"I am a casual laborer and that's what I do to get money to feed my family. My wife is a small-scale trader who buys and sells vegetables in the village for a small profit. Receiving this money would mean that we focus all our energy on producing vegetables in our farm and since my wife is already an experienced trader she'll be able to sell these vegetables and make more profit."

"A prolonged period of drought has been the biggest hardship we have faced in life. We experience a minimal amount of rainfall in the year which has lowered crop production hence complicating our life. The land under cultivation is only 0.3 acres in which we grow maize. Due to lack/minimal rainfall, we harvest only 3 bags which is hardly enough to cater for my family of 3. This has compelled us to at times depend on our children for upkeep yet we feel we are becoming a burden to them."

"I will go back into my business , before last year 2019 I was buying and selling livestock in the local market but when my son got ill I was forced to use all the business money to pay the hospital bill.So when givedirectly gives me this money I will use sh 40000 to start up my business again."

"Receiving this money means I am going to open a kiosk here at home , this will improve my family income and improve our financial stability. My wife will be self employed through the kiosk business and it will have helped the people here who go far to purchase household items."

"I am old and I find it hard to feed my family as a result I starve most of the times."

"Failure to live life normally like others do as we always have to struggle to find food everyday."

"Most times it is difficult to find money especially when rains did not come very well that year"

"The death of my husband is one of the biggest hardships I have ever faced as it meant loss of financial security as he was the breadwinner."

"I find it hard to feed my family as the man who was the bread winner; my husband left me and the kids some 2 years ago. I do not harvest much due to lack of fertilizers which makes it hard for me to have enough food"

"I am so happy i am receiving this money. I will ise it to pay for my cgildrens school fees"