"My greatest challenge is that our farm no longer producing crops for us,because the guinea pig always eating our crops."

""My husband oldest brother left us in his house since 2002 and had been living in Zwerud with his wife and children but of recent we were told that his children will be relocating to Saywonken to stay. With Give Directly cash transfer, my and I will used some of the house to build a three bed room where my children and I will live. The remaining money will be used to send my three children back to school since my husband is unemploye.""

"Right now the house i and my family living in is leaking. If i receive this transfer, i will build a new house . Secondly, i will use some of the money to send my children to school."

"It was around 2pm when I was just sitting in my shop waiting for customers when I received a message in my phone. Upon checking it was the first transfer from GiveDirectly. I felt happy knowing that the long desire of my life was going to be fulfilled. My business was in the verge of collapsing thus this was the perfect moment to make it stable."

"On receiving the money, my husband and I sat and planned on how we were going to spend the money. We agreed on building a house because the one we had was not in a good state. We bought 22 bags of cement for KES 13200.00, 850 pieces of interlocking blocks for KES 8500.00, a trip of building sand for KES 4000.00, a trip of hard corals for KES 3500.00 and the labour charges of the contractor. Having a grade 3 child, I took KES 2000.00 and paid her schools fees so that I be free from thinking on how I will pay for her later on. The saved the remaining amount for the family needs and upkeep."

"The biggest difference in my life is that, since I started the shop business I haven’t stocked it the way it is now. The shop carters for most of my customers needs unlike before when they used to travel a longer distance in search of basic commodities such as stationery for primary school children and also some food stuff."

"I lack words in expressing my gratitude only God knows how this transfer meant for me. The house was stack for sometime but the transfer from GiveDirectly revived the hopes of us owning a good house. Thank you so much GiveDirectly, sincerely speaking we had no picture of when we could complete our house."

"Initially we were living in a mud house that was collapsing. We were not safe and we couldn’t have a good sleep due to the insecurity of the house. As at now we are comfortably living in a good and safe block house. In fact the night hours nowadays seems less than before when we felt the night hours were many than the daytime hours. I guess this is because we didn’t feel free by then because of the condition of the house which was not promising."

"Money has the ability to heal a sick person psychologically. It was around 9am when I was still in bed not because I am lazy or I have everything but because I was sick. The transfer message from GiveDirectly woke me up since the phone rang right beside my head. Upon checking, I felt strong not as weak as I was. Feeling of joy engulfed me knowing that I have got a solution to some of my problems."

"Early morning on that material day, I left for the field to graze my goats and left my phone at home charging. On returning home by noon, I found a message that was sent at around 9am. Curiously I opened it since I had heard some rumors about people receiving money that day. My eyes were filled with tears not because of fear but I had seen a solution to a problem that had been troubling my heart for a while."