"Iam happy that am going to receive money from Givedirectly.My small house which is affected by underground water will be replaced by a spacious one courtesy of Givedirectly."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is sickness. This is the sixth year of being in and out of hospital.It has prevented me from undertaking farming in a big way prompting me to sell even some parcels of land."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is losing my father at a tender age. So I grew up with a single parent who was not also well off, this made my studies so hard and life in general."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life was dropping out of school due to lack of school fees in 1996 after completing my KCPE.Since then life has been hard I resorted to casual labour which hardly brings enough food on the table for my family."

"Receiving this money means getting starting up a formidable income generating activity that will support my family needs like school fees, food and other basic needs."

"Receiving this money means change of life to me because i can use it to renovate my house and buying some house equipments."

"Receiving this money means my life will be greatly boosted. I will use to build a house since the one I am currently living in is leaking. I will also buy a dairy cow with it."

"Receiving this money means to construct a new house and to buy other household equipment like bedings. This money wil enable to start up a small business where I can generate income and educate my children a"

"Receiving this money means alot to me, I want to use it to start a dairy business and improve my farming activities."

"Receiving this money means to buy a plot land for for farming. My household basically depend on agriculture but we don't have enough land to cultivate crops and because of this iam forced to hire other pieces land for farming "