"My biggest hardship i face is serious bitting poverty. My father died and mother left me alone with my siblings and iam the one soley responsible for their livelihood."

"I am very grateful to Give Directly because my children are now eating well because I can afford to buy balanced diet and enough food.They are also decent and neat because I bought them enough clothes."

"Am excited to receive this money because am going to supplement on my income and get rid of bank loans."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy a dairy cow and also build a shade for it. This is because I want to be a milk supplier in the village. "

"The biggest hardship i face is poverty. My family lacks money to provide the necessary items for quality life."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to open an Mpesa shop in the village, part of the transfer will go towards building a better house using cement and bricks. I will save the remaining amount which will be used in paying school fees for my child who will be joining nursery school. "

"The biggest hardship i face is lack of money for starting drug shop."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to start up a livestock farm."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is lack of employment which has led to my husband and i struggling alot in order to cater for basic needs for our children as well as paying school fees. The feeling of sadness that i go through whenever my children are chased away from school due to lack of school fees makes me feel like i am letting them down every now and then."

"Receiving this money means starting up a small scale bussiness.This will increase on my household's source of earning."