"One of the unforgettable changes in my daily life is that through GiveDirectly financial assistance, my life has transitioned from being jobless to a business owner.The cash has also provided me the opportunity to plaster my entire house. My life in the past seems hopeless. However, with this transfer from GD hope has been restored once more. The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving transfer is that, I feel partially accomplish and more relaxed in life now than before."

"The main challenge I face is lack of enough money to buy my basic such as soap and food. Sometimes, my husband who went to South Africa for greener pastures sends me money. However, most of the times I have to go to the mountains in search of firewood which I sell to make money."

"Six months ago I started constructing my house but I'm yet to complete it because I ran out of money. For a long time, I had wished and planned to expand my house since the one we had was too small for my family of eight. I, therefore, plan to use KES 50,000 to complete the house and to purchase house furniture. For the rest of the amount, I will buy a water tank that will help me store clean rainwater."

"The major challenge that I am facing currently is the lack of enough food for consumption. I depend on subsistence farming to feed and also pay school fees for my children by selling milk and maize. This has not been so because we receive low yields yearly due to the drought that occurs, which impacts majorly on the income that we receive."

"Receiving this money will enable me to expand my dairy business. I have 3 cows that enable me to sell milk to Siongiroi milk plant. The milk that I get from the cows is less and I plan to buy a good breed that goes for KES 50000 so that I can boost the milk that I get daily. Selling more milk means that I will earn more money. I plan to settle a few arrears for my children who are in school with KES 40000."

"I work as a charcoal vendor, a job that is currently not reliable because trees are no longer available. This means making $5 takes me utmost 3 weeks to prepare 1 bag and this is very little to cater to my family's basic needs. Hence, this is the challenge that I am currently facing in my life."

"Imagine depending on my husband who is doing casual jobs of construction! I have gone through hardship in terms of meeting our basic needs like food. Sometimes, I feel so painful and desperate to see my children sleeping without food. I can, therefore, consider food insecurity as the biggest challenge that I am currently facing."

"Imagine being a casual laborer who prepares farms in our area where rains are no longer reliable! It has been a very hard time for me to support my family in terms of meeting some very basic needs like food and education. Since my work is not consistent my family has suffered a lot in getting meals and also in most cases, the children are sent out of school. Hence, the lack of a reliable source of income is the challenge that I am currently facing."

"Receiving this money means awakening my dream of starting a shop business within our village. This is because getting a packet of maize flour means walking a distance of 4 kilometers. I am very confident that this will be an opportunity for me to serve my neighbours and hence, a better profit since it will be the only nearby shop. I am planning to save my 5 months transfers (15000 KES) that I will use as my capital. On the other hand, this grant will also support my children's education because it will supplement my husband's earnings so that we can save for future use. Hence, a better livelihood."

"Receiving this money means a bright future to my son who is now in form one. In most cases, he has been sent home due to a lack of school fees and since I do not have a reliable source of income, it usually takes him time before he returns to school because I majorly depend on his 3 brothers who are vending water in Mombasa. This means his performance has always been low something that has discouraged me a lot. I am now confident to know that, he will soon be settled in school when I start receiving the cash grant because I will be able to pay his fees, courtesy of GiveDirectly."