"The challenge we are facing currently is competition from fellow businessmen. I operate a berber shop in nearby town that has 15 of them. I earn KES 150 daily that's hardly enough to raise my family of 4. The income could have been more if there were few such businesses."

"As I told you earlier, the farm is no longer producing like before. I am financially challenge when it comes to supporting the family."

"GiveDirectly is really doing very well for us, by improving our livelihood and rebuild our life."

"The largest challenge is the lack of basic needs for my children like food. I am a casual laborer doing timber cutting however, my pay is KES 200 per day whenever I get one and this money is subdivided among other competing basic needs. Sometimes we are forced to go to bed without food and this is usually very discouraging to me as a parent to see my children go to bed hungry."

"No, the only goal I had in mind before the coming of GiveDirectly was to buy livestock more so goats. Since paying school fees for my children has been the main challenge, I hope that the goats would increase in number and sell some sort out the arrears. Also, I will no longer strain in fending for my children as before."

"Striking a balance between school and marriage life is not easy. I am forced to leave behind 2 young children who I feel are too young to be left under the care of their father. They occasionally fall sick and that means I have to abandon school to come and see them and this is costly on my side. Some family members have even told me to completely leave school and come back home and this has put me in a huge dilemma. I am happy that I have a very supportive husband and in every situation, he has been on my side."

"GiveDirectly does well by locating the hard to reach communities.Walking by foot to this community just to have people lifted from poverty to another level of of improved life is something I have not seen since the day of birth. Moreover, GiveDirectly is unbias during the enrollment process. In my opinion, GiveDirectly fair in its workings and have nothing wrong with its process."