"The biggest hardship in my life was the day my son was sick, he was admitted to Tenwek mission hospital and I couldn't pay medical bills"

"The biggest hardship in my life is when I lost my dairy cow, this was my main source of income"

"Since my mother who was the former recipient passed on, I was changed to be the new recipient. Me and my sister are still in university pursuing different courses, but we couldn't afford to sustain our education due to lack of adequate support from guardians and therefore receiving the third transfer was a great support to us. In fact, it enabled us to pay the whole year college fees for both of us."

"My greatest achievement is starting my water business, it has really helped me out in paying school fees for my children and enabled me build my late wife a house."

"The achievement I am proudest of is that through farming I have managed to build my house. "

"The biggest hardship I am facing currently is how to pay school fees for my daughter in school, I don't have a stable source of income. "

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfers in that I have managed to acquire a better shelter-one which is more secure in our lives than the former house where we lived. The current one is decently plastered with sand and cement and I don't need to be worried of walking in the village as I search for mud and cow-dung for smearing."

"I find it very difficult to pay my children's school fees "

"It is my third transfer that enabled me to construct my home. When Give Directly visited me for the first time, I lived with my in-laws in the same compound hence I was never free. I was even afraid to approach Give Directly, since I could ask them to consent first, but that is not the same nowadays since I live in my compound freely."

"My father-in-law had just passed on when I received my third transfer, so most of the money I spent on the funeral expenses. I thank God I received the money at that time because, I do not want to imagine what might have happened on the farewell. Maybe he could have not received a good decent burial. The remaining I spent on buying a cow for rearing."