"The biggest difference in my life is that l am now staying in a iron roofed house where I am never worried about rainnny seasons compared to before when I used to be worried more so when it used to rain when I was not at home. I have earn a name in the village, I am now able to interact, socialize and share with my agemates something that I was just longing for."

"The biggest difference in my life is that my son now have his own sleeping room and there he does not need to look for a place to sleep in from my co-wife's house as he used to do before. He has also improved in his studies because he has a very comfortable and conducive place to study in. I also now have a very comfortable place where my visitors too can spend as compared to before when they were sleeping in my kitchen."

"If I could not receive cash transfer from give directly I could not have managed to put up a nice spacious iron roofed house as I did. I could still be staying in a very small a grass-thatched leaking house and i very sure by now it could have fallen down. I am very grateful to Give directly for changing my life."

"My expectation in the near future is to have built a bigger semipermanent house. When we bought this piece of land, we did not have enough money to build better spacious houses. We were forced to build what we could afford which was mud walled and they are quite small. I also expect to be having one additional dairy cow for rearing. The proceeds from the sale of milk from the cows will help us meet our daily needs."

"My greatest desire has always been to be self-reliant, at the moment I baby-seat my grandchildren so that I get paid. And because their parents work in Mombasa, I am left with full responsibility of caring for them. The money they send is only enough to cater for kids' basic needs like food and clothing, -leaving none for other necessities like house improvement and health care. Receiving this money will enable me to attain independence and be in a position to meet my needs and that of my husband adequately. My husband suffers from hearing difficulties and this money will assist in meeting his medical needs. Additionally, my roof is partly covered with iron sheets, and therefore I intend to purchase the deficit thus guaranteeing my household warmth and peaceful nights."

"My expectation in the next six months is for my children, especially my daughter who is sitting her national examinations this year, to have minimal disruption in school. I want to ensure to have cleared paying her school fees and allow her an ample to prepare for the exams."

"In the next six months, I hope to have prepared well for the exams and that I will have all the required materials to sit the exams. Passing these exams means I will be able to join a good college and pursue my higher learning."

"I have been down with malaria infection whole of this week therefore my productivity has gone down. I am a casual labourer in the village when not tilling my own farm. Consequently, my children have not had enough meals because I no longer have the energy to look for jobs in the village due to my sickness."

"As a window and the sole breadwinner for my family, I have faced the challenge of providing our basic needs say; housing, school fees, better clothing, and even daily meals. I once worked as a maid but due to its low income, I found it wasting much of my time yet meeting the needs was difficult. I decided to return home and opt for charcoal burning as the only hope for me. With my much struggle, I am still challenged due to the laborious nature of this job. Therefore, I consider the lack of a sensible source of income as my biggest hardship."

"Lack of a dependable source of income to cater to my family's basic needs has long been my biggest hardship in life. This is because, I used to depend on my husband's income from his casual jobs, but ever since he was diagnosed with Tuberculosis, it rendered him jobless. I am forced to engage in odd jobs like burning charcoal in order to provide for the family, a job that is low paying and energy draining."