"I am a widow, with children to look after, My husband was a police officer but unfortunately, he died in the line of duty, He was the one paying for my college education, life became unbearable, I became I widow at a very tender age, I could no longer afford to pay for my school fees, I am happy that my life is different now because I managed to clear the fee arrears, and thereafter picked my certificate, My house was uncompleted but with the transfer, I renovated my house, I am grateful for the support that Impacted my life incredibly."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of a reliable source of income to meet my family's basic necessities of life such as food , education, water and a decent shelter. I am really struggling to raise my two daughters. Sometimes I even lack money to pay for their school fees and they end up missing important sessions with their teachers in school."

"Receiving this money means improved living standard in my house hold.This is because I am relying on charcoal business which earns me atmost Ksh 2,400. This happen after every two month because the job is involving and tiresome.One has to take some weeks to rest before preparing them.Thi has made me struggle to provide for my house hold. I plan to spend Kshs.80,000 to buy four indigenous cows at Ksh.20,000- each.I will also use Kshs.8,000 to purchase an ox plough which will help me to hire to my neighbours so as to increase my source of income as well as milk for own consumption. The remaining amount will help to cater for school fees for my children."

"Receiving this money means better education for my children. I depend on subsistence farming for a living but unfortunately due to the unpredictable climatic changes, I haven't had enough produce in a couple of months to sustain my family , thus I resolved to casual laboring. I usually earn 20$ biweekly ,which is shared between household sustainance and paying school fees. I will use 200usd to facilitate their fees and 400usd to purchase a dairy cow .The milk produced will be used for the household and the extra to earn income as well.I will spend the rest of the transfers nonetheless on food ."

"The biggest hardship we face as a family is financial constraints. I'm a stay at home wife and my husband works as a casual labourer in a milk factory. He gets paid $120 per month which is not enough to save and buy a piece of land or even pay school fees for our child. He got into an accident a few moths ago and he was badly injured, he has missed work and he also has to go for medical checkup."

"We have been struggling to raise school gets for my two children who are currently in grade 10. My husband gains some income, about 3 USD daily, by offering motorcycle services within our vicinity. Since the income is inadequate to suffice all our needs and raise the school fees, receiving GiveDirectly transfers will act as an assurance that our children shall have ample study time. This is because we shall pay all the required amounts. Even so, we shall utilize any remaining amount on building a better kitchen because the one we have has a leaking roof."

"I have always had the desire that all my children get good education up to college level. This will secure their future and ours too because when they get good jobs we will live a better life. I personally dropped out of school at the age of 12 due to lack of proper parenting and my life has not been easy without education. I do casual jobs which we substitute with farming that my husband does,this earns us Ksh 300 daily which is not enough to pay school fees for our four children in secondary boarding schools. Each child school fees is Ksh 30,000 per year. Upon receiving this money i will use it to clear the arrears that i have of Ksh 60,000 and use the rest to pay for next terms fees."

"Receiving this money means I will have a stable source of income. When I completed form four in 2008, I lacked school fees to proceed with college education I then resorted to being a farmer. Living near the river is a blessing but i have not had enough money to start up a irrigation project. I plan on putting my 2 acres of land under irrigation. I want to plant vegetables like tomatoes,onions and kales which mature after 3 months and sell to the nearest market. This will be giving me Ksh 10,000 per month and from this my family will have enough money for use. Installing the irrigation system will cost me 67,000. I plan on spending Ksh 18,000 in purchasing a water pump,Ksh 4000 on pipes,Ksh 15,000 on water tank and Ksh 30,000 will go to purchasing seeds,labour and fuel."

"I work as a cook at Kaboson Girls High School where I earn sh 6000 per month.This money is not enough for me to educate my kids as well as do some developments or investment at home.I have been spending all my salary on food, clothes and school fees.Therefore receiving donations at giving directly shall enable me built a new house with approximately $250 as you can see this is small for my growing family. I shall also buy a heifer worth $300.This will grow and multiply the number of cattle as time goes by. When my kids will be joining secondary schools I shall have enough calves to sell and pay for kids' school fees. Milk produced by these cows will be sold therefore acquisition of household commodities such as food and clothing will be met easily."

"I sold my surplus-milk-producing cow two years ago so as to clear school fees arrears for my children in secondary school. The cow used to produce 6 liters of milk daily, of which I could sell 5liters for $2 daily and that was enough to buy daily food for my 8 children and I. I never had worries back then on where to secure work to do so as to earn a living. I currently engage in tilling people's farms so as to earn some income but these jobs are never readily available, now that people have resolved to keeping livestock in this region due to land unproductivity. Financial constraints is therefore the biggest hardship I face."