"As I had previously indicated, I have six school-age children, and I am hopeful that the money I get this year would allow me to cover their tuition. In addition, I had hoped to use this money for nutrition since, as I had previously indicated, it is continually difficult due to drought. By the end of the year, I would also prefer to have completed construction on the extra rooms. Last but not least, I want to purchase a few chickens for commercial purposes. Up to now, GiveDirectly's funding has allowed me to purchase twenty hens, which I intend to sell soon."

"As I've already indicated, being able to enroll in college is the most important goal I have for this year. This is significant to me in particular because, until three years ago, when I graduated from high school, I had no intention of continuing my education because my parents don't have enough money to cover my tuition and they also have to care for my five other siblings. This is a huge opportunity for me, and I'm hoping that by the end of the year, I'll have saved up enough money to start the course. Additionally, I'm intendin"

"Our family is faced with a lot of challenges currently. In 2014, my husband was attacked by thugs which led to his hospitalization for three years. This led to the sale of all livestock and since then we have been struggling. I'm faced with the challenge of a lack of food and school fees for our children. Since I'm the only one they depend on for provisions they sometimes end up going hungry and my children are sent home because of a lack of tuition fees. Additionally, our houses are in a very bad state and we are forced to live this way because of lack of money to construct new structures. The challenges I'm faced with really stress me and I feel ashamed that I have to live this way."

"My husband and I do casual jobs. Collectively we earn approximately $100 per month. This money caters for food only and sometimes the family goes without food. I have a family of 12 members and uses 4kg of maize flour per day. We take two meals only, in the we do not take breakfast. My younger children are growing weak health-wise due to malnourishment. Food shortage is the current challenge I am currently facing."

"I did my KCSE two years ago and my results are still at school due to a lack of school fees. Both my parents are jobless at home. I do casual jobs of making charcoal for sale. I make $24 per month from the charcoal-making job which caters to food only. Lack of job is the challenge I am currently facing."

"Lack of a stable source of income is generally my biggest challenge which has affected my ability to take care of my family of 11. My charcoal work is no longer reliable because trees are scarce which makes it hard to provide all the basic needs. With the charcoal job, I usually make utmost $20 per month, an income that never sustains us. Spending nights on the flow, lack of school fees, and going to bed hungry have always been the case. This means our health status has worsened while my children's education has never been spared too. What a life!"

"My husband and I are both sick and our health statuses do not allow us to perform strenuous activities. In addition, he is blind which has limited him from seeking any job either within or outside the village. This means, in the last 12 years, we have been surviving and seeking help from well-wishers. What a life! Since our area's economic activities are farming and charcoal work, I am hardly involved in these and my hope has remained in my brother-in-law who is a casual laborer in masonry. His support is usually not reliable since he has many responsibilities to cater to and in most cases, we survive on one meal. I, therefore, consider financial crisis as what stands out as the biggest challenge in my life."

"In my household of 5, we depend on my husband who is a casual laborer in the mining sector where he earns $20 per week. Considering this little income which must be divided into settling school fees for my 2 children, buying food, and other basic needs, we rarely save for the future. In addition, his income is usually inconsistent because it depends on the availability of customers at the quarry. Since I am just a housewife, I lack money to supplement his income and this means in some days, we go hungry, a situation that robs away my joy as a mother. Therefore, the financial crisis is what stands out as my biggest challenge at the moment."

"-Before the transfer, I never had a modern house, I owned a small grass-thatched house which was leaking during the rainy season. I thank Give Directly for the transfers as I managed to build a three-bedroom modern house for kshs 50,000. Initially, I never had peace of mind as it was so tiresome moving some of my valuable items during the rainy season, my young boys too never had adequate space to spend their nights and this was so stressful as they could sleep in a neighbour's house. My peace of mind is finally restored since I built a house. Getting a balanced and regular meal had been the most difficult thing for my young family of three. I used the whole balance of kshs 5000 to stock food for an entire month. We are very grateful for the transfers."

"RE " The biggest difference in my life at the moment is the joy am feeling, knowing that, i will have a house of my own in a year's time or less"."