"My biggest hardship in I had a continuous miscarriage for three consecutive times .this is the hardship I got in life"

"Receiving this money means a drastic change of my life! I will spend 20,000 shillings to buy food stock for my family because we are experiencing food shortage after several seasons without harvesting.I will spend another 20'000 shillings to buy new beddings- 2mattresses, and 2 new beds .I will buy 4 goats which may cost me 20'000 shillings as a source of wealthy for my family and I will keep the rest amount for my children's education and for an emergency cases."

"Receiving this money means a lot in my life! I will take my mother to hospital because my mother has been suffering from mental healthy for long without any medical assistance due to luck of financial support.I will spend 30, 000 shillings for my mother's treatment, 40,000 shillings I will build a new house for the family and spend the rest on family food and any emergency cases."

"Receiving this money means improving my standards of living. My wife died in the year 2003. Since then I have been living a miserable life because I have no one to take care of me. I want to marry a wife who will take care of me and also give me company. The dowry will cost Ksh.70000. I will use the remaining amount to pay school fees for my son who is in college. He wants Ksh.50000 per term."

"Receiving this money means continued education to my children. This is because I am planning to spend $300 of my first transfer to buy 10 goats. As the goats multiple, I will sell them at a profit and use the proceeds for school fees, uniforms, stationery, etc. For the rest of my transfer, I will use it to building a house and purchase 2 mattresses and beds."

"Receiving means food security to my household. This is because I do farming in a 1/2 acre of land that I was given by my father. The produce of this land is utmost 50kgs that sustain my family of 2 for 2 months only. I am planning to spend $300 of my first transfer to buy a productive piece of land that can produce more harvest to sustain my family of 2 for 6 months. I will use the remaining amount of my first transfer to renovate my house which is now leaking. I will further use a portion of my second transfer to buy 2 indigenous dairy cows to produce milk for my consumption and also to sell the surplus to earn income. The remaining amount will help me to cater to the basic needs of the family like food."

"There is nothing that i feel GiveDirectly did not do well. Everything went well according to the process they were fair and nothing should change."

"The moment i received my transfer i was happy because that marked end of poverty in my family"

"The biggest difference in my life is that I have now found money to help me get the things I did not have. I am living in a small house made out of grass because I did not have any source of money to build a better house for my family. But I now have the money to build a better house. I am very thankful."

"I felt very happy and excited the moment I received the money from GD. It felt good to receive some help that would improve my family's living condition. I did not have food in my family , but receiving this money meant that my family would finally have enough food to eat for a while."