"I bought one bundle of zinc, and did payment of my children tuition with my second cash transfer received from Givedrectly."

"Receiving this money will help me so much being a single parent has been so hard in me in terms of getting income and supporting my family. It's really difficult to find work her in the village but with this transfer I will be able to build a new house with ironsheets that will give me good shelter during the rain season"

"Financial instability is the biggest challenge that I currently face. I depend on casual jobs like planting, weeding, and harvesting on other people's farms to meet the basic needs of my family. Because of prolonged drought, farmers are not willing to plant anything for fear of losses and this renders me jobless. This situation can sometimes be worse to a point of going for three months without money."

"The challenge am currently facing is lack of food this year harvest ddnt do well as compared to the other years i have been farming, i was yielding bags close to 20-25 which could last me a year but this year i only manage to harvest 11 bags and as am talking i am remaining with one bag of maize in the house and since you have come you will be my rescue"

"Receiving this money means that I can start a small business to become self-employed. I earn about KES 150 per day, as a store attendant as compared to what I can earn if I start supplying tea leaves to shops around this area. I will use about KES 50,000 on this. I will also spend about KES 50,000 to educate my wife in a college, to do a lab technology course. to She will get a job and secure income for my family which is more stable."

"This money is a good thing that will happen to me. I will buy my longtime needs such as matress, iron sheet and food. I also plan to build a new morden house. The good thing is that i already have bricks. My current house is old and made of traditional things."

"This money will help me a lot because I have problems which I have been failing to solve due to lack of finances. Firstly, I have a house but it is too small. As such, I will build a new bigger house and buy some things which I am lacking in my home. For example, I sleep on a mat with no matress. So I will have to buy a bed, matress and beddings for me and children. If I will remain with any money after that, I will add it as capital to my existing business. I buy and sell maize. This will be a great opportunity for my business to grow."