"My father died in 2019 after suffering from cancer. I remember seeing how he endured pain while at Kenyatta hospital, Nairobi. During then, I had just gotten married to my wife. Though jobless, my father used to join hand and financially support my family to earn a descent living. My father was selling milk to hotels and individual homes in Bamba town. Since his demise, life has never been the same again. I struggle so much to earn a living for my children and my family. Infact, we had to split amongst our brothers so as everyone can stand on his own and fend for his own family. Being illiterate, it's not easy to get a sustainable job and thus worsening my inability to raise my children. So, not being able to provide for my children is my biggest problem I have ever faced."

"Lack of resources is the biggest hardship I have faced in my life. I am a casual laborer at a nearby dispensary and my monthly pay there is too little to settle my household needs and educate my children."

"I want to start small business of chicken keeping especially egg laying chickens. This will help me get more income. To begin with i need to construct a small house for them . I need 150 dollars to make a good one. Then purchase 30 chickens costing 2.5 dollars each."

"I fell like GiveDirectly does everything right by giving us money and let us do what we want with it."

"Receiving this money means a long-term investment project in my household. This is because I am planning to spend $600 of my transfer to buy 6 goats and 3 indigenous cows. Since I don't have a reliable source of income to depend on, this will help me in getting milk to sell and earn income. The remaining amount will help me to construct a decent house because the one I currently have is not spacious."

"The biggest hardship that I have ever faced in my life is financial instability. Currently, I do charcoal work and my husband is depending on casual jobs which are also not reliable. With the worries of being forced to leave where we currently live, I have been stressed a lot since we lack money to pay the balance that we owe our neighbor who sold land to us. I am now happy that, I will soon be able to own a land courtesy of GiveDirectly."

"Receiving this money means an additional source of income for my household. I currently own one Friesian cow that produces 5 liters of milk for sale at $1.5 daily, therefore if I add one more surplus milk-producing cow worth $400, my income from selling milk will double up to $3-5 daily. I also plan to use $120 of my transfer to hire a ploughing machine that will ensure proper tillage of my farm, hence improved crop production. I will also use $50 to buy hybrid maize seeds for planting."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money to meet my family's basic necessities of life such as proper healthcare, food among other needs. It all started when the retail shop business I own in the village started performing poorly. This has made gee my life miserable."

"Receiving this money from GiveDirectly means a descent and a spacious house for my family. The current house I live in is in pathetic condition given that it's old and the roof is now leaking. I am planning to use 500 dollars from the transfer to renovate my house and convert it into a permanent one. I will use a further 300 dollars to buy two indigenous dairy cows each valued at 150 dollars. The milk produced will be for domestic consumption and for sale. Doing this will give me the peace of mind I have always desired."

"Receiving this money will mean a lot to me. I'm currently constructing a house for my family. I will use some amount to tile the floors, buy a water tank because where we source water for use is very far and also buy a heifer with the amount."