"The biggest hardship I have faced is poor accomodation. The house I sleep in leaks because it's too old."

"I was woken up by a message notification on my phone. On checking, I could hardly believe that I had finally received my transfer from Give Directly. I was very surprised and grateful for having received that amount. I considered myself lucky and favoured because it is hard for someone to give you such amount of money during these harsh economic times."

"The biggest hardship faced in life is being captured and detained by rebels during the 1986 civil war."

"My plan is to plaster the house with this money. My house is in danger of it's wall eroding due to heavy rains. This house will be strong and look nice for human life once it's plastered."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house so that I can have a descent accommodation. The house that I have is grass thatched and maintaining it is costly considering the fact that grass is scarce these days. "

"It was around 3:00 am when my phone vibrated so loudly. I decided to awake my helper so that he could check the content of the message that I had just received. He realized it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. They had debited my first transfers as they had promised during enrollment. I was very happy since it was my first time receiving such a huge amount of money."

"Receiving this money will mean constructing a permanent house."

"I shall have bought building materials and built a new kitchen. I have been cooking under a tree for the longest time and sometimes the adverse weather would be so extreme it got ard to prepare the meals under a tree. I look forward to owning a beautiful kitchen by then and I will have a comfortable place to prepare our family meals."

"I expect my life to change to be better in the next six months since with my onion farming project, I expect a good harvest hence more Income for my family use. I will also be having peace of mind because my family will no longer have the stress of water shortages and more so, the one I will harvest from rainwater will be very safe for my family consumtion"

"It was around 4:00 am when I heard my phone ringing loudly. I was a bit shocked because it was unusual for my mobile phone to ring in such hours of the night. I was so nervous and decided to check its content. I realized it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly. They had sent my first transfer as promised. I felt wow. I was so sure I would achieve a lot from the money that I had just received."