"My life has improved so much since receiving money from Givedirectly, i have built a decent house because the one I had was is a very bad shape and it was difficult to sleep during the rains or storms."

"My husband is the only breadwinner in the house he works as a security guard in town. His wages of 7000 shillings are not enough to sustain all the basic needs such as shelter and food. In a day we approximately spend 400 shillings. Therefore, the lack of a good source of income is my biggest challenge."

"I was happy and very greatful when this message found me. I was in my garden harvesting groundnuts and i quickly left all this to verify with others that the money had indeed been sent."

"I was beyond joyfull when irecieved an alter from Airtel money informing me that my transfer had come."

"Lack of enough money is my biggest hardship. This has resulted to a struggle when it comes to catering for my needs. Sometimes I have to depend on my children who have their families too, hence cannot support me fully. Being elderly, my health is not so good. I experience body aches but I have never had money to seek medical attention."

"Achieving a reliable source of income is my biggest ambition. My source of livelihood includes selling cashew nuts alongside other casual jobs. The business is not sustainable because of its seasonal nature. Receiving this money therefore means an improvement in my financial status. In this regard, I will purchase 2 indigenous dairy cows and 13 goats. This is likely to cost 69000 shillings. This will stabilize my income as I will be selling the produce on a monthly basis."

"Receiving this money will solve my problem of food insecurity. I will buy 2 acres of land which will cost me 60,000 Kenyan shillings. I anticipate to get 10 sacks of maize in the new farm, which will sustain my family of 8 for 8 moths, unlike where am farming now where the land is infertile and I only harvest 3 sacks of maize which last for 2 months. This will not only solve the issue of food insecurity but will also create a sense ownership because where am farming the farm belong to my father in-law."

"I will use ksh.40000 to build my spacious house because currently I leave in a small house with my whole family and this usually interferes with my privacy when I am with my children. I have school fees balance in the school which have really contributed to poor performance to my children this is due to restrictions from the school that everyone has to pay the money and have full school uniform with the books for every class. I am planning to use ksh.40000 to buy a good breed of dairy to assist me have enough milk for the family and able to sell the remaining for school fees and other needs of the family."

"My biggest hardship is hunger. My family had no food in store and I had to buy food daily. This affected my income and savings."

"I have previously faced major setback of staying with a single mother .I have never had a father .I always feel if I had a father my life could have been better ,who knows I could have become a better person in society with a good job as opposed of being a house wife. My mother has underwent a lot trying to raise us and better us. We did get good quality life like other kids . It still bothers me to date ."