"The main problem so far is about lack of proper opportunities to earn a living in this village. Our main livelihood is on fishing and if there is less fish or the season is bad we suffer a lot. Sometimes we go the whole day without anything to properly eat."

"I am a Fisher man and I was used to burnt coal. Since I received the money, I have increased my fishing by having more nets and burning more coal for sale."

"The only time that I managed to get money from the fishing is the only time we have been happy at least during that time we manage to get food ."

"The main challenge that we are currently facing is hunger, we have no food. If my husband did not go for fishing that day, we spend it without food or with one meal. With the kids around it is very difficult for me to watch them crying with hunger not having anything to provide for them."

"Receiving this money will help me overcome alot of challenges I have been facing in my household, mainly in terms of food and housing firstly I plan on buying more materials for my fishing business which will insure I have enough income when the program is done, I also plan on on fixing my house by installing ironsheets, doors and windows be cause I have been staying in a very small house that is always affected by rains but this time around with the transfer I will be able to install ironsheets before the rain starts"

"Recipient this money would mean a new business venture to help me provide for myself. I current have fishing boats and nets which enabled me to employ fishermen to use to catch fish. The business that I want to venture into is a grocery shop which I will be selling most of the basic needs that people need everyday such as soap, food stuffs, body lotions."

"I was able to spend my first transfer on medication,Zinc to build a new house and food. I depend on fishing and making farm for my living .I had fell ill for a long time. Hospital bill had become an issue for me. because of the little money from farming and fishing, I have not been able to have any development for my family."

""In the past I was really struggling with my life and that of my family because I have been working for people in order to sustain my family. But since I got this money I now own a fishing nets for myself and a canoe that I can use for one to two years. GiveDirectly has brought a great improvement in my family life"."

"As you can see i live in a glass fatched house,I and my husband have been wanting to change the condition of our living standards but our financial status is very poor,so when we got enrolled we were all happy because we knew this money will change our lifes. Firstly we have managed to buy ironsheet used for roofing the house we bought 26 ironsheet and it costed us more than half of the transfer which is about K176,000,As it is my husband is a fisher man this is our only source of income and all along he has been struggling with how to source money to buy a fishing net,fortunately give directly has given us an opportunity to change our lifes so we bought a fishing net at K80,000,at this point all most all the money run out so we used the remaining amount for bricks"

"What I did was, I purchased new fishing net for my personal fishing business and the balance i pay my children school fees."