"I was married as a housewife but this is something that I never dreamed of. This has forced me to depend on my husband who is doing second-hand clothes business but his income is never enough to cater for our basic needs like food and nice shelter. Therefore, the lack of a reliable source of income has been my greatest hardship that I have ever faced in my life."

"GiveDirectly did very well by keeping thier promise, when they had promised us that every registered household would receive KES 110000 I couldn't believe but at last they fulfilled. What was so different about GiveDirectly is sending the money to each via mobile money. To me, there was nothing which wasn't done well by GiveDirectly."

"My second transfers which I had received from GiveDirectly, I basically spent on buying livestock. I bought a dairy cow and three sheep at a total cost of KES 38000. I then spent another amount of KES 5000 on buying building materials for constructing a structure for the sheep. The remaining portion of KES 1000, I spent on buying foodstuffs and clothes for my family members. I am glad that I was able to acquire all these items and livestock which I couldn't afford due to menial income from casual jobs."

"I intend to build a better house and other household items such as pots,buckets, pails among others. These will help me to be preparing food in safe and sanitary conditions. Sleeping comfortably is also one of my aspirations and I shall make sure I purchase beddings and mattress."

"My biggest hardship is the burden of being the only child in my family. I have so much responsibility towards my own family and grandchildren too. If things get difficult, I have no siblings to seek assistance from."

"This money means a lot to me and my children. As you can see the house is in bad shape,I shall build a good house and buy new items such as beddings,mattress,pots, buckets among others."

"Receiving this money will enable me to clear school fees arrears of $460 for my two children in secondary school thus reduced worry level on where to get the money from. I will then use $350 to build a two-roomed house for my teenage boys who currently sleep with their friends at the neighborhood since our house is not spacious enough to accommodate the six of us."

"I am so glad to receive this money. At my age I have never received or held such an amount of money. I feel this is my time to build the house with iron sheets as I have always thought of doing"

"As it is the biggest hardship of my life is waking up everyday walking long distances just to search for piece jobs,This is so hard because a day might pass without securing any piece jobs and that is bad because i have children to feed,secondly i don't have a nice sleeping place,i sleep on a matt with shabby beddings and i feel sorry for my self because i can't afford beddings at all."

"Apparently the biggest hardship I'm facing is lack of a secured shelter,as you can see i live in a glass fatched house and during rainy season we soak in water because it leaks too much,in additional i struggle to find food for my family,I'm a farmer by occupation but lack of necessary farm inputs always result inadequate farm products and this makes my home to suffer with hunger yearly."