"I'm very excited that i will receive this money and this means alot to me."

"I consider the lack of a stable source of income as the biggest hardship that I have ever faced in my life. This is because, as a mother and a provider for the family, I am forced to engage in strenuous jobs like charcoal-burning or working for my neighbor's farm to get income for the family. My earnings are always not enough to fully cater to our basic needs and this means living with huge debts that have become a burden to me."

"Financial instability is my biggest hardship. This is because I depend mostly on subsistence farming and I do not have any other source. The only hope is my son who operates a motorcycle taxi in Mombasa and the much he sends is 500 shillings a month. This has resulted to a struggle in provision of basic needs."

"Receiving this money means that I shall afford to purchase and install a water tank. My age has significantly advanced, hence my usual task of carrying a 20-liter jerrican of water is becoming more challenging. Therefore, GiveDirectly's transfer will be much relief to me and a blessing to my family. Having a large water tank for storing rain water means that we shall have adequate volumes of clean water."

"I did a plant operator course and completed it about four years ago. Unluckily, I have never secured a job. Since I spent all my savings and even sold some livestock to finance the course and yet I have not seen any fruits from it, failure to secure a job acts as the biggest hardship I have faced."

"My sight sickness"

"The death of my husband"

"Our house collapsed a year ago due to heavy rainfall. This forced us to build a very small structure as temporary shelter, little did we know that it would become our permanent house. Since then we live in a very poor house that is not fit for human life. The walls are damaged and the roof is almost blown away making it a threat to our security. This has forced 5 of us to seek shelter in our neighbour's house. Receiving this money therefore means constructing a good to achieve our life long dream."

"Financial constraint as a result of an unstable source of income is my biggest hardship. This has made our life very difficult in terms of accessing basic needs like food. Being a casual labourer, we live from hand to mouth thus I cannot even account for my earnings. This has even resulted to lack of stable peace in my family because I always feel I have failed as a father."

"As a young family of two kids, the biggest hardship we have faced is having our firstborn child delivered through the cesarian operation. Footing the hospital bill as well as watching my wife suffer from excruciating pain the extreme pain was too much for us. I had to sell all the sheep we had purchased to raise the required funds. Even so, we are happy that our child and my wife are now healthy and doing well. Hence, the cesarian operation serves as the biggest hardship we have faced."