"It will mean alot to us my children are suffering a lot, they don't have proper clothes to wear even the school uniform is in bad condition whenever I see them wearing those torn clothes my heart breed for them and i see myself as a failed parent I thank this organisation for this good initiative I will always remember it all my entire life"

"My biggest hardship has been concerning relationships...Most of the times the men I date,,marry me and later after impregnating me they leave me...This makes it so hard for me as I have to search for food and other necessities for my children alone...And as you can see I have 6 children but all their fathers have left me.."

"we have never had enough food in our family and this makes it hard for us to be happy"

"I was awakened by the loud vibrations from my mobile phone. I was nervous and I quickly decided to check what was the content of the message. I realized it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. I was overwhelmed with joy because I was positive that my financial problems would come to an end."

"I want to buy matress and food as we sleep on the floor because we dont have money to buy blankets and matress"

"I want to use this money to buy food in our house as it is something we always need"

"The biggest hardship I face is not having enough food for me and my family. I try to apply fertilizer to my crops but my harvest is always not enough to last us till the next harvesting season."

"I'm planning to use 450 dollars from this donation to construct a descent and a spacious two bedroom house for my family. I have been struggling with an incomplete house. Given that am a dirvocee, it has been difficult for me to complete my house. Furthermore, I'll use 300 dollars to buy two indegenous dairy cows for milk production both for domestic use and for sale. Buy doing this I'll be a happy woman."

"I try my best to farm every year but this side of the village is flooded with water most of the times which results in harvesting low yields. I also depend on casual labour to find money so buying clothes or beddings is so hard for us."

"Receiving this money means a good house for me. I live in a house made of grass as i do not have the capabilities income wise to build a proper house. I live here as its close to my farm. When i receive this money i will build the house and buy new water pumps to use for irrigation."