"Receiving this money means I will be able to clear school arrears for my kids. My firstborn is in secondary school where he has a fee balance of twenty-five thousand Kenya shillings. His four siblings who are in primary education have also huge balances that accumulated since last year June. The first transfer will be utilized to pay all debts that I have in their schools, and the second transfer to expand my grocery business by building a bigger structure that will accommodate a larger stock."

"It is a blessing to receive such a huge transfer of 55,000 KSH at my old age, am at 90 years can you believe? This is a blessing I want to buy large stock of food especially grains, that will sustain me during drought. I also want to buy some few goats, so instead of sitting down all the time I want to wake up and take them to grazing, and I find that some kind of exercise to me. When they give birth I will bless my grandchildren with them so they can always remember Give directly."

"My greatest dream for getting this first transfer of 55,000Ksh is to start a retail shop, which will be in Ganze town, in the shopping center. Before we moved to Ganze I was living in Malindi town, with my spouse who was employed in a wholesale shop, and he was moved to start his own shop, which was doing well. We were forced to close the business when we opted to move to our rural home, where we were faced by more parental responsibilities. I still have that dream,and I will achieve it soon."

"Upon receiving the first and second transfer amounting to 110000KSH, we plan to build a 2 room house, for us and one room to host visitors, currently the house we are in is very small,and sometimes we are forced to cook inside and it's very smoky and uncomfortable to sleep in during the day or night. We plan to use the remainder to pay school fees for my daughter who finished secondary school in 2019, but has not been able to secure her KCSE certificate because we have a debt of 25000 KSH. We also have a son in form 2 and has been chased out of school for 2 weeks he needs 49000 KSH. We also have our 2 daughters who joined vocational school, one is studying salon and another one is taking a course in tailoring and they both need 20000KSH."

"Food insecurity is the main challenge in my family. Though I am a businesswoman, my profits of approximately KES 150 a day is not enough to fully meet our daily expenditure. Due to low rainfall, our crop production has not been reliable this means we always have to buy food. With a family of six, we hardly afford enough meals in our family."

"We sold all our cattle at the expense of our school-going children leaving us to struggle to make ends meet. We have now been buying 1 liter of milk for domestic use at KES 50 a liter per day which is expensive. That one liter of milk is not enough to sustain a family of 6. I am a casual worker in the village doing manual jobs ranging from fencing, digging, weeding, planting, to doing any other work to sustain my family. On average, I earn an estimated wage of KES 300 a day and that cash is unsustainable. I, therefore, intend to buy a dairy cow of approximately KES 30,000, and my projection is to milk at least 5 liters a day. Out of this, we will sell 3 liters and consume the rest and this relates to leading a healthy life which am proud of. Therefore receiving this money means having a healthy family."

"Providing basic needs for all my children and grandchildren is also a very big burden, because I depend on cutting firewood, selling soil and burning charcoal which doesn't pay much. Paying school fees for my 2 sons has been very tough for me, being a widow, I work so hard but no one in the family is ready to support me in educating them. Repairing my house every time is costly, and I see no big difference, so Looking at everything I feel very dissatisfied with my current life."

"Receiving this money means quality education for my 3 school-going children. I have 6 school-going children; 3 in secondary level and 3 in primary level whose school fees are extremely high. For the ones in secondary school, I pay KES 31,100 in total per year, and the ones in primary school are KES 22,500. Since I rely on casual work to sustain my family, that cash is hard to come by. I am employed as an auctioneer in the nearby market earning approximately KES 1500 which comes once a week. I was filled with awe coming to learn that we will soon get the transfer from Give Directly and give my children a better education."

"Working as an ustadh, getting a monthly stipend of 8 000 KES has made my children lose basic education. All of my four children did not reach secondary school save for the last born. He finished his secondary education two years ago and got excellent results.He was supposed to enrol for university studies but this never happened. Without hope, he has been employed as a salesman in one of the bookshops in town with a plan of saving towards his fees. The GiveDirectly transfers are coming at a time when we highly need them.With 80 000 KES , I will see my boy get enrolled in one of the universities.The rest of the transfers will help in establishing a small business of selling dried fish."

"Losing my husband, who was the main breadwinner brought a lot of challenges. Though I am a retired teacher, I have spent almost every coin of my pension on medical check-up. I cannot walk properly and I am not able to acquire a wheelchair.My children had to drop out of school due to lack of school fees."