"The biggest hardship i have faced is difficulty in paying my children's school fees."

"When i receive this money, i will build a house and buy a motorcycle to help in boda boda business."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is the burden of upbringing the children single handedly and paying school fees."

"My life is now different in that I can keep my children in school. I had no means to pay for their school fees. I can now keep them in school and be able to pay for their school fees in future, with the proceeds from milk that I will receive from the cow that I will purchase with the transfers. I am grateful to Give Directly."

"My life is now different since i now own a dairy cow hence continuous milk supply for my family something which was a dream in the past, before I received the transfer, I used to spend most of my money to buy milk from my neighbor which I can now save and use in educating my children."

"My life is different than it would have been if I would have not received the transfer because the transfer has changed my life positively. Nowadays, people who were once looking down upon me can easily talk to me, ask me to transport their loads with the hand-drawn cart which I bought with the transfer, unlike before when people had no reason to talk to me."

"When I received a message indicating that I had received the money which GiveDirectly had promised us, I was filled with happiness. At that instant, I started singing some songs in my native language as my happiness knew no bounds until my children started wondering what was wrong with me as I was with them at that moment and they were not used to seeing me sing. I then shared with them the good news and they were all filled with happiness."

"It was in the morning after waking up as I was going through my phone when I realized that I had some unread messages. Upon checking its contents, one of the messages filled my heart with happiness as it indicated that I had received money from GiveDirectly. My happiness knew no bounds on that day since I knew that I would get the treatment I needed and I immediately called one of my son and informed him that I was soon traveling to Nairobi for my treatment."

"Since I received money from GiveDirectly, my daily life has changed since I now have tapped water which I sometimes sell to people who do not have hence I earn an income through it something which has never happened in my life before. Piped water has also made my children to always stay clean for they do not go for a day without taking a bath and this makes me so happy."

"My life is different now since I have an iron roofed house as compared to past when I used to live in a grass thatched house. I built a two-roomed house which can now accommodate all my family members .In the past, my children used to do their homework in the kitchen and at times I disturb them with the house chores, but now they can do their homework in the new house without any disturbance."