"When I was young, I had a deep love for education. My dream was to study at University, get a job in the city and make a good living for myself. As fate would have it, my parents could not afford to see me past standard six. That said, my husband and I made a conscious decision to educate our children past the levels we both went up to. Three of our children are in secondary school, the lastborn is in primary school. We will use all these funds to pay for their fees. My husband works as a mason, his hard work sees him get lots of jobs and he provides for us. I am thankful."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving the transfers is purchase of a heifer which will be an income source for my family. Through the transfers, I have also adequate utensils in my house. I normally rely on maize, indigenous vegetables, and tomatoes farming in order to feed my family."

"The incapacity to pay school fees in full for my 3 children is the challenge I am facing. For 4 years, I have been working at a quarry to earn a living. I earn 400 KES per day. All the needs of the family should be sorted with this amount because my husband was sacked at his place of work. The money that remains after taking care of all the needs is very little to clear school fees. As of now, the fee balance stands at 15,000 KES. This causes my children to be sent home frequently."

"My husband works in Kilifi as a baker, only comes home a few times a month. My twin children go to a nearby school. When I am done preparing them and doing my house chores, I have nothing to do till evening when they come back. I get so bored with the idle time. I would like to enroll in a tailoring course so that I can start a shop and boost our income."

"I spent KES23000 on a heifer as an addition to the dairy cow I had.This is because it will be long term investment for my kids in the near future.I also spent KES10000 on furniture because I had just completed my house and it was new and empty. I also spent KES10000 on food and clothing. I normally rely on farming on sweet potatoes, vegetable and maize farming for food and income."

"It was around 6pm while fetching water in the nearby river when my husband called me to confirm if I had received the eagerly awaited GiveDirectly money but hadn't received it. Shortly after that, I received an SMS alert on my phone and on checking I confirmed to have received KES55000 from GiveDirectly. I and my friend were very happy excited started jumping up and down in the river for joy."

"Sleeping on loosely attached ropes on a homemade bed makes my night horrific. The situation is intensified by the smoke seeping into the bedroom from the kitchen area which is situated at one corner of the living room. Receiving the money will help me solve this menace. With 10 000 KSH, I will be able to acquire a bed and a mattress. I will spare 30 000 KSH to construct a 3m by 3m kitchen. In addition, I purpose to buy a gala he-goat to improve the breed of my goats."

"Lack of enough money has been a challenge to me for quite some time now. I work as a casual laborer at a quarry nearby. My income is 10,000 KES per month. Having 4 children still depending on me, this amount is never sufficient. After I buy food in my household, I remain with approximately 4,000 KES. Two of my children are in high school, with the remaining amount, clearing their school fees becomes a problem."

"Being a barren widow has always been a challenge in my life, I feel ashamed not having any person to support me when sick and provide food. This has made my life full of stress not having anybody to inherit my lands after my death. This always rings in my mind that no one will be remembered after me when I am gone. This has made me get ulcers and my health is deteriorating, I have to go for check-ups every week amounting to 1000 KES per visit."

"My goal was to finish my house project and to do a very big business."