"I have so many dreams that I would wish to accomplish in the coming years, but the only hindrance is financing. Though, this does not stop me from being ambitious. If I happen to get cash in the future, I plan on starting a business that would help in boosting my finances"

"Our biggest struggle is with food security. I'm just a junior adult trying to take care of my younger siblings as the one in charge when my mother is away. She was once married but due to separation for reasons best known to her, we ended up at her paternal home right where we are now. Since we got here, she's been working in Kilifi and sending us some money monthly. But the problem is that the money is hardly enough, always ranging between $15 to $25 per month. With this much, we still have to run out of cash so fast and start skipping meals and begging from neighbors."

"My biggest challenge is lack of reliable sources of income in the village. I have been surviving mostly with charcoal burning and sometimes palm wine tapping. These are extremely physical jobs and wine tapping is very seasonal. Therefore they can not help me throughout the year. And above all that, I have a medical condition that makes it impossible for me to have a woman or involve in the kind of jobs I have just mentioned. It's sad I had to lose the woman who loved me a lot because of such, you know. My condition needs medical operation costing around $300 to be fully rectified, but I can't afford it at the moment."

"Here in the village we're just living a life of inadequacy! My husband was initially employed as a waiter in a particular restaurant in Mombasa town where he used to earn $150 monthly. But he lost this job in February this year, just five months after marrying me. We had to move to the village to reduce our expenses. All along I have been a housewife without any economic activity. He's right now struggling to get by to an extent that he has decided to be going for casual jobs at a particular organization in the village that produces bamboo. This pays meagre wages of as low as $10 per day. In most cases he has to also burn charcoal to be able to provide for us. This hasn't been working so well either, and so we still have to skip meals a lot which is not easy for a pregnant woman."

"No bew goals set"

"I am hoping to raise enough cash so that I can be able to pay fees for my children as soon as they transition to college. I did not get the chance to go to school just because my parents couldn't afford the costs, therefore I never wished any of my children to experience what I have gone through in life. Also, I trust that, as they benefit from getting good education their lives shall be greener together with their generation."

"Givedirectly is doing well by sending us cash directly to our phones to enable me build my house for me and my family."

"GiveDirectly focuses primarily on reducing poverty in underprivileged neighborhood communities. It does well in implementing its cash program in poor villages. For instance, its program has improved the lives of our community members. People who were living in difficu6 conditions have chosen to build permanent houses. There is a sizable portion of new houses built, and livestock acquired in the entire village by locals with the transfer. Initially, we could not do this due to our limited purchasing power. There is nothing that GiveDirectly does not do well."

"I am hoping to start up a retail and grocery shop in my village in the coming year. I feel this is the best business idea since the shops are countable in the entire region. Also since for now, I do not have any reliable source of income, I trust that through this business, I will be able to pay fees for my children without struggling. Raising them singlehandedly has never been easy and so running this project shall mean a lot to my family."