"At times we can sleep on an empty stomach because buying relish may be a challenge. The main challenge is lack of money which contributes to a lot. During the rainy season, this house also leaks and this becomes a major problem."

"To improve my home buy building abetter timber walled a plastering the floor. 40000 and . I will also buy a dairy cow at Kes 30,000."

"Receiving this money means better farming. I love farming especially dairy keeping. I have one cow and I would love to add three more to increase milk production. This milk will be helpful to me in feeding my family and for sale. The money I will get from milk sales I will spend on paying school fees for my children. I have children in different schools and finding school fees is a challenge. I depend on a casual job weeding people's farms where I am paid KES 300 per day but finding one is a challenge nowadays due to drought. So when I get this transfer I will spend around KES 90000 to purchase them."

"The biggest challenge is lack of money. On market days I do cow broking earning KES 500 per day. I only go to market twice a week due to old age however my earnings cannot sustain all our needs for the entire week. With my old age, I have become less economically active and sometimes have to rely on my children for food."

"I was resting at my home when at 9.19 a.m, I received a message notification. I checked my phone and saw that I had received KES 55,000 from GiveDirectly. I was so delighted because could finally buy a dairy cow for my family."

"We are casual labourers , we survive on it on a daily basis . We engage in all sorts of casual work especially weeding. At the moment,there is drought and people are not farming as it should be and this has resulted in little or no such jobs at the moment. Therefore, our lack of money has caused us untold suffering and made us live a life of destitution and anguish."

"Indeed deep wound was inflicted on me since I lost my dear husband at such a young age. I dream that one day those wounds might heal and become sources of good. I wished it never happened to me , I had wished fiercely to believe that this painful family tragedy was only a nightmare or bad dream. I face a myriad of challenges and I live a life of struggle. The the center cannot hold anymore . Life seemingly have lost meaning to me. The major challenge is inadequate finance to cater for my children needs such food and clothing."

"It is no exaggeration to say that we have been treated more harshly by the poverty , specifically food poverty. As parents our actions towards our family has always been born out of love and unconditional love for our children. This has pushed us to do any form of casual jobs available in the community in order to put food on the table ,even in the hardship of the poverty,we struggle to at least get some. The situation was made worse by the outbreak of lethal maize necrosis disease that ravaged all our crops. Maize productivity in this area is now a thing of the past. So food insecurity is the hardest challenge we face."

"Wow, I still can't believe what I see in my house. I only thank GD for coming in to help. With the money, I managed to buy a king size mattress and bed. The mattress costed MK 130 000. I am very happy because I am now sleeping on a comfortable place. I do a small business of selling freezes and I hired a young man who help in selling. It was really difficult to make more sales and I decided to buy a bike to ease movement. From the day I bought him a bike, things are moving really good and I am making more sales. I thank GD."

"I am passionate about business. I used to do milk vending but due to lack of money, my business collapsed. So when I get these transfers I would like to start a kiosk selling household items. I foresee this business to be my source of income in the future. I need a capital of around KES 70000 to start with. This business if all goes well will help me build a more spacious house for my family."