"I am a motorbike rider offering taxi services in my locality to gain some income for sustaining my family. Since I have never afforded to buy a motorcycle(I am contracted by the owner), receipt of this money means that I will be able to purchase one. Currently, most of the income (60%) goes to the owner, hence, I cannot attain my financial targets. The average daily income from the business is about KES 500. So, I will use all the transfers on acquiring a brand new motorbike that costs slightly above KES 100000. In case some amount remains, we shall use it to seek professional medication for my wife who cannot conceive."

"This money will help me a lot, for instance i will use some of this money to pay school fees for my child and i really thank Give Directly program because this house of mine will now be renovated and it will have a new beautiful look thanks to this program."

"I am not working and do not have a stable source of income. This stresses me big time as some times I do go to bed on an empty stomach"

"Finding money is the big challenge, my husband operates as a bicycle taxi operator and not all days really go well on the roads in terms of making money, for instance we might not find customers regularly."

"My life has changed drastically since Givedirectly enrolled me in this programme. I now know my farming this year will be very productive"

"The biggest challenge we are currently facing is financial constraints. My children have not had a conducive environment for learning due to frequent home visits looking for money. This has not given me peace since one of them is yet to sit for the final exam and I am worried that she has not had enough time to do her revision for the final exam."

"Receiving this money will help change our home situation , firstly I am going to buy paint to finalize decorating my house , I will also buy more food for my household"

"This money means a proper house for us as a family. My former house has no roof due to last season's rains. This money will assist me to build a better house again built with bricks and iron sheets. The other money will go towards food and clothes for everyone in my family."

"The challenge that I am facing is shortage of food. I sometimes rely on casual jobs apart from my tomato business to get money. I chose to build a house because the money that I get from my sources of income is not enough for me to be able to build a good house with iron sheets."

"Lack of a stable source of income in the family is the challenge we are currently facing. Since my husband lost his job during the coronavirus pandemic, he has not secured a stable job that is well paying. He is currently a volunteer in the Kenya Red-cross getting field allowances only leaving us to rely on unsustainable farming. Farming is unsustainable because of a prolonged period of drought and maize necrosis disease which affected our maize plantation for almost 10 years ago. We feel so much demoralized because we lack stable sources of income."