"The biggest challenge is the provision of three meals per day for my family as they are fully dependent on me to provide for their basic needs. I am a casual laborer and on most occasions, I get jobs related to farming on other people's land. On a lucky day, I usually receive a wage of KES 250 after finishing a certain casual task. Most of my payments are done in the evening and since I work from hand to mouth, I use the whole amount to buy foodstuff for my family. This means that if we consume the entire food and the leftovers the following day, there is a chance my family will not have something to take for lunch."

"Receiving this money means that my 3 children who are all below 4 years have milk for domestic use. All of them are at the age where a balanced diet food should be adhered to and so milk should be an ever-present component in their diet. Right now, I spent KES 200 to buy them 4 litres of milk daily, and getting this amount regularly is very difficult. I intend to sort out this issue of purchasing milk by buying a dairy cattle worth KES 40000 that is ready for milking. For the rest of the transfer, I plan to stock food for my family and inject some bit of it into my shop."

"In my opinion, Give Directly does well by giving people cash and letting them decide on how to spend it. This is the best idea because at the end of the day people have various needs and through the money, a lot has improved in our village. On the other hand, there is nothing they are not doing well."

"I don't have money to buy food for my family, I don't have money to reconditioned my house because the house I'm living in right now is breaking down and it's also leaking. Therefore, the challenges I am facing is financial issues. When I received this money from GiveDirectly, I will be able to buy food for my family, build my new house and also make business to get more money to sustain my family."

"I had just picked my phone from a nearby center where it was charging and the moment I switched the phone on I received a confirmation message that I had received KES 55000 from Give Directly. I felt so happy because I had been eagerly waiting for it. I knew that my dream of owning a reasonable house had finally come true because I did not have a house at that time."

"I am a motorcycle operator and while on my usual duty at around 6:00 pm I heard a beep on my phone. I slowed down as read the message but stayed calm because I did not want the passenger to notice that I had received some money. I dropped him off and hurried home to share the news with my parents. We felt so happy and appreciated Give Directly."

"At the time when the money was sent, I did not have my phone with me. My children had gone to withdraw some money from my account so that they could purchase some food for our dinner. At that time, I was seated with my mother-in-law when she told she had received some message and asked me to help her read. It was a confirmation message that she had received money from Give Directly. We were both happy and celebrated. I could not wait for my children to bring back my phone."

"I was doing my usual chores at my business when I got a confirmation message that I received money from Give Directly. I was not expecting it at that time so it was a surprise and I felt so happy. Later I shared the news with my spouse, and he was relieved because we had been given notice that our children would not be allowed in school if we failed to clear their fee balance within the same week."

"The biggest difference in my daily since I started receiving the transfers is having been able to boost my business. The income has improved hence making it easy to meet my needs without straining. I am also kept busy the whole day because of the huge flow of customers."

"I was at home fetching water in the evening when I got a message notification on my phone. I stopped what I was doing to check what the message was about and to my surprise, I had received money from Give Directly. I have never experienced such a happy moment in my life before. I thanked God for the surprise but still rushed to my helper to check if indeed there was money in my Mpesa account because I could not believe it."