"I have been struggling with financial crisis in my house. Money for food and other amenities"

"I was very happy to receive the money because i knew my life will not be the same again."

"Being without a cow in our culture is something that makes one feel incomplete. I have had a desire to own one but due to financial constraints, this has remained just but a dream. The situation has made me lose a lot of money in buying milk for my 2 young children every single morning. I spend KES 100 to buy 2litres of this precious commodity daily, translating to KES 3000 each month. Receiving this money will be a big sigh of relief to me as I will buy a lactating cow of around KES 30000. Out of it, I am certain of getting 5-6litres of milk per day, therefore saving me the cost of buying."

"The biggest hardship i always face is sourcing money to feed my child and I ,I'm a single mother and it is of great struggle to literally provide enough for both of us."

"The biggest hardship is hunger,food and a shelter as you can see i live in a glass fatched house and i plan to change that some day,food is a song we sing almost everyday it is a big challenge to feed my family without having a proper source of money."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by giving helping the poor people in the society by paying school fees for their children and building better houses through the cash transfer. I do not see anything that they do not do well."

"It was still early I the morning when I received my transfer and upon confirming that the money was indeed in my account, I felt so happy. I informed my spouse about the good news and we jointly celebrated and thanked God for the opportunity to transform our lives for the better."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now a happier person. This is because I can now proudly welcome any visitor to my house and offer them something to eat or drink. This has been possible as I was able to use my transfers to purchase two sets of sits and some utensils. Before receiving the transfers, I always felt embarrassed whenever I had to go to my neighbors house to borrow this items simply because someone has visited me."

"The main challenge here is insufficient food. Agricultural produce does no do well in our place. It is a semi-arid area, I struggle a lot to put food on the table. I do menial jobs and sometimes we go without food, other times we survive by one meal a day. It is not easy and life is unbearable. I am the sole breadwinner as my husband passed on long time ago."

"The biggest challenge have ever faced is lack of stable income. As a parent it is always hard to see your children drop out of school and you are helpless about it, since you don't have a stable income and the children and Forced to be on and off of school hence affecting their performance overall."