"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house. The one that I have is grass thatched which is hard to maintain the fact that grass is scarce these days. "

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house. The one that I have is grass thatched and it is hard to maintain. Grass is so scarce these days. "

"Receiving this money means I will be able to formalise my marriage, buy a piece of land for cultivation purposes and start up a business that can generate income for my household. This will support in family maintainance."

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of farm land. Iam mainly carrying out subsistence farming on hired land. This is so costly and some times the owners let me farm unfertile land hence low productivity. Iam in mostly cases producing what is not sustainable enough for my family members and there is alot of hunger."

"The biggest hardship I face is poverty. I do not have any a source of earning and as such lam un able to manage many family affairs satisfactory. This some times has led to no peace in the family since I end stressing my spouse. "

"My life is now different in that receiving this transfer brought great relief to me because I had been struggling for long to raise school fees for my son who is in his final year of study. I paid KES 50000 in advance for him so that he would continue with his studies without any interruptions concerning school fees. Also, I now own a heifer which to me is an asset. In addition to this, I have been able to provide my family's basic needs such as food effectively as well as paying for other household expenses."

"I sent my mother some money for upkeep. My mother doesn't have a stable source of income. She usually depends on casual jobs in order to put food on the table. I have been helping her most of the time because I am among the eldest siblings in our family. In most cases, I am the one who takes care of most of the family's responsibilities. I also managed pay school fees for my child and bought a few clothes since the ones we had were old and torn. I thank Give Directly for enabling me to make these changes and achieve these goals."

"My new goal is to go back to college. I had dropped out of college due to lack of school fees. I used to sell clothes in order to take care of my needs and pay fees although the money was not enough, therefore, I had to drop out of school. I am determined to finish school using the transfers I get from Give Directly because I know that education is a way to a bright future."

"I expect to save more, add to my other savings and buy a motorcycle to help in generating income for the family. This is the main source of income for my family. Having one more will guarantee that we will never actually lack finances during constraints."

"In the next six months, I expect to save and buy more livestock to expand my livestock rearing. I will have a very large flock that I would not have to worry about any financial constraints. We can get milk for sale and also consume some to nourish us."