"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is failure to continue with my education. My parents were unable to cater for my education expenses to an extent that I was not enable to sit for my Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (K.C.P.E) and due to that, I opted get married."

"I spent my third transfer in enrolling my child into a high school after completing her primary education hence I felt relieved since I didn't have a know how on what I could have done without this transfer .I am thankful to GiveDirectly for funding my daughter's education ."

"Being a widow it pains most so when you cannot provide the desired education for your child due to lack of money hence my joy was being able to pay school fees for my child with my third transfer who is in high school and seeing her study comfortably ."

"I spent part of my third transfer on building a decent three roomed iron sheet house hence I was relieved for staying in a leaky grassed thatched house . I also bailed my spouse from jail . "

"I spent my third transfer on buying household fixtures such as a steel door and three steel windows to up on my house that I had built with the second transfer. I also bought sofa set seat ."

"I spent my third transfer on sinking a toilet in my homestead and this toilet as promoted hygiene and sanitation in my homestead . I also bought a sofa set seat ."

"I used to empathize with my husband when he came home in the evening tired out of riding a bicycle to far markets as he transport fish to his clients hence I spent my third buying a second hand motorcycle which has easen his daily activities hence his business has doubled and now he has time to spend with his family members too . I also bought food for my family's consumption"

"With my little paying source of income I wasn't able to get extra amount to save and build a house hence I had no choice but to live at our nearby center renting a small single roomed house . Upon receiving my third transfer the first thing I did was to build a spacious decent three roomed house and now I have a shelter of my own ."

"I used to stay in a small five ironsheets house and that life was frustrating since I couldn't give my children the type of shelter they ever needed hence I spent my third transfer on building a decent three roomed house .I also paid schools for my four children who are in primary school ."

"The biggest hardship which I face in my life is hunger since I have a big number of children like eight and I have no where to cultivate to get food for feeding them."