"My life has changed completely because of the assistance given from give directly. I now have a stable business and also a new house."

"My life is now better than it would have been if I had never received the transfer because as a house wife, I feel appreciated and valued by my husband and my friends. Before I used to financially depend on my husband since I did not have any source of income. This has not been so good to me because it is always an awkward moment to request for money for everything as this sometimes resulted to marital conflicts. When I received the money, I bowed to make a deference in my life. I decided to use the money to venture into dairy farming business. I spent almost all the transfer on this. The dairy cows give me 5-7 litres of milk every morning which I sell at our local market. giving me approximately KES 2000 per day. This has given me hope and also increased joy and happiness in my family."

"Receiving this money is a great opportunity for me to finally have a better house and have enough food because i will buy ironsheets for the house and also buy fertilizer ao that i can have a bumper harvest next year"

"Building a new strong house that should be big enough for me and my husband is what receiving this money means to me, i had no house so when my mother passed away i came back home and started staying in her house."

"Ever since I got married, I have always wished that I would buy a cow and improve my farming inputs to boost my farming produce but overwhelming household needs have never given me a chance before. I rely on farming which hardly meets my daily household needs. To me, scarce resources in my family has been the biggest hardship I have faced in my life."

"Lack of enough resources has been my biggest hardship in life. I live a hand-to-mouth life depending on subsistence farming in my family. I was not able to educate my children enough to earn good jobs that we can rely on due to this same problem of scarce resources."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is being unable to provide enough basic needs for me and my family even when its just the two of us but still it is very hard"

"The biggest hardship we have faced in our family lack of stable source of income. We having been depending mainly on subsistence farming but we started experiencing prolonged drought life became difficult. Sometimes we could harvest none from our farm, it force us to starting doing casual jobs at least raise some money to buy food. It was not enough to sustain my family of six for food and school fees thus sometimes we could forgo some meals in a day."

"This transfers will enable me pay school fees and rent for my last born son who is joining second year at Tangaza university Nairobi.This is aproximately Sh 30,000 for fees and Sh20,000.Payment for accommodation, food and acquisitions of personal items in Nairobi is quite expensive.I shall also buy a 5000 liter (Sh 20000) water tank for storing water, this will relief my wife from going to fetch water from along distance river."

"I have always wanted to cement the floor of my houses and also buy a big storage tank. I am now getting old and I can't bend a lot to sweep and clean the floor more often. Therefore with these grants, I shall be able to renovate the floors of my house for sh 20000 and buy a 2300 litre storage tank worth sh 17000.At the moment I and my husband are getting old and we are unable to run around with our livestock therefore we need to buy 6 rolls of barbed wire to fence the compound . This will ensure the safety of the crops and livestock as well."