"Current challenge is the inability to live in a better house. We have been struggling to build another one but up to now we are failing. The children need a better house so are we."

"This money will mean a lot to me and my children. Since I have no husband, I have struggle twice than my married friends to have food and provide for myself too. We usually have problems such as lack of food, beddings, school fees and other needs. Lack of school fees caused my children to drop out of school and I am not happy with that. Sometimes I do engage in small businesses such as selling firewood and grass. It is hardwork but I have no choice. This money will assist us in affording a better home especially buying iron sheets, cement and other household materials so that will live better tha before. Even though my kids have dropped out of school, I will make sure we invest the money into something such as a business so that we tak care of ourselves after the program ends."

"The biggest hardship in my life will always be this moment we are passing through. I have never been troubled like this ever before in my life. There is no activity I can do to generate money or something for myself. I am very sad."

"Burning coal and making farm was the main source of income for my family but since I took sick, I spent half of the money behind my illness. And when I recover, I decided to burn coal in order to provide for my family but I don't have the means of getting money to burn the coal."

"After my husband left me with (7) children, it hasn't been easy to provide food and send my children to school. The money I earned from the casual labour work I do, is not enough to sustain my family. And I don't have any means of getting money to send my children to school."

"Being a casual woman and my earnings on a daily basis is KES 200, and I have children who are in school, have been a turf experience ever to me. I have a smaller house that I built with the little savings I did from my casual job, this has really interferes with our privacy which is a taboo in the kalenjin community, Givedirectly will shoulder this burden to me and I am hopeful that I will have a spacious house."

"I leave in a house that is too big for me to smear it, and my age cannot allow me to carry clay soil from far end, so I have decided to just stay without doing any repairs in the house, this attracts health risks like being raided with jiggers and alot of dust which will then cause chest complications to me, I will appreciate if I get this transfer to enable me build a good place to stay and live comfortably."

"It was on a Saturday afternoon in October 2019 when my beloved wife complained of a mild headache. I brought her some painkillers from the canteen and she felt better after some hours. Later in the evening, she still complained about the headache and said she was feeling much pain. I called a motorcycle taxi rider who took us to Tenwek Mission Hospital. She was laid on a stretcher at the reception and before she could be inspected by a doctor she called out on my name then breathed her last. The passing on of my wife has been a great challenge that I have never come into terms with. She was my pillar, she supported me in payment of school fees and in taking care of the kids."

"I lost my husband seven years ago and life hasn't been easy for me since he was our breadwinner. This was a new beginning in my life since I had to take care of full responsibility for my family. I don't have any formal job thus I am left to rely on subsistence farming which isn't reliable with long droughts in our area. To me, lack of finances to meet my family's needs has been the biggest hardship I have ever faced in my life."

"The biggest hardship we have faced in our daily life is lack of stable source of income. My spouse and I are casual labourers at a near large scale farmer. From this we can earn an income of around KES 5000, this is not enough to raise a family of 7 where per day we use approximately KES 300."