"Lack of a stable source of income is what has been my biggest hardship. I used to depend on farming mainly, Recently farming has not been doing well due to long dry spells. My spouse is unemployed and he depends on motorcycle Rider jobs when called in, therefore our income is not enough to fully cater for our needs which include buying food and educating the children."

"I want to build a better and bigger kitchen in my homestead. The one we currently use is small and it rains inside making it difficult to cook there on rainy seasons. Receiving this money will mean a lot to me, because I will be able to build a bigger iron roofed kitchen amounting to $300 that will serve as an extra room for when we have guests. The remaining transfer will be used as follows: $300 for a dairy cow,$200 for food and clothing and $100 as savings."

"The biggest hardship we face as a family is inadequate Capital. I sometimes work in a tea farm to make a living and get paid $100 per month,which is not enough to carter for basic needs such as buying food, livestock and school fees for my last born son."

"GD is doing a great job I can not imagine them not doing anything well because they have not any changed my life but the life of everybody in the village. We are so happy, what they are doing well is that have brought happiness and development into the village."

"I was orphaned at a young age. And later on got married to a man who left to go abroad without even a goodbye. He has never sent any assistance to us in all these years. I can now build a house to live in with my children. My parents also left me children to take care of and so it has been difficult to care for all 6 children without any assistance. I do piece work but the money is never enough. With this transfer I am now able to build a house and buy food. I have also bought seed and fertilizer in readiness for the next planting season."

"GiveDirectly does well by reminding us all the time about how important it is to keep our Airtel Money security pins safe. It also does well by giving us money to buy our needs"

"Iam very happy to receive the money because i have been looking forward to have a new house and i now have it."

"My life is different now because I have a good home and the most important part is that now I have food around the house enough to feed my family."

"I am spending my transfer on fixing up my house"

"I used the money to buy things that I couldn't have bought if I did not receive the transfer, I was able to buy food( maize) for the family and most importantly I used the money to buy materials like cement, iron sheets to improve my house."