"This disease which affects our maize has been a great challenge to us for a long time.we have not harvested maize in the past five years .We had to go to Chebunyo our nearby market to buy maize and this was quite expensive for me."

"I spent most of the transfer to boost my livestock rearing project .We were lucky enough that with only 30,000KES, we managed to secure one dairy cow and five goats. We purchased them same day after receiving the transfer since we could not wait as prices are always heightened whenever we receive transfer. I used remaining amount to cater for school fee arrears for my children"

"I have been faced by a myriad of challenges . My mother passed when I was in class three,my grand mother took us to stay with her .I would go to school then during lunch break whenever I could come home for lunch most of the time I will find none. So going back to school on an empty stomach was really hard .My upbringing was not good ,I didn't get the best education like other kids .As I have told you I dropped in form one ,If I had an opportunity to further study,my ambition was to become a nurse. My dream diminished at an early age."

"My biggest hardship is lack of finances. Currently my husband is a casual labourer, earning at most 50 dollars a month. He's the sole provider as I have some health issues I cannot work to earn. This money goes to meeting our family needs hence we're left with nothing to save up."

"The biggest hardship has been my children getting sick more oftenly. They have been diagnosed with pneumonia. I suspect its due to leakage in the house. This has drained us financially."

"When i get this money I want to buy a heifer. Usually my mother gives us milk for our household use but since I am now independent I need to provide for my family. My area is prone to draught, so i need an ordinary cow who can survive with this weather conditions. A good heifer cost around 300-350 dollars. I also need to buy a water tank. We get water from the river far from my household. This water is not even safe for drinking. A water tank of 2300 litres will go a long way. This will cost me around 1700 dollars. The rest of the money we use to for household needs."

"Lack of employment opportunities in this area has been the biggest struggle we face. I am the sole breadwinner of my family and the casual jobs I engage in earn me $20 weekly. This amount is only enough to buy food for my family. My firstborn child will start schooling next year and this worries me since I doubt if I can either afford to buy her school uniform and books or pay her school fees."

"Receiving this money means that I will finally increase my dairy cow that I keep. The cow that I keep gives me about $60 a month. I use the money to pay school fees for my children but is not sufficient. Increasing another cow will bring my earning from the sale of milk to about $ 120. This way, I will be able to pay school fes and buy foodstuffs, leaving my income from my animal trading business for home improvement such as building an iron roofed sheet getting rid of this small grass thatched hut."

"Receiving this money means that I will buy a dairy cow to add the one I keep. I have only one cow that gives me just two litres per day. Selling this gives me about 0.6 USD per day. It is less than a dolar and not enough for food, let alone to pay school fees for my children in school.When I get this money, I will buy a better breed of a dairy cow that will produce about 5 litres a day. The $150 that I will get per day will enable me to buy sufficient foodstuffs and pay school fees for my children. I will also buy some goats, as an investment to save part of the money so that I can later sale them to get more money."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly has done well giving us a lump sum amount of money. Money has changed people's lives especially those who had utilized it very well. I did not see anything that GiveDirectly has not done well."