"The major challenge that we face is a shortage of food due to the continuous drought that affects our area. It does not allow us to do any meaningful farming and the food that we get from our farm is not sufficient for my family."

"I slipped in 2002 and broke my arms, this makes it difficult for me to work to earn a living. As a result of these, I am left struggling financially to provide food and other basic needs for my family. This has been my biggest challenge."

"My family is growing and I am going to be a mother of four children soon. I have no asset or any source of income to sustain my family save for the land that I have. Receiving this money will enable me to do poultry farming since it requires less input and time to do so. With poultry farming, I will be able to sell eggs and chicken and get money to buy food, and pay school fees for my children."

"Receiving this money means a better education to my children. We have one child in university, 1 in secondary level and the other 3 in primary level. We decided to invest in their education because of the interest we have in it. We depend on casual jobs for a living, and it drains alot of energy. My wish has been to see them secure a better job in future even if we struggle to raise their school fees. I am planing to use KES 50,000 for their school fees and other school neccessities since I have one who will join form one in some months time. The rest I will use in renovating my current house. I am glad because this will ease my financial burden."

"The main challenge that I currently go through is lack of an income in my home. I have children who are all in school now and I have been struggling to pay for their school fees. I wanted to start saving for future after the completion of my house. This transfers from Givedirectly will be a great relief to me."

"My life is different now, I never knew that I will be able to own a dairy cow before, this is because of the financial constraints and the little that I earned was used in other necessities, life as a single mother can be tough and overwhelming because they depend fully on me, I am grateful for the support that changed my living standard and that of my society."

"My husband and I are consistent farmers in the village, together we are blessed with four children, we have always wanted to own a cow but this dream had not to be realized due to the responsibilities that we had of paying school fees and also providing other necessities, we depend on farming, therefore, the harvest is very little with the climatic change, when we received the transfer my husband and I agreed on buying a dairy cow so has to have milk for our daily consumption where we used KES 25,000, I then paid the school fees arrears for my children where I paid KES 18,000, lastly I used the remaining amount in buying clothes and foodstuffs, I am so relieved that my children can study comfortably without being sent home."

"My dream has always been to become one of the best tailors in our village. I am trained and certified only that I was not able to find employment and eventually I got married. I plan to set up a business and buy a sewing machine which I will use for a start. This transfer will come in handy once I locate a suitable area to put up the business."

"Since I started receiving cash transfer from Givedrectly, I have my own pepper farm and have all it takes to grow my crops. I also have food to eat on a daily basis. I am so excited and want to extend thanks to Givedrectly."