"Personally, my life has really taken a new direction. Before I lived in a semi-permanent house since I lacked enough resources to construct a permanent house but that has changed. I now live in a permanent house, I have paid my wife's dowry and together with my brother we own a motorcycle that generates income on a daily basis. To me, it has been a life-changing moment."

"The biggest hardship I've faced in my life is starvation. Living in an ASAL area like this come with its fair share of adversity. Seasons have changed so much so that we no longer know how to practice timely planting since weather changes extremely every two to three months. I've seen livestock succumb to starvation due to drought. When this happen, we lack food to eat and children are forced to drop out of school due to lack of income. "

"I would not have managed to buy a motorbike and would still be hiring a bike to earn a living. This would mean paying my rent would still be a struggle and sustaining my household needs would have been next to impossible. But since I have my own, with the profits earned I am able to meet all my needs comfortably with no strains."

"In the next six months, I expect to have saved enough money to purchase both cows and poultry for rearing. I have always considered livestock as an investment because in the future after they have given birth I'll have additional cows which I can sell in case of an emergency. In addition to that, I'll get milk from them after they have given birth. The poultry is also a good source of income and food for both family and visitors."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have plastered my house. I want to use my monthly transfers for savings so that I get the required amount of money for plastering my house. I would want to make it strong and presentable."

"In the next six months l expect to have hire a farm and would have planted the whole of it and expecting a good harvest."

"In the next six months I expect to have joined college and continuing with my education with out being worried about how to pay my college school fees. My poultry farming will also have picked up and I will be able to pay my college fees without any struggle."

"Receiving this money means financial independence on my side, in that buying two dairy cattle and initiating poultry farming is what i have in mind. This will ensure continuous financial stability whenever i sell the dairy and poultry products consistently."

"Unlike in the past whereby we used to consume food growing in our farms, life has been difficult of late due to unpredictable climatic conditions. we are forced to buy everything, thus investing in saving has been a great challenge which is the hardship we face"

"My life is currently different because the money has enabled me to pay for my house rent on time unlike before when my house would be locked for weeks. I am a casual laborer and the little money I got from my casual jobs was not enough to cater for all my needs. I used to sleep in my friend's houses on such occasions. It is usually embarrassing to ask for accommodation but I didn't have any option. Ever since Give Directly came into my life, I have been able to cater to my family's needs. This has given me an opportunity to save some money that I plan to use in reviving my business of selling second-hand clothes"