"I would use the money to build a house because the one I am currently living is has started falling apart. Would use the rest of the money to buy fertiliser an maize."

"I spent most of the money on buying food."

"I don't have new goals but before receiving the money, I had planned to build a house,I have managed to build a house."

"Receiving this money means quality education for my children. Currently, I have 3 children in secondary school. They are always sent home because of school fees. I have tried to do several fundraising in the village but I get so little that can not pay school fees. I plan to use KES 70,000 in clearing a debt and pay 2 years upfront for the 3 children. By doing so they will have enough time to concentrate in school and excel in their studies. For the remaining amount, I will buy a dairy cow that will help with milk production since I always depend on neighbors."

"Food shortage is the main challenge I am currently facing. I am old and recently I had been sick. I have not been active in farming due to my health which led to no yields. I do not have stored food. Since I do not have a stable source of income, getting food is challenging for me."

"My greatest challenge is finance. Getting money in this village is very hard. My husband dig gold for us to survive but sometimes he dig for hold week and nothing to show. Even the house we living in link because the trach are very old."

"I and my husband were able to build a house with burnt bricks but we used mud, and this scares us during rains if indeed the house can with stand the wetness, we would like to use this money to improve the walls of our house with Cement and if some money remains we will use to buy food."

"I paid school fees for my two children in secondary and three in primary school I used the balance to purchase two cows which I will milk in the future"

"When the givedirectly officers came to visit us and mentioned that we would receive money from givedirectly, I was so excited. My first thoughts went to getting a bigger house and buying a number of goats to keep. I received my first transfer and my goal was the same untill I saw the state of the bed my husband and I slept in, it became apparent at the time that that was an aspect of house I hadn't thought of but was quite important. Fetching water has also been a big challenge as you could never get enough water to run the house for even a day if you went to get water on foot. This was something that I really needed a solution to and I decided to buy a bicycle which my husband now uses to help us fetch water. I had also noticed that my family was having issues with the issue of my being married but them not having received any dowry for me. I felt that it strained our relationship and I knew it was something that needed to be sorted out."

"No but I am grateful for this transfer from Givedirectly. I was able me to buy a cow who will earn me produce. I was also able to build a much bigger house now."