"My house is leaking and every rain season I have to put a basin in the areas where it's leaking, something which has frustrated me for 3 years now. My husband is a casual labourer doing construction jobs but the wages he earns cannot sustain the daily expenditures of the house plus saving some little money to buy new iron sheets. Receiving this money means i will renovate my house so that I be relieved the problem of having a leaking roof. I will also buy 4 she-goats to keep as family wealth and 2oxen for ploughing my farm to increase food security for my family."

"I got a loan and started building a 3 bedroom rental house but I was stuck because the money I had planned to finish the house was used to cater for my medical expenses after I got an accident with a motorcycle. Receiving this money means I will finish construction of my rental house so that i can earn rents from tenants."

"With my family of 5, I live in a single-roomed grass-thatched house, that serves as both the kitchen, living room and bedroom. To restore my sanity and privacy, I built a 2 roomed iron-roofed house in November 2021 that is yet to be completed. I look forward to moving to this house soonest for receiving this money means comfortable housing to my family. My husband opened up a grocery business at Chebunyo that has been a constant source of income for my family of 5 . Unfortunately, there has not been a surplus to assist in furnishing the house. With the help of Givedirectly, I intend to use KES 20000 to complete constructing the house as well as furnish it. I will also be glad to support my husband in boosting the grocery business with the rest of the transfers."

"5 years ago, my parents divided the land amongst 5 sons, which each ended up with 0.5 acres of land. I was privileged to set aside 0.3 acres for cultivation. This is nonetheless insufficient to produce enough food to sustain my family of 4 the entire year given that my family often depend on weeding peoples farms for a living to earn KES 200 a day. It has been my prayer for the past 5 years, that a day will come when I will own an additional land for cultivation. I intend to use KES 60000 to purchase 0.2 acres of land that I will cultivate to produce food to sustain my family. Therefore my ambition of sustaining my family will come to pass and this will make me happy for I will have fulfilled my responsibilities as the household head."

"I have been suffering from chest problems for about two years and I have never afforded to seek medication due to financial constraints. As an aged widow and a peasant farmer, raising funds for medication and other basic needs is a challenge. Although I am not sure about the exact cost of treatment, I have never dared to visit any hospital without money. In that regard, receiving this money means that my health shall be restored because I will afford to seek medication from a reputable hospital."

"The biggest challenge is financial constraints. I depend on casual jobs weeding people's farms which is not consistent also. Payment also varies from maize to sweet potatoes. It is not guaranteed that you will be paid in cash. This has also made me start plaiting ropes as another source of income. Getting sisal for plaiting is also a challenge. One rope is sold at KES 20 thus insufficient to meet all my household needs. My husband works as a security guard and his earnings go to paying school fees for my children."

"My husband is a casual labourer in the nearby town. He sends home KES 2000 in a month. Budgeting this cash for all household expences leaves no coin for even detergents for my younger born who is two months old. This has caused my children to oftenly suffer from skin infections. If this life do not change, am worried of how my children will look in their olden days, skin with so many scars."

"I am 82 years old and my economic activeness is slowly degrading. I now get involved in less intensive tasks like small-scale poultry farming. I depend on selling eggs from my chicken to fend for my granddaughter and my 85-year-old husband. I usually get around KES 100 per day which is inadequate to comfortably sustain us. Receiving this money means that I will expand my poultry farming and hire a casual laborer to assist me in doing the related tasks. I will set aside KES 40000 to do this and spend the remaining amount on house repair and buying food for my family."

"Providing milk for domestic use is the biggest challenge I am currently facing. I do not own any dairy cattle and so depend on buying from the neighbors and sometimes from market centers. We use an average of two litres of milk costing KES 100. With no regular source of income, getting this amount on a daily basis is difficult. I am a casual laborer cultivating other people's farms."

"I lost my husband and my two children almost five years ago. I had to leave my matrimonial home since I had no one to take care of me. Coming to my place of birth did not give me a solution. I have been left to take care of myself. At the age of 72years, am forced to do farm works in order to earn a living. The transfers obtained from GiveDirectly will solve most of my problems(mainly ensuring continuous food supply for my two grandchildren and myself).I will spend KES 15 000 to start livestock keeping. Since rearing goats is not so demanding, I choose to buy two she-goats and one he-goat. Once they have multiplied, I will be able to sell and cover any emergencies."