"One of the major difference is I'm feeling better then ever before, just want to say to GD thank you so much for the kindness to was me doing my sickness.They are the one make me today to look good in health. I for see more progress for GD job in our community and it subrounding."

"I am facing a lot of challenges for example, i need a good place to sleep with my kids. I need to buy clothes as well. In addition, i have a a swollen thumb but am failling to go to the hospital. This money will help me resolve such problems."

"I was busy on our farm working when the mobile money alert came to my phone unexpectedly. I can't read and write, so my husband quickly took the phone and checked to confirm the transfer. This was an exciting moment for us. My family and I ran to our kitchen and started shouting, Givedirectly thank you for our money. At least our long awaited dreams to build our own house has come to pass. This is the first experience I have had in my village . With this transfer, I believe, I will be able to build my own house."

"Right now I do not have enough food and I am already starving. I am thankful for this program as I believe that when the money comes, I will be able to purchase enough food"

"I am a widow with a family of seven children. Out of the seven children, one is in secondary school and one is in primary school. All of the two children depend on me to pay for their basic education. Raising these children has never been easy. Over the fifteen years when my husband died, all the responsibilities to provide for the family landed on me. You can imagine being an illiterate, jobless and old woman without any source of a stable income. I have been depending on charcoal burning business to meet the basic needs of my family. However, due to the persistent drought in our village, charcoal burning is not easy as all trees have been cut down because everyone is doing this business as it is the only means for survival. In a month, I can only make a profit of 5000 KES which is not enough for my basic needs and those of my children. My ambition has been to see my children finish secondary school and join college so that they can get jobs and be independent and take care of me in future. However, this is almost becoming impossible due to lack of enough money. Upon receiving this cash transfer, I will be able to buy twelve goats that will coat 24000 KES which I will keep and sell when they multiply and educate my children. I will then use the remaining amount to clear the school fee balances for my children and meet other basic needs."

"Receiving this money means access to education for my children. I have a family of nine children who depend on me to meet their basic needs. Out of the nine, eight are currently in primary school. As we speak, the eldest who is in class eight has been sent home due to school fee arrears. He has been here for ten days now. However, due to lack of enough money, I am not able to raise the balance of 5100 KES. I depend on charcoal burning business that earns me less that 4000KES a month. All the profit I make from this business is solely used for food and water. This has made life more difficult. My joy is to see my children finish the basic education and join college so that they can get jobs. Upon receiving this cash transfers, I will clear the debts in school then buy twenty goats which I will keep and sell when they multiply as an investment for my children's education."

"The continued insufficiency of fresh water for domestic and agricultural uses is our biggest challenge. Since we live in an area that usually experiences long dry spells yet there is no perennial river in our neighborhood, we have been forced to borrow water from my neighbor's dam. This is because we have never managed to establish a dam. Unfortunately, our neighbor's dam would dry up regularly due to the high demand for water from the community."

"Famine is currently hitting hard. The last time I got food from my farm is in the year 2019. The only way to get food is getting money to buy the food which has been quite a challenge. There are no available jobs because in the village I used to depend on agriculture related jobs. I now depend on my husband who is a mason, working away from home. The little he earns is not enough to buy food and other basic needs including education expenses."

"Receiving this money means improved living standard to my household. This is because I am a widow depending on charcoal production as a source of income. The work is energy draining and consumes a lot of time to get the charcoal ready for sale. Besides the returns are not enough to sustain all my basic needs such as food and water water. I am planning to spend the first transfer to renovate my house, buy beddings and five indigenous goats so that I create assets that will help me in future. I will use the second transfer to pay school fees to my grand daughter who is in class eight when she joins secondary school next year."

"In an effort to boost my source of livelihood and to enhance my disposable income, my plan is to purchase another dairy cow to add on the two that I have at the moment.Dairy keeping does well in our area, it is our main economic activity.The cost of milk has gone up , it is selling at a gate price of KES 38 per liter. My target is to produce at least 15 litres a day. I intend to use the rest of the money to expand my poultry project."