"In the next six months l expect to have finished build my house and staying in, comfortably without worrying of being rained on."

"In the next six months l would have built my iron roofed house and l will be staying in it comfortably without being rain on as l am now."

"In the next six months l expect my daughter's life to change after training as a salonist, since she will responsible and independent, she will be able to lead a better life. I also expect to pay school fee for my children comfortably because l will sell the goats and spend the money to pay their fee."

"The joy of motherhood is something I can only dream about. This is due to a growth that was discovered in my abdomen that has prevented me from carrying a pregnancy to term. It has resulted in four miscarriages for the past 30 years of my marriage, pain that my husband and I are still recovering from. Due to inadequate financial resources, we have been unable to treat the condition despite visiting several hospitals. Recently, we were referred to Kenyatta national hospital in Nairobi but have been unable to visit the facility due to the high cost of travel and medical fees required. "

"Imagine living in a house where you can perfectly get a view of the sky, not because you want to but because the roof was blown away by heavy winds earlier in the year. The house itself is almost collapsing due to the heavy rainfall we experienced last year. Sadly, our income from the charcoal business cannot sustain all our needs such as food and education yet still have enough to repair the roof or better yet build a new house. Now being the rainy season we live in fear not knowing how heavy the rainfall will be and whether or not it will affect our already collapsing house."

"I was woken up by a message notification on my phone. On checking to confirm who the sender was, I realized that it was from GiveDirectly informing me that I had received the transfer I was anxiously waiting for. I felt happy about the transfer because I knew it would change and improve my life."

"I lost 15 goats due to drought in 2015. This really affected my financial status since I depended on them to sustain my family. I could even sell them to raise school fees for my children. Since then my life has never been same and I struggle too much to make ends meet."

"The transfer has enabled me to enrol my son to a medical college which has been his dream. He had stayed at home for long hoping to raise enough money for tuition and meet all requirements. Through financial support from GiveDirectly, my son is now comfortable going on with his studies. Enrolling my son in college is the biggest difference because his dream has been achieved."

"I was filled with happiness the moment I saw the message from GiveDirectly on my phone that my first transfer had finally been sent into my Mpesa account. I could not believe them at first due to past experience with other organizations but seeing the money in my account did away with every doubt and I realised that they had fulfilled the promise they had made to us."

"My husband supports the family with only 1000 shillings a month, an amount that is supposed to sustain all our needs. Since this is not sufficient, I supplement it through harvesting aloevera which earns me around 800 shillings in two months. It hurts me to see my children going without food especially during dry seasons. I cannot even pay their school fees on time and most of the times they are sent home and it really affects their performance. "