"My biggest hardship is purchasing flour to prepare food for my family,ugali is our staple food here and the flour is just too expensive to afford."

"Having heard the news of us going to get money from give Give Directly i felt very happy and humbled.My life will change because since i was married i have been living in a rental house but now i will have the opportunity to own a home. God bless you."

"Receiving this money means that a joyful life lies a head,I'm seeing myself living a different life as I will be accessing the things that seemed to be far."

"Receiving this money communicates some life transformation to me because money gears everything."

"I am so happy to have been selected as one of the beneficiaries because this now means I will be able to upgrade my house to a brick wall and also change my leaky roof."

"I'm happy to be receiving this money because I know I'm going to move some steps further from where I am in fulfilling my needs."

"My biggest hardship is the challenge to meet my families needs especially as awidow without a job to earn some income."

"My daily income is too low to fend for our needs,thus receiving this money gave me so much happiness since Id like to start a business that can generate me some income to enable us meet our daily needs."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is that for the last 2 years, there has been a major drought in this area and being a farmer who depends on rain fed agriculture, it has been very difficult to fend for my family since I am also not employed. This has forced us to sometimes go hungry."

"Receiving this cash is really a blessing to me and it has also come at the right time because the rains have just started and with this grass thatched house I am living in, we are normally rained on seriously. I will now be able to built an iron roofed house."