"The biggest hardship we have faced as a family is the unfavorable climatic conditions and tropical diseases that adversely affect our crops. We are interested in farming to supplement our income. So, currently we are struggling to sustain ourselves because my wages (as a teacher) cannot adequately suffice our needs."

"As a family, the biggest hardship we have faced is the lack of white-collar jobs despite the acquisition of valuable skills and knowledge. My husband is a trained teacher, yet I am a professional social worker. Unfortunately, we have never managed to secure any formal employment, something that has made us lead a relatively substandard lifestyle."

"I have been struggling with my family since I lost my husband and due to my age I cannot do much that will help us get food for us. My daughter had to stay at home due to lack of money to pay her school fees."

"I was married in a polygamy family and my husband does everything to both families, I have admired to do my own things in the family to earn a living, this dairy farming will boost my income at home."

"I currently live in a old grass thatched house that is licking.Receiving this money means a decent housing for my family. I intent to use $ 500 to build a timber walled house and $ 300 to purchase an additional dairy cow for the income generation and household use . Additionally, I will spend $200 on school fees for my son and the rest on food and clothing for the house."

"I am employed with the county as a Lab technician in a nearby health center earning a monthly income of 150USSD and with this together with my husband we can meet our family needs but we hardly save for our future lives. To me receiving cash transfer means, I will be able to invest in more incoming generating activities that will ensure me a better future. I am planning to spend the entire transfer on farming. First, I will buy a dairy of approximately KES60000 to add to my herd. This means I will have more milk for my household consumption and sales. In addition, I will use another KES50000 to improve my poultry farming by building better chicken houses and adding more birds to my farm. With an increase in my farm produce, I will be able to invest more in other activities like my children's education and save some for our future lives."

"When I received my transfer, I spent around KES 35000 to build a more spacious house for my family. I settled on this since the one we had was small and could not accomodate us comfortably. This was after I had bought five three-seater seats and it could not even fit into my living room. Also, I spent KES 13000 to purchase three goats. These are investments to me that I can rely on in case of financial challanges as I can easily convert them to cash. I spent the remaining amount on food and some household necessities."

"In my own opinion, GiveDirectly does well by helping everyone equally without any discrimination, are not corrupt and are transparent in their operations. I do not see anything that they do not do well."

"My intentions now is to renovate our house and buy a plastic water tank (Kentank) to help us harvest rain water and avoid perennial water shortages. I will therefore budget $150 for renovation and $200 to buy Kentank. I will also buy a dairy cow with $300 as it will enable tap income through sell of milk. My husband has Kiosk and I will give him $200 to buy more stock to the enterprise, the remaining $150 I will use to buy clothing and food for my family."

"Receiving this money means a better education for my children. Currently, I have 3 children who are in university, I have been struggling in paying their school fees. In most cases, they have been at home due to a lack of money. When I receive this money I will clear their school fees, I will pay ksh 80,000 for the 3 children and that will enable them graduate successful. The remaining amount I will buy foodstuffs for the family and clothing's."