"The main challenges I am currently facing is not finding enough money to buy food. The house I am living in now is in bad shape as well. Am afraid it might fall during the rainy season."

"It was an unforgettable moment that beautiful early morning when I received my mobile money transfer through text message. I hastily got up from the bed and rushed into the bath room. I've always wanted to buy cement to plaster my house floor. In addition, I had always wanted to start a business in this town. I needed a tiger generator to open a phone charging booth. Therefore, I knew that with the money I received I could put floor in my house to feel more comfortable at home and I could also start a new business and have another source of income apart from farming. I give God the Glory for such opportunity from GiveDirectly and I will always love and cherish this incredibly unforgettable moment."

"Scarcity of food is the biggest challenge that I am facing currently. This is due to the drought that we are experiencing in our area. My spouse and I depend on charcoal work to earn a living. The income from this job is very little of KES 700 per week. This money cannot fully support all our household expenses like buying food and paying school fees for my children. We sometimes skip meals or borrow from other relatives something that stresses me."

"I was once married to a man for so many years and for eleven years he has been in South Africa without any development done so after seeing that my life is stuck i moved out from that marriage so ever since i have been admiring to have a house of my own but this msn did not build any for me so this money will help me to build a house of my own currently i am living in my sister's compound whereby my current husband is paying rent so i want this to end so that, the money that is being used in paying rent should be used in buying some other things that we are lucking more especially food, as of now we just eat what we can manage."

"Drought has hit my place for the last 2 years now, getting fresh water to drink is a challenge. I have to ride my bicycle carrying three water jars for 30 kilometers. Upon reaching home am tired and I can not do other productive activities. The three jars cannot sustain my family for the day."

"Receiving this money means I can take my kid to college. My last born finished his secondary education and I was unable to take him for further education. I will use my first transfer to enroll him in college, with the second transfer I will buy ten goats and start a small grocery kiosk in my compound. This will help me get some revenue which will support me educate my kid."

"The challenge has been lack of money. I sold all the cows that I had to pay school fees for my children. These cows were my investment. when I sold them, I had to resort to casual jobs to earn money to meet my other household needs like food. I used to sell milk from the cows to generate income but it has since then changed. I resorted to broking cows in the market. I earn KES 1000 weekly from it, but with the increased needs from my family, this money is insufficient."

"Receiving this money means building a permanent house for my family. I have a family of six members and we are all living in a one bedroom house . It is not spacious for the family and it leaks during rains season. Upon receiving my money, I will build a two bedroom house at a cost of KES 80000. I will also use KES 30000 to pay school fees for my daughter who is in secondary school. She has a school fees balance of KES 40000."

"At the moment we do not own a cow, we are provided milk by our parents since we got married five years ago. We have always wished we could own a dairy cow that we could earn income through the selling of milk. I plan to purchase a cow worth approximately KES 40,000. For the rest of the amount, I will fence off my farm and subdivide it into paddocks to help in looking after this cow. Receiving this money, therefore, means I will increase my sources of income."

"I have been living in our area for more than 50 years but this place is unproductive with unreliable relief rainfall. I have been having a dream of buying a piece of land in Mtsara wa tsatsu location where sometimes there is plenty of rainfall and the soil is good. I can do mixed crop farming there because the soil is good and sometimes there is plenty of rainfall as compared to here. I will grow maize , cowpeas, beans , cassava and sweaty potatoes. Here in Migujini , the weather and soil can only allow maize farming and keeping livestock of which currently I have lost all my 25 cows because of the persisted drought since last year. Receiving this money means I will fulfill my dream of buying a piece of land in Mtsara wa tsatsu so that I can change the farming and have food security in my house."