"I felt vwry happy beacuse I have struggling to go back to school but to non avail so after receiving my first transfer I decided keeping it for next school year"

"I was going on the farm that morning when I received an sms alert telling me that I have getting money from GD, my son was the one that even check my phone and confirm the mobile money account, with that information i was very happy that morning , my thoughts was to Purchase cements , zinc and others house materials for construction of my kitchen and plastering of my house ."

"I have noticed that I spend a lot of money because I have been leasing a motorbike to transport my goods from the wholesalers to my retail store. I want to get my motorbike so that I can use it to transport goods to my shop as a result. I will have decreased the expenses I have been accumulating by doing this. I intend to complete this task before the year is over, as per my plan."

"The changes in climatic conditions have impacted on us so much. The weather patterns changed drastically and it was initially something not serious to us only to realize later that it rendered farming untenable. We are now struggling with school fees amounting to $2000 annually and all this money looks up to my $120 salary monthly. I, therefore have to take loans to put up with these expenses and soon the creditors might deny me for taking more than what I can pay. It is already a burden to me and might take 10 years to finish repayments."

"The challenges we are facing as a family can be traced back to the time when our parents were evicted from where they had settled by claims that the land was acquired illegally. This crippled our parents economically because we were not able to go to school anymore nor live a life that most families get to enjoy by being together and children growing up together as siblings. I then started to do casual jobs from the age of 15 and by the age of 25, I was able to buy this 0.4 acre of land from my savings. I settled with my family here but the challenge has been that I also had to accommodate my younger siblings because they were in the streets and they had nowhere to call home. I am now doing casual jobs in the village to provide for them and I wish I could find them something to do so that they can also start providing for themselves."

"The main challenge that I am currently facing is the inadequate size of land that we have. We only have 0.2 acres of land and the house has taken half of it. The remaining part is too small, we cannot keep livestock or produce any crops for our consumption. This strains the income that my husband gets by working as a guitarist and he earns $10 a week only which is supposed to meet all the household needs. I wish I could have more land to enable me to keep livestock and cultivate some vegetables for our household. This will cut our daily expenditure by half and we shall be able to start saving for our children's education."

"We are facing a major challenge with our housing conditions. We are a family of 4 and our house has a grass-thatched roof and walls made of mud. It has been 2 years since the roof started to leak because the grass is too old and worn out. I work as a casual laborer in the neighborhood and my income is usually $1 a day on average and this goes to food for the household. The leaky roof lets rainwater into the mud wall and makes the mud fall off so often thus exposing us to cold conditions during the night. We are also experiencing a challenge with water for household use. We would have collected rainwater if we had a metallic roof but sadly I haven't been able to construct one."

"Being a business lady, I was very grateful to get the second transfer of $550. When I received this money, I first withdrew it from my M-Pesa account and deposited it into my bank account knowing that it will earn some profit. Thereafter, I withdrew it bit by bit to boost my stationery business. In addition to that, I am very happy because it enabled me to expand the stationary business to open a uniform shop where students can get not only books related items but also school uniforms. Having these two kinds of businesses is a huge achievement on my side because I can provide for my family without straining like before."

"GiveDirectly performed a great job, in my opinion, by letting us decide how to use the funds. I was able to purchase a plot of land on which I hope to build a house for my two kids and me. Being able to own a property is something I consider to be a major accomplishment. I'm overjoyed, and if I check GiveDirectly's functioning, I don't detect any issues."

"The biggest difference in my daily life now is, I was able to paid my children school fees. And the new changes now is I am building my big two room apartment in my village. My family are now living a better life, we eat's twice a day now."