"We usually lack money to buy food for the family as my husband does not have a reliable and stable source of income."

"I am excited with this money. I will use it to finish constructing my house. The other fraction of the money will be used to invest in a small scale business which I am yet to decide."

"The biggest challenge is that i lost my business,i used to sell clothes and due to Corona things stopped working and now i literally don't have anything to support me financially."

"The challenge/hardship is a proper house to live in,and a proper place to sleep."

"I was working as a maid before the COVID-19 pandemic but immediately the first case was reported in Kenya my employer lost his job and she decided to let me go. I came back to my house and life has been so hard since then. I have to sell firewood to make money. With GiveDirectly transfers I want to start a hair salon because I am gifted in hairdressing."

"Receiving this money means that we shall afford to purchase a piece of arable land since we are currently living and doing livestock farming in a rocky land that we inherited from our parents. Practicing crop farming will make it easier and cheaper for us to attain adequate food in our household. As a ripple effect, we shall save some of our income to be used in crucial developmental projects."

"Poultry keeping has been one of the things that I have always wanted but lack of finances has been a major hindrance. I love it because it is easy to maintain and assures you income by the end of the day. It does not require a lot of space and it is one of the things old people like myself can do. I plan to put up a nice structure that can accommodate 20 chicken. This will cost me approximately 8000 shillings. I will spend another 4000 shillings on the feeds. Out of this investment, I am sure to collect not less than 15 eggs every day. I will sell the same at 15 shillings each which will all go to my savings. This will earn me the financial independence that I currently lack."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in my life is when my husband was completely jobless. Things were really tough even putting food on the table was a nightmare. We relied on our parents for a long time to be able to pull through that period. It was not until my husband got engaged with his carpentry job that things turned out to be better."

"It means it will help us improve our lifes, we just started living together as couple and there are many things that we have planned to do.one is to complete constructing our house, we have started but we are not done with it the walls and the roof."

"Receiving this money means that my life and that of my family will change.I am a pleasant farmer, I grow vegetables and maize in my 1/4 acre garden and this is not enough to feed this family.when I receive the money I will improve our life's by buying a cow, food and clothing."