"I never got a chance to go to school and for this reason, I have always wanted to make sure my children get the best education. This money will help me pay school fees for my three children in secondary school and four children in primary school. It will make me happy when my children learn without any disruption because of school fees."

"I have a food kiosk that gives me around 200 KES on a good day. This business helps me to support my husband with few responsibilities in the house. Sometimes it is not easy to feed my family because currently, we need money to pay school fees for our children. I have always wanted to boost my current business to earn more money but that has not been the case due to a lack of insufficient capital. Receiving this means a boost to my business that will give me a consistent income."

"I have an existing retail shop. It is not as stocked as I would want it to be. My husband is a great provider. As he works hard to buy food and educate our children, I will use this money from Give Directly to add more stock to the shop. From the proceeds, I will save the most I can so that we construct a better house."

"It is not easy to leave in a leaking house. One side of my house is almost falling and it gets worse during the rainy season. Since my husband passed on in 2016 I have not been able to repair the house. Receiving this money means a good living conditions for my family."

"My wife and I share a one-roomed house with our two children. As the children grow, the pressure of constructing a bigger house so that we all live comfortably and have more privacy is mounting on me. When the transfers start coming my way, I intend to save 2,000KES every month for the first two years. 24,000KES will aid Genesis in constructing a two-bedroom house here in the village. It will make me very happy."

"We feel the effect of this drought slap us harder with every passing day. My husband and I are too frail to look for casual labor. We used to depend on farm produce for survival but we have depleted our stock. We are slowly slipping into a place where hunger is staring at us, ready to devour mercilessly."

"In all my youthful years, I had always desired I be a large-scale farmer. If I keep up with saving all my transfers for an entire year, that would translate to roughly 30,000KES. I would be able to procure some chicken and goats, to begin with. I enjoy farming and this would be an opportunity I'm willing to take."

"It is not easy to live in a house with holes all over which sometimes leaks in whenever it rains. With my old age, such kind of living condition brings health issues. My challenge has been the state of my house that needs urgent repair."

"My husband depends on casual jobs to pay school fees for our children and I sell fish where I make 150 KES daily to feed my family. The money we both make is not enough to support our five children in food and education. My children are currently still at home due to a lack of money to pay their school fees. The fees arrears are amounting to 15,000 KES that I am supposed to pay before they report back to school. It is frustrating when my children are still at home while others are continuing with the syllabus."

"Would wish to venture into goat keeping. With KES 3000, I will be able to buy a goat each month. Since I work as a Boda Boda rider within the village, I have ample time to take care of them without seeking the help of an employed shepherd."