dairy cows with KES 70,000 and use KES 15,000 to build a decent cow shed. This will secure my future because in two years time I can earn income from selling milk."

"I am a dairy farmer with five exotic breeds of cattle. The biggest challenge I am facing is the provision of feeds to these cattle. Currently, I am buying ready-made feeds and this has proven to be costly. I am intending to start planting my feeds to cut on the production costs. I have 0.4 acres of land that already has fodder and so receiving this money means that I will have the means to have an additional 0.6 acres of land to grow more animal feeds. This will cost me a total of KES 105000 to execute this plan."

"When I received the money I was on my way to hospital. I recently gave birth to a baby girl and this transfer helped my pay for my medical expenses of Kes 10000. I used the balance of Kes 43150 to finish building my house. I was able to put the window and door fittings as well as buy some furniture in the house. I now have a house big enough to raise my children well."

"I am a potter and this kind of job is labour intensive and is accompanied by little pay. On a productive day, I usually manage to make six pots and sell them at a wholesale price of KES 300. Blessed with a family of 8 members, this amount is insufficient to comfortably sort out our needs more so on food. As a result, I am unhappy to say we have to forego some meals."

"The maim challenge we are currently facing is lack of a stable income. It is through this situations that the school fees accrued. We manage to take our two children to university through a fund drive which was done in the community. I have been also pleading with the school principal to give me more time to offset the balance. Nonetheless today I feel enthusiastic about this program of Givedirectly and that I see the light at the of the tunnel."

"" I come from Kabarak at a remote place in Bomet. When I first received this money,I was shocked, I stopped to confirm if indeed the message was true, which was!! When I reached home I broke the news to my wife, she was excited and that evening she prepared a delicious meal for the family. Before going to bed my wife and I sat down and decided to open a grocery shop which we will sell onions and tomatoes. The following day I went to the market and bought iron sheets that I used for the construction. The shop is complete and with the $100 I saved I will officially opening a shop.""

"In my situation right now, I believe the biggest challenge is my wife's health condition. I wish we even had health insurance to help us pay for her medical bill but I cannot afford to pay the premiums which are usually KES. 6,000 annually. Other challenges that come along with her condition also is that I lack the support I used to get from her in farming our land and as you can see we no longer plant a lot of crops which has also affected our food security."

"I am very thankful to be in this program. I will take this as an opportunity with my husband to improve our house as we have been told that this money only comes twice. We will make sure to have enough food as it is the problem that we face every season. The house too usually leaks with the grass and we shall find some local builders to help us with modifications to make it an iron-sheet-roofed house. I believe these will improve our life for the better. The remaining will go towards small items to help us daily such as household items,shoes and others."

"My desire is to plaster my house and made sugarcane farm that will sustain me.I'll also pay people to do my work and monitor them. Givedirectly has done so much for me especially in my daily life. I was able to handle a thousand for the very first time in my life. My has Change through Givedirectly program i build my house and invested in a sugar farm."

"I plan to build a two-bedroom mud house, one room for my 3 children and the other one for myself and my husband. Each of the rooms will have a mattress and a bed. My children are Sharing a small bed at the moment, every morning they complain of back pains due to the limited space they squeeze in to be accommodated. The first transfer of 55000KES will be spent on building the house, getting beds and mattresses."