"My youngest was just completing their final year of secondary and the funds from GiveDirectly were a welcome boost towards clearing all his fees arrears and keeping us in the black, ahead of his departure. 2 female goats were also added to our family as well as me starting a small grocery shop, right near our home. My farmer husband an I rarely have surplus income and with our other 5 children all grown up and living on their own,we focus mainly on fending for ourselves. Tilling the 3 acre land we own, we primarily grow maize and wheat, which we mill and store to keep us fed. GiveDirectly allowed us to start a new chapter in our lives, one who's pages we will enjoy writing."

"The transfers from GiveDirectly partially went to boosting my businesses. I have a budding salon in Mombasa, as well as selling thrift clothes on the side, at the same stall. I injected some of the money there as capital, which helped me stock up on a few more things, it also catered for my rent there of KES. 4,500. My husband who is a casual labourer in Mombasa, has built us a home where he was allocated some land by his father, and that has been the salvation of us both and our 3 year old child, since we need not pay rent. Finally, we bought two goats, a male and a female, whom we are believing are the start of a large flock of livestock in future. The funds sent to us by GiveDirectly were nothing short of a miracle and we will always hold GiveDirectly in a treasured place in our hearts."

"In the short term I would love to expand my shop and have it become a whole sale shop, catering to those buying goods in bulk to them go and sell at retail prices. In the long term, I'd love to start a hardware business, adjacent to my shop to sell goods."

"It a lot to my life what I never have the funding to accomplish Givedirectly make me to accomplish it."

"No new goal yet, to build my new zinc roof house and to pay my six years okd son school fees"

"No new goals set ( supporting my children in school, my vegetables farm and the new motor bike for commercial transportation are stillmy focus)."

"I don't have a new plan for my transfer. I'm continuing with my old plan. I just bought my balance bundle of zinc to start the roofing. I also pay my children's tuition as well."

"GD has not done anything bad yet since they came to our country and also in my county. I want to say a very big thank you to the entire working staff of GD."

"No new goals yet"