"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life was finding out that I am HIV positive in 2017. It really broke my heart and later my marriage ended. I am now raising 4 children alone."

"I'm super excited for getting census you just don't know how much this means to us,in my whole life i have never had such a huge a mount at once and here I'm yet to experience it thank you so much Givedirectly."

"There are a couple of hardships at this household,the first one being of shelter,i thank you for checking into the house because i believe that this household speaks no other language but poverty, I'm tired of sleeping on a matt and having one meal per day,usually this happens because we are unable to find casual labour that will give us a tangible useful amount of cash but with GiveDirectly intervening i believe all this is going surely going to be history."

"I spent the first 10500KES of the first transfer on obtaining a new piece of furniture for my new house that I had just completed constructing when I received my first transfer. I also bought two sheep worth 10000KES, foodstuff with 9000KES of the remaining amount, and also paid school fees with 5000KES for my children who are still schooling,"

"With my helper, the excitement we had on receiving the transfer was so high. Since enrollment, we had been eagerly waiting for the day as we were given the range of dates within which the transfer could be landing in our accounts. We had plans already, and the expectations were to kick start working as soon as we received the transfer."

"On receiving the first transfer, I spent 30000KES on the purchase of a cow. I had been buying milk for quite a long time which was so expensive given that I never had a reliable source of income. I also managed to obtain enough maize which we are currently using as foodstuff, I paid school fees and the return fare for my son who was picking his certificates from the University and saved the remaining amount to be checking and replenishing any exhausted commodity in the household."

"I intend to use this money for constructing a modern well built house as the one I cuurently live in is small and badly leaks during heavy rains. I also want to purchase some food stuff for my household since I did not harvest enough due to lack of fertilizers."

"I find it difficult to find money for fertilizers as I am not working and I do not have a stable source of income. This has been affecting my maize production, leading to poor yields and consequent hunger"

"I am happier. I am less stressed on how I will afford my child's school fees. I am planning on building a house and so I am also busier with making plans for getting the bricks and everything else ready."

"Life would have been very different had I not received the money. I would not have managed to do things like buying food for the family, a bicycle as well as fertiliser. All along I have been failing to support my family of 7 people, 2 adults and 5 children with basic needs through my mat selling business but with the transfers I managed to buy all those things for my family."