"My siblings left me with the burden of taking care of my elderly parents, as the breadwinner with no consistent income it is stressful. I am responsible for my parents, younger siblings in school, and my wife together with my child, and the burden is too much on me. The challenge that I currently face is insufficient money to provide for them."

"When my daughter came back home with his children the burden of taking care of them become too much since she had no means of taking care of them alone. Due to lack of money, we resorted to taking a meal a day just for survival. The situation stresses me sometimes because it is not a guarantee that the food will be available every day."

"As a single mother of four children living with my parents in a one-room house is not easy. I was lucky to get a house help job where I make 300KES per month. The money is not enough to support my family at the same time build a house for my children. It is frustrating and stressful not being able to provide for my children and parents since I live with them and they are elderly."

"I would like to spend these transfers to educate my 3 children who are currently in high school; two are in boarding schools paying about 30000 KES and one in a day school paying around 15000 KES. Lately my husband has been straining to afford this from his business making and wholesaling hoes in the village. I would really like to chip in and help shoulder this burden so that our children can stay in schools throughout the term."

"I always have to struggle to get adequate food supply so that I can eat comfortably. As an orphan I'm forced to live in my grandfather's house where we're so many and I'm also expected to contribute food whenever I'm able to. I rarely pull through as I am jobless and only make money when I'm contracted as a casual labourer in the village. But still I have an autism condition that limits what I can do in terms of physical jobs."

"This is a dream come true for me. I plan to go back to school and finish my Early Childhood Education course that I had already started at Kilifi town. Initially I taught as unqualified teacher in a local school called Kabatheni Primary School, but I wanted to improve my earnings so I decided to go for studies to get full employment. But again I had to drop out of this just after the first year because of financial challenges. At this time I was still working for the school and they couldn't pay me agreed amount every month as they were experiencing their own challenges too. I eventually had to quit and so I couldn't go on with my studies because I couldn't fund it anymore. I do not want to keep depending on my husband for every financial need which is why I need to get economically involved. The course was costing 8k per academic term and I need 3 more terms to finish diploma level."

"I would like to start a business, probably revive the one I had running tailoring shop and selling materials as well as accessories. I started off working for a particular textile company in Mombasa that closed down at some point leaving me jobless. Thereafter I went ahead to rent a stall and start my own tailoring business. This didn't last as the the building that hosted the stall was sold and we got served with vacation notices. I have keeping off business for about a year but right now there's a dire need to step back in and be able to support my husband financially. Recently we sent our eldest daughter to a high school creating a new insatiable need for more money that my husband cannot manage with the wages he get from casual construction jobs he does currently."

"I spent KES 25000 from my recent transfer to buy a heifer. We settled on this as a family so that we will have enough milk for consumption and sale to earn an income when it calves. I will in turn use this income to pay school fees for my children and to cater to our basic needs. We used to live in a small grass-thatched house and it had always been my prayer to build a more spacious one thatched with iron sheets. I am glad since receiving the transfer enabled me to achieve this as I was able to spend KES 25000 on buying iron sheets, timber, nails and to pay for the labor and use the remaining KES 5000 on foodstuffs for my family."

"I am a farmer dealing majorly in crop farming of kales, cabbages, and tomatoes. Our region at times experiences prolonged drought seasons and my farm is located in an area full of stones. Due to this, water retention is low and I am forced to practice irrigation most of the time. Because of this, I have been hiring a water pump from one of my neighbors and it is costly and upon receiving my transfer, we decided to purchase one worth KES 22000. In addition, I spent KES 15000 to buy 20 pieces of iron sheets that I am planning to use in building a more decent iron-roofed house for my family since the one we live in is grass thatched and the roof has to be changed every two years. I used the remaining KES 15000 on clothes and foodstuffs for my family."

"If I had a job or a business, my kids would not be looking at me crying because of hunger and I have got nothing to give them. It pains me to see them go through such a tough experience. Being a housewife is not something that I have been proud of and I have desired to start a business and support my husband with the family responsibilities but raising enough capital has been the biggest challenge. I am so happy to be enrolled in such a program because it gives me hope that I will start a local grocery that I have desired to start for the longest time soon. I am so grateful to GiveDirectly for restoring my hopes."