"In the next six months, I expect to have bought a gas cooker and using it comfortably without thinking of buying firewood."

"Unfortunately I do not have any new since l wants to continue pay for my fee bring that I have long way to go."

"In the next six months, I expect to have completed plastering my house and staying in it comfortably. I know I will be a talk of the day in our village positively because I knew that I will never stay in a nice plastered house because I am a widow who does not any stable income and none of my children too can plaster it because their poverty level also is wanting."

"In the next six months, l expect to have completed plastering my house and staying in it comfortably. I will not be repairing the house all the time or even spending the money to pay people to repair it."

"In the next six months, l expect to have completed plastering my house and stay in a nice plastered house which will not require any further repair."

"In the next six months, l expect to have completed building the kitchen and my children would have a very comfortable place to spend their night. My spouse too will have a nice neat kitchen to cook in."

"In the next six months, I expect to have started my business of second-hand clothes and getting enough money for my daily household expenditure."

"It was my husband who broke the news to me early in the morning that my first transfer had finally been sent to my Mpesa account. I was overwhelmed with joy on reading the transfer notification from GiveDirectly. For sure I never imagined that I would receive such a fortune in my whole life."

"Due to the unpredictable weather condition we are experiencing in my region, my crops have not been doing well on a regular basis and more so there are periods I normally don't cultivate anything. This is due to inadequate/no rainfall and at these times, I normally fall short in catering for the needs of my family. This creates the biggest hardship of life."

"The uncertainity of whether I'll be able to fend for my family on a daily basis has been an uphill task for me. This is because I normally rely on casual jobs on people's farm so as to get the cash to cater for my family's basic needs. This does not provide a regular source of income since there is no assurance of tomorrow having another casual job and therefore there's always that probability of not being able to provide for my family. This for me is the biggest hardship I always experience."