"The family's source of income is very little. This is because we mainly depend on farming but the rains have really failed us. My farm is where I expect to get food and money from selling surplus produce. I now buy food after selling charcoal and I struggle a lot paying school fees because charcoal selling earns very little."

""When I get the money I, will build a four bed room house where I am the rest of the family can live for better tomorrow. "When I also do received this money, I am my family will get involved into small business that will enable us sent our children and grandchildren to school."

"Currently I don't milk and thus pushing me to buy the same from vendors. I buy 3 litres of milk a day which costs ksh.150 a day translating to ksh.4500 a day which I consider much expensive in the long-run compared to owning a dairy cow. Picking unpaid stock of cereals pains me most since higher profit margin falls in sellers hands. I feel that, I don't benefit much from my hardwork and efforts."

"My piece of land is small to the extend that I do no farming in own land. I lease a land for farming which is extremely expensive."

"I have made a step in life that I would not have been able to achieve on my own and this has changed how my daily life is. I am glad that we're almost moving into this house and I will not have to worry about where my visitors will sleep whenever they visit. All this would not have been possible had GiveDirectly not decided to give us unconditional cash transfer and I am grateful for that."

"Food insecurity is the mother of all my problems. Since the outbreak of maize disease sometime in 2008, it has proved difficult to do maize farming. We purchase from the nearby Chebunyo market at KES 100 per 2 kg packet. I depend on casual jobs which are scarce and unsustainable. When I am lucky to get one I use it all to purchase the maize flour just to be able to cook porridge. Sometimes last year my young son was at the verge of developing kwashiorkor because of malnutrition, it took the effort of my neighbour who assisted me with the cup of milk daily and it salvaged the situation. I have been so hopeless and destitute."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am a proud owner of a heifer. To me, this is the best thing that I have achieved so far as I would not have done it alone had GiveDirectly not given me a helping hand. I am glad that I will not be buying milk anymore in a few years' time when it calves rather, I will earn some money through the sale of surplus."