"Additional income to my household is what receiving this money means to me. I have 2 lactating cattle which produce 6 liters of milk for sale at KES 240 daily. I will therefore add one Friesian cow going for KES 40,000, hence an assured KES 150 top-up to my daily income. I will use KES 8,400 of my transfer to clear school fees for my two children in kindergarten. I also intend to initiate poultry keeping, whose income from selling poultry products such as eggs and meat will supplement my earnings from selling milk. I will therefore use KES 10000 to build a modern chicken coop, KES 7000 to fence my compound with wire mesh, and the remaining KES 35,000 to buy chicken."

"I was sweeping in my house when I got the transfer. I was very happy to see the alert. I stopped my chores and went to town to collect the money. I was Very happy."

"I didn't have a proper house, therefore i have bought iron sheets and bricks which Will be used for house construction. i have Also bought Bags of Maize for food because i did not have enough food in my house. I received the transfer while i was sick, i have been using the transfers for medication as well."

"I had always dreamt of getting a house with iron sheets but never did i think i would attain it. Today i have it all thanks to Givedirectly. Am living my dream"

"It was early morning and I was busy fixing the walls of my house that were almost falling apart when I heard a beep on my phone. I checked it and was met with the pleasant surprise that I had received KES 55,000. I was overwhelmed with joy and was left speechless because I couldn't believe how lucky I was."

"The different is I now have adequate utensils used for cooking and owning a fridge makes me feel like i accomplished what my heart always desires,i now drink cold water considering how Mangochi district is l'm happy i bought something i never thought i could afford."

"Receiving this money means good shelter to my family of 12 members. For the past 1 year, my family has been staying in a small structure that can not accommodate all of us and it leaks during rainy seasons. At night, my 7 children seek shelter from neighbors something that makes me feel bad because as a parent I always feel I am not fulfilling my basic needs. My longing has been to construct a 3 rooms semi-permanent house so that we can live comfortably. I am planning to spend 40,000 KES to construct a spacious house and this will make me proud as a parent. Other than that, I will invest the remaining part of the transfer in livestock which will act as a source of income."

"As a school teacher, I earn just KES 6,000 a month. This money is not enough to cater for my family's living expenses and as a result, I had sadly accumulated some debts. So I spent KES 15,000 of the transfer to pay off these. I then bought a dairy cow worth KES 22,000 to save on the money I would spend on buying milk. I also bought a goat for KES 5,000 and spent another KES on paying school fees for my son. I hope that he will be able to stay in school and learn, smoothly."

"I don't have a stable source of income to support my family. With my large family, the cost of living is high making things difficult or harder now that the little we get from our casual job is not enough for us. This makes us experience perennial food shortages and unable to provide family basic needs."

"The biggest difference in my life is how happy I am now unlike before. I now have a house and have food regularly. I am so happy and grateful."