"The biggest challenge I am facing is lack of money to attend to my family's basic needs such as food and clothing. This is because both my husband and I are jobless and we only rely on my father-in-law's fishing occupation to survive. Sometimes we go without food for several days because we lack money to buy food."

"I have had eyes problems for the second year now. I get short-sighted during the afternoon hours plus the eyes get itchy. This has made it difficult to perform my usual tasks during the afternoon hours. I am yet to see a specialist because I don't have money to take myself to the hospital."

"The drought in my village has affected my fishing occupation since the main river in the village dried up and I have been unable to meet my family's daily needs such as food and clothing. This has made my life miserable and I merely depend on debts to survive. I had to resort to the energy-draining charcoal burning which is not well rewarding. Moreover, charcoal burning has had some negative implications on my health."

"Selling palmwine gives me a profit of 200KES a day. We are a family of eight people. The cash obtained is not able to provide three meals a day. In this regard my grandchildren have been suffering from mulnutrion. I have two of my children who dropped out of school due to lack of school fees.Lack of money is the main problem I currently face."

"Being a widow without a stable source of income comes with so many challenges.Though my son sends money, all is spent in food. I have no money for detergents, buying clothes and and other personal effects. The latest time i wore new dress was two years ago during the burial of my late husband. I have longed to eat different foods but i have always found myself taking porridge in the morning, ugali for lunch and super."

"The greatest challenge I have been facing is lack of money. I got an eye infection two years ago. I went to different hospitals but in vain.The cash we had was exhausted when I had not gotten medication. This led me to lose total eyesight. I had a son whom I depended upon but passed on early this year. Without sight, I cannot do any job, my husband is old and unable to work as well. Life is full of problems with several days of going without food."

"I bought two bundles of zinc and nails with part of my money for my new house projects. I have paid my daughter's school fees with the balance money."

"When I received this money, I felt very excited and begin to sing a traditional song in my language. I'm from Nimba County and I have been living in this town for over 11 years now. In all of my struggles, I have never received such a huge amount of money in my life before. I'm very happy for the help GiveDirectly has rendered me."

"As you can see our house, it is not in good condition. Whenever it rains, we have to sit up the whole night. So when we receive this transfer, we will build a decent house."

""Mainly, money is a serious issue for us as a family! The lack of finance makes it difficult for us to provide for our children as we should like catering to their basic needs such as food and clothes. Secondarily, it's the children who are not in school. It's worrisome for us because they are getting older. This is also related to the same finacial difficulties because we will in no way have money and not send our children to school knowing that we our selves aren't educated."