"Since my grandchild is going to complete his high school education this year I expect in the next six month I shall have saved and paid school fees for him and this will make him perform well in school."

"In the next six months, I would like to start planting short season cash crops like potatoes and beans to help me raise money for paying school fees for my child who recently joint college."

"In the next six months, I would like to start a business so that I get to I can get to generate income. This will enable me to get money for catering for my family."

"My biggest hardship is financial instability. My husband earns so little from his water vending business and yet he is the sole breadwinner to the family. As parents, we value education and so seeing our children drop out after primary school has been so painful. We feel like we have failed a whole generation.If only we had money, life would be so different for them."

"For the married couples it is easier to share responsibilities concerning the family making the burden lighter but for us single parents, the whole load of duties falls squarely on our shoulders. With literally no support system I have to work extra hard to feed and educate my five children which has not been easy at all. My catering business does not bring in enough income because it's seasonal and there are times I resort to doing odd jobs such as fetching water or cleaning houses in Bamba town just to make ends meet, but still the earnings are too little for food and other basic needs. Most times my children are sent home from school to collect fee balances that am yet to clear. I am glad that Give Directly will now help me bring an end to my financial woes. "

"I spent my transfers to open up a second hand clothes business. I acquired a stall near where I live in Mathare 4A village where I sell second hand female clothes. Previously, I used to hawk these clothes around Mathare, but at some point early last year, my business regressed and I was not selling the clothes as much, or making much profit out of it. I then went back to construction jobs to sustain myself. It is after I received my second transfers that I acquired a stall in my neighborhood where I sell these clothes. I am glad that the business picked up quite fast and it is currently doing well."

"My new goal is to open up a boutique where I can sell shoes and clothes. I hawked clothes for a period of two years in Mathare before opening up my restaurant. I plan to venture in to selling clothes again in future by opening up a boutique where I can stock these items."

"Due to harsh climatic conditions in this area, access to clean and safe water for drinking is a tall order. Our nearest source of water is a nearby river utilised by both humans and livestock. This has constantly posed serious health hazards. In 2014, my wife of 13 years was diagnosed with typhoid and admitted to hospital for a week and doctor's report attributed unclean water as the root cause. I sold the only livestock I had to foot a bill of 30,000 KES. Since then, my worry has been a recurrence of a similar ordeal due to lack of unsafe drinking water. "

"My goal is to open up a cosmetic shop alongside my salon. I also have a deep passion for beauty. I hope to expand my salon and to own an even larger salon together with an area that concentrates on beauty services only."

"I expect my life to be more secured in the next six months since I will buy and fix a steel door in my main house. I currently have a wooden door which is very weak thus I am always afraid that someone can easily break it and attack us."