"My wife is not well and we have to go for medical check ups every now and then. It cost us a lot of money and less leads to less productivity."

"I have been struggling to feed my children, since the casual jobs I do are not consistent to meet our needs. I earn KES 200 a day, in which I work twice or thrice a week. My weekly needs including savings to buy land is much higher than that."

"Upon receiving the second transfer which happened to be the last, I decided to pull through with my plan of growing my farm by adding more livestock. I went ahead and bought seven goats for KES 28,000 and a cow which cost me KES 20,000. I plan on rearing the livestock and after they breed then I could sell them and use the profit made to provide for my family since selling livestock here is common and marketable. As for what was left which was about KES 5,000 I used mostly in matters concerning nutrition since there is barely any food in the house and this is because drought has really taken a toll on us over the years."

"Before receiving the second transfer from GiveDirectly I had initially saved about KES 26,850 from the previous transfers that I had received. The reason being that I wanted to have enough money in order to buy a great amount of livestock so that I could grow my farm and become a farmer since my other job of burning charcoal was becoming less sustainable as days went by due to drought. After receiving the second transfer I went ahead and bought sixteen goats where each cost KES 4,500. Since the second transfer was not enough to foot the bill I added a portion of what I had saved and paid KES 72,000 in total. Then I used KES 7,000 to purchase two sacks of maize and paid KES as transportation fee. Nutrition was challenging back in the village due to the fact that it barely rained and so we could barely farm nor harvest anything in order for us to manage having meals in the house."

"My plan included building a home especially since during the rainy season it was stressful and a mess all because my iron sheets had holes all over them and when it rained outside it was as if it was raining inside as well. My house would fill with water and my kids and I would have to keep moving stuff like furniture around so that they did not drenched and neither would our beddings. Keeping in mind the kids probably had school the following day and yet they could not afford to get good sleep the previous night."

"Since the break out of Covid-19 my brokery business has never stablized. Currently I am not able to provide good living standards to my family. I am worried my business may not come back to existence."

"I honestly have nothing but great things to say about GiveDirectly because it really helped me in ways that I personally could not. I barely had a house and now I am home owner which makes me very happy since I do not have to worry about the rain and the storms. I also get to sleep in a nice, warm and comfortable bed which to me is so amazing especially compared to before."

"For most part of my adult life I have lived in the same home with my co-wives that is after I decided to get married to my husband. I have lived with the four of them amicably but I have always longed to have my own house especially since my children are grown and during the holiday I would for my grandchildren to have a place to stay when they visit. That is why my aim was to ensure that if I ever got the chance then I would home a home for me and my lovely family."

"I am a businessman and it has been my ambition to have my Posho Mill shop. I started construction of the same but it has stalled for some time due to lack of money. I vend maize in the nearby market and I was hoping to open a Posho mill shop where I will be selling the maize as well as milling. So when I receive this transfer I will spend KES 20,000 to complete the shop and the remaining amount of KES 90000 top up with my little savings to purchase the Posho Mill Machine."

"The biggest challenge is financial constraints. My pay in the job is also minimal and most of it goes to meeting household needs. I am paid KES 40 per kilogram of meat sold and it is not guaranteed that I will sell the whole slaughtered cow in a day. This has been demoralizing and I was hoping to start my business to generate more income however I have not been able due to insufficient money."