"I want to continue educating my six children until they finish school. I will be able to achieve this by saving little by little from my daily income. I would also request GiveDirectly for an additional transfer since I still have a long way to go with my family. An additional transfer will give me a big boost."

"I own a small shop. I had planned with the money earlier on even before I received it because I had heard about GiveDirectly money from our neighboring village which had received this form of aid. It came at the right time and my plans for using the money went so well. I managed to buy two bulls at kes. 19500 each totaling to kes. 39000. The remaining kes. 10000 I bought food for my family and kes. 4000 paid school for my children. I am a father of four. My wife has no any other job but helps the shop, farming and cattle keeping. Before the transfer came, I had three bulls but now I have five bulls’ curtesy of GiveDirectly. I choose bulls because it’s for business purposes, its sells at higher price that female cows, I’ll feed them well until next year when I will sell them at a higher price and buy more bulls again. My goal is to have at least 50 or more bulls in my compound."

"What made me happy is receiving this money. It has boosted me big time. This is by getting a water tank and buying food for my family among other things. I therefore do not have any complains at all but to say a big thank you."

"I hope to accomplish making my dream to come through,by building my house and make a very big business that I Will always remember give-directly organization."

""Since my husband got injured from his job, he's not able to go back to work again. Therefore the family burdens had been very heavy on my shoulder. This is the reason I am planning to start a business that will serve as source of income for my family. Because even the farming work had been very challenging for me. Hopefully in the coming year, my family will not had to go through the hard time we are presently in because I am optimistic that this decision will help my family to become financially dependent.""

""Before receiving this transfer, my main prayer was that God will blessed me with money to pay my children's school fees and buy them their school materials. Since school reopened getting in school had been my biggest problem because I had no other means of raising money to for their school. Receiving this huge amount of money free had been one of the best thing that ever happened to me. For this reason I am planning to used a good amount of the money to pay their fees. Additionally the remaining money will be spend on buying their school materials""

"Lack of employment opportunities in this village is really crippling. I used to work for a particular sisal plantation next to Mtwapa but lost the job when covid 19 started and the company was down sizing. I have since tried so many opportunities I could get around the village like working for a particular bamboo plantation here in the village, but most of them are just seasonal. Currently I have three children who are in high school each paying $450 per academic term. This is quite a lot of money, and I have only managed because of the support I get from my brothers-in -law who've been paying the biggest percentage. By just burning charcoal and selling firewood, I wouldn't have done it."

"Our main source of pain here in the village is getting a meaningful employment opportunity. I separated with my husband in the year 2020 and that marked the beginning of my struggles as a single mother with a special child. I two sons to take care of but the eldest one has a condition where he's not able to properly coordinate his body. This was the source of friction in my marriage and I knew we had to eventually part ways because my then husband wasn't ready to be part of this. The boy can't even lift a mug of porridge to his mouth, he should be getting some therapy sessions to improve but I'm not able to afford it. Since then I have tried my luck severally but nothing is coming forth, until I just decided to be burning charcoal and supplying to Kilifi town. I started this with $350 I got from table banking which I used to secure a motorcycle from a credit society at a deposit of $200. The rest of the money was spent on paying people to burn charcoal for me then my brother ferries using the motorcycle. But again I realized that the cost was extremely high that I couldn't get a good margin."

"I do not have any reliable sources of income at the moment. My husband is a motorcycle taxi rider at Kilifi town while I take care of our three children who're attending a local grade school right here in the village. I pay school fees totaling to $60 each academic term. Alongside that I also need around $50 monthly to be able to get family supplies like cooking oil, sugar, soaps among other things. My husband sends me around $10 weekly which isn't enough according to the needs of this family. I sometimes have to burn charcoal and sell to be able to supplement."