"I have a large family of 11 members and making them food secure has been my main challenge. I am a business lady selling vegetables at Kapkwen center only on market days. I earn $ 10 every week from the sale of vegetables and this is not enough to sustain my family for even 3 days. My husband is a heavy alcohol drinker and he hardly offers a helping hand making me the sole breadwinner."

"I worked as a shopkeeper at Langobaya village in Malindi for three years. Late December 2021 , the business was closed. The inflation affected the business thus the owner was running at a loss. Since then up to now I have not got any other job. I have a family of three members and we use 2kg of maize flour every day. It is now hard to get meal meals per day. So lack of job is the current challenge I am facing in life."

"I am currently unemployed and survival in this village is hard. To sustain myself, I ride for hire motorcycle. On a day the owner of the motorcycle gives me a target of $3. If I fail to meet the daily target, I accumulate a debt. It's stressful. Nowadays, it's difficult because a lot of young people depend on this. When I am lucky, I get only $2 a day. Mostly I get $1. This is just enough for food. This affects me because I cannot save quick enough to start goat rearing. It's also difficult buying new clothes."

"I am a single mother of 3 who depends on farming for a living. With the adverse climatic changes, farming is now uncertain as the yields are low. For instance, in May 2022, I sowed maize on my 0.5-acre of land but harvested only 4 bags of maize against the usual 9 bags on a good year. It pains me that I had to sell all of the bags to cater partly for the school fees for my son in grade 11. As of now, I have to attend casual jobs such as weeding and collecting firewood so that my family of 5 can have food for the day."

"We live in a semi-arid area, and it hardly rains which renders our farms unproductive. Even though we sometimes practice irrigation, the rivers are seasonal and can dry up with prolonged drought. Financial constraints are the biggest challenge since we depend on farming to earn a living for my family of seven."

"Give Directly is doing everything well and in a very unique manner . All my life I had never seen donors who give money unconditionally , neither had I expected that to happen to me . I was used to just receiving food donations . Thanks to Give Directly because it also gave us the freedom of spending the transfers . For people who were wise , this has changed their economic lives positively . I pray God to bless you and refill your pockets so that you can even return to help us again. I can't say Give Directly did anything wrong, you did everything perfectly right. This was unexpected and you out did yourself .There is nothing to improve on ."

"I felt so happy the moment I received money from GiveDirectly. It was around 4:00 pm when I saw the message and confirmed that I had indeed received the sum. At first I could not believe my eyes and it is my husband who saw the message and convinced me that we had indeed received some money. What made me feel very happy was the fact that we were finally going to be able to buy food for our family and for once , we were not going to worry of how we would get our next meal. I felt grateful up until now fir this."

"I would hope to accomplish so much but money is the determining factor . I would even wish to to buy plots , build houses and start a business , but I have no money . The only thing that I hope to accomplish next year and beyond , is to have my children get quality education and later get employment , since that is the only key to their success . I need a lot of money since I have one child in college , two have finished secondary and hoping to join college , two are also hoping to join form one . I know it will require a lot of money but I hope my husband will manage ."

"Give Directly is helping a lot of people during these difficult economic times . That is the main thing that you should continue doing . We need people like you to lift others up emotionally and financially. Just continue to help others , never get tired of doing this . I see nothing to improve on because you are already perfect ."

"The best thing you have done is to start this project of giving people money . This money has been of great help to people in different ways . We have built houses , bought cattle and paid school fees for our children . We are grateful , how I wish that you could come back to our village and help us even more . May God always fill your pockets . There is nothing to improve from my side ."