"I am a parent who values education so much. I have seen people who have gone to school and they are successful in life. I have 3 children who are currently in school and I will fight for them to have the best education ever. One of my children is in university pursuing a course in Hotel Management. The other two are in high school and primary level. I pay a total of 60000 shillings to my son in university every single year. I also pay 18000 shillings for the one in high school and 5000 shillings for my last born in primary. Raising this amount of money is not easy considering that I do any job. Receiving this money will mean a lot to mean because it will remove the burden of school fees off my shoulders."

"I have problems to find enough money to buy clothes food and a proper place to skeep for my grandchildren"

"Mostly at my age its difficult for mr and my husband to have enough food."

"I am in fear due to the condition of my house. I also have problems of not having enough food."

"Receiving this money will help me open a retail shop at a nearby shopping centre. My spouse will help me run this shop since she has been idle most of the time at home. I have budgeted for 500 USD to start the business. I will also use part of the money to buy 5 goats and 3 cows. This will cost me approximately 400 USD. Livestock will help me get milk for sale and in a few years to come they will have increased in number."

"Receiving this money means that I will finally be able to raise medical cost that is required to treat an injury on my left hand. If I settle this, I will be in a position to perform several other duties that the pain has previously limited me from doing. I will also buy a dairy cow at shillings 20,000 which I know that once it calves will be a constant source of income for my family through the sales of milk."

"I have had a desire to own a piece of land in the nearby town (Jila center) to construct a business room where my husband can do his shop business, but this dream has never come to reality. When I heard about the arrival of GiveDirectly, my hopes got renewed and I am now happy to know that soon I will have the opportunity to buy the land. My option is to spend my first transfer ($500) to purchase the land. Having acquired the land, my second transfer will aid in the construction of the structure which I am also sure of costing me $500. This will assure us of a stable source of income since we will no longer pay rents and hence a transformed life."

"I am a student in my second year in college studying General Agriculture and my spouse who is a driver in a security company is the one financing my education. Receiving this money therefore will enable me to lessen his struggles by clearing my next year's school fees of $300. I will also buy one Friesian cow for $400 to ensure constant daily income from selling milk as well as no more worries about where to get money to buy milk for domestic use. I also intend to buy 100 improved chicken breeds that will enable me to initiate a chicken rearing project hence financial independence on my side. The capital for this project will cost approximately $300."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is lack of enough money to send children to school."

"this money will surely help me and my children since I am a single parent so this something that will help me feed my children and also provide a good sleeping place for my children"