"I am excited to receive this money means a better life for my family.I am going to have a new house,take my kids to school and buy even food."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in my life was losing my job in Nairobi. Since I was not prepared for such a drastic change, my whole life was affected. I was forced to relocate back to my village when expenses overwhelmed me.This not only affected my children's schooling since they had to change schools, It also led to the separation of my wife and I. "

"Receiving this money means that I will finally be able to go back home and construct my own house since I am currently living in a rental house. With the remaining balance, I will start a shop keeping business so that I can have a more reliable source of income. "

"The biggest hardship that I am facing is not having a stable source of income. Both my husband and I are casual labourers and the jobs that we do don't generate sufficient income. This has made it difficult for me to be able to afford paying rent consistently, pay school fees for my children and even buy food to feed them three meals a day or even provide for them a balanced diet. This stresses me a lot since I feel that I am failing to set a good example to them as a parent on how they should be responsible parents too in future. "

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy building materials such as cement, sand and ballast so that I build a permanent house for my family. This is because currently, I have been staying in a rental house that is becoming hard to pay rent for every month due to scarcity of jobs. "

"The biggest hardship in my life is inability to raise enough school fees for my children.This has led to two of them dropping out of secondary school,It really breaks my heart to watch them yearn for education yet I cant raise their school fees."

"I have a new goal of constructing mu/y home, I still didn't have it in my plans because we couldn't afford it due to a lot of responsibilities but now that I'm expecting money from GiveDirectly I know I'll achieve it."

"Struggling hard to pay school fees for my children is the biggest hardship i have faced in life. Despite our old age, my husband and i engage in casual jobs in order to provide food for our children as well as paying their school fees which in turn affects our health."

"The challenge of paying school fees. "

"My biggest hardship is lack of enough money to buy land for settlement."