"Education is a valuable asset, and I believe that it will have a significant impact on my children's future stability. To ensure their success, I intend to allocate a significant portion of the transfers towards paying for their education expenses and supporting their learning. In a few months, my daughter will finish her tailoring course, and she will be able to start her own business and become financially independent. Additionally, my son, who is set to complete his secondary education this year, is optimistic about doing well and going to university to pursue his chosen career. My role is to provide financial support, and the transfers come in handy in helping me achieve this goal."

"I am old and my health is failing me. I can hardly walk nor engage in any meaningful economic activity and this has made my life miserable and unbearable. Food insecurity is the main challenge that we face at the moment, the cost of food commodities is high and unaffordable. Due to my state of health and old age, I am not able to adequately fend for my family and it worries me a lot. We purchase every food we eat since we cannot produce it due to adverse climatic conditions. Our area is dry most of the time and recently we had the worst drought that lasted for a long. The results have been devastating to us and even to our livestock."

"Reflecting on my childhood, I believe that receiving support from my parents to pay for my education would have been extremely beneficial for me. The lack of proper schooling has contributed significantly to the difficulties I face today. I do not want my son to have the same struggles as me, and receiving this transfer has been a significant boost in ensuring he receives a quality education. For the foreseeable future, and beyond, my goal is to provide my son with the best possible education. I want to ensure he has access to a conducive learning environment that will enable him to excel and pursue his desired career path."

"When I was young I got burned on my right leg. This has affected my ability to work like other people. It means I cannot do manual work fully. Affecting my ability to acquire some income, and also till my land. I can only depend on my goats. It's also difficult fetching water with this leg. This has made my life difficult."

"I am very old, 89. Depend on my wife and children. Feeding my family is difficult because I cannot do anything. My movement is restricted to the home. If my wife is not able to get a job we go hungry. This makes me sad because I can do nothing. I cannot work because of my advanced age."

"I was able to accomplish what looked unachievable on my end by using GiveDirectly transfers. As a single mother with four children in school, two in form four and two in university, the thought of their school fees drove me insane. When I heard about GiveDirectly coming in to our town, it felt like God had sent them just for me. Imagine losing my husband a year ago and finding myself in the robust of all of this. With the transfers, I paid all of their school fees and none of them returned home for any debt. Also, I am a business-minded individual who is currently considering how to make money and take care of my children. It could be a different story if GiveDirectly transfers were not applied. God bless you as you continue to bless others. Treat them the same way you treated us, and they will feel the difference."

"I am a happy man, free from the arrears I had from my former high school, Through the transfers, I managed to pay $10 to access my Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education results slip and the certificate. I feel so encouraged to pursue my dream of being an engineer in building and construction, already, I have set aside $20 for the course which I look forward to starting in September this year 2023 in a nearby technical training institution. at the moment, I am a teacher in a nearby primary school and the worst nightmare I have been facing every day is appearing in the school compound with the same outfit. students would make fun of it, but I appreciate GiveDirectly for coming through to my rescue. I changed my wardrobe and added more to it to make me feel so professional every time I get to the school gate. Students might mock it, but I am grateful to GiveDirectly for coming to my rescue. It only cost me $4 to change my closet and add to it to make me appear so professional every time I walk through the school's entryway. Finally, I bought a pair of male calves at $26 as an investment in with the expectation that if I am unable to pay my school fees, I will sell them and utilize the proceeds to secure my education."

"Givedirectly is a helpful organization and I am glad they came to help me and my community people."

"There are a lot of challenges that I'm faci seeng at the moment. The main challenge however, is the lack of money. This has been caused by prolonged drought and also increased inflation and cost of living in our country. Because of this, it has been difficult for me to meet my family's basic needs such as food and clothing. I have been forced to sell all my chicken to be able to make ends meet. This saddens me greatly since I'm left only with some goats and empty chicken houses."

"My husband has been dealing with a rare illness for some time. As a result, he cannot work and is constantly at home. As a result, supporting my family has been difficult. Because of the current scenario, I have not set any new goals, but I have decided to use my transfer to meet my family's urgent educational and nutritional needs. I hope to prioritize paying school fees and purchasing food for my family with the transfers. I believe it will be simple for me to support my family. Without the GiveDirectly's transfers, this would not be possible owing to the hard situations we experience as a family."