"For me i will thank give directly for this money and this means i will be able to invest the money in something."

"This is good news to me. The funds will really be helpful in so many ways at my household."

"Not having enough money to buy food for her entire household.."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is the practice of carrying a 20-liter jerrican of clean water on daily basis. Since we do not have piped water or a nearby source of clean water, we usually buy water from a vender that is situated about four kilometers from our homestead. To worsen the situation, I am the one tasked with carrying the water on my back."

"I have been yearning to keep a large number of poultry for commercial purposes through production of meat and eggs. This will act as a reliable source of substantial income for my family because the unfavorable weather conditions (semi-arid) in our area cannot affect them compared to crop farming that I am currently doing. Hence, receiving this money means that such a dream will materialize."

"My biggest hardship I faced in my life is the time I lost my husband. Life has not been easy for me to cater for my family basic needs and also school fees since I had no income."

"Am a single mother of five young children and depending only on casual jobs. It is always hard for me to sustain this kids with enough food. Receiving this transfer I will use to get enough food to sustain us for one month am sure it will only cost me shillings twenty thousand and I will buy esher cow that will give me approximately ten liters of milk every day.This milk I will then supply to market here at cost of shillings fourty per liter,it will be a great income to my family."

"As family we are struggling to get income,we are depending only on subsistence farming which is not promising at all due to weather changes. The big hardship have gone through is to get enough food."

"I cannot believe it. This amount of money will change my life completely. I and my children usually sleep on empty stomachs because my polygamous husband usually spends much time at the other wife. I get little support from him. Iam grateful to GD for considering me in this program. I can now remove my fake smile on my face and replace it with a genuine one. Thank you GiveDirectly. I also stay with my aging mother and she will be supported along with my children."

"Poultry keeping is what I depend on to earn a living. I usually sell eggs and chicks whenever the hens hatch and this activity has really empowered me economically. I therefore plan to use $50 to build a modern and more spacious chicken coop, then use $50 to add more chicken to my poultry. I also intend to spend $35 to buy household furniture, $10 to replace my old tattered beddings and then use the remaining part of my transfer to stock food stuffs such as corn, rice and beans in my granary."