"I am currently living in a grass thatched house together with my family and also finding it hard to survive since we only depend on casual labour."

"We don't have money, food and clothes, all this requires money, I hope that this program I will impact us positively"

"We are living in poverty and we do face challenges, you can imagine that we have no blankets and my children use my clothes as blankets. We face food shortages too."

"I will use part of the money go renovate my house.This house was built by my father long ago. In 2017 he gave it to me and left for South africa but as you can the condition of the house is not good. When its raining it leaks and other part its broken need to fixed. I was failing to renovate it because i did not have money but now since i am enrolled in givedirectly program i now know that my dream will come true and am very thankful"

"Usually poverty is now a challenge because i used to do my own business but now the business is not going on well and money is a challenge. At times i might even take a bath without soap and may not even be able to buy my family food."

"Food insecurity is the hardest problem currently. The prolonged drought has brought serious hunger. I can tell you now I manage one or two meals a day. This situation has affected the productivity of each one of us especially for my child who is in class eight. He misses school sometimes because of lack of food. It's a very traumatizing days in my life."

"Receiving this money means food security to my family. Currently, I have one acre of land which has never been enough to produce food for my family of ten. I therefore intend to buy one more acre of land at a cost of 35000KES and one ploughing cow. With this addition of labour force, I will be able to cultivate all the two acres with ease and be sure of adequate harvest when the rains come. By this, I will have settled the burden of food insecurity in my home."

"The challenges that I have been facing currently is lack of money to provide for the family. This lack of money sometimes leads to my family going to bed without food. Last year we had less harvest and from the money that I get after work,I have to buy food everyday."

"I bought iron sheets at a cost of KES21000 to build a better house because the one we had previously was in a very poor state and there was no difference from sleeping out in the open because it could barely shield us from any extreme weather conditions especially sun or rain during the day or cold at night as well as when it rains then we had to spend the entire night awake. Therefore, when I got the money all I wanted was to build a better house for my family. I also spent KES7000 to settle my children's school fees arrears because I personally believe that education is the key to a successful life and with a good education my children will be employed and I will be able to depend on them in the future when older and unable to actively fend for myself. I bought three goats at a total cost of KES9000 because that too is an investment and I believe in the future it is one of the things that will enable me to educate my children, as well as provide food for them especially milk that can be used to prepare tea for breakfast as well as use it to accompany any other meal."

"I felt very happy the moment I received the money because I had gotten something to help me fulfill the desires of my heart. Before, all I could do is just wish for something to happen since I did not have the ability to make them happen. My husband who is the sole provider had been struggling with some illness that was keeping him from actively providing for the family, therefore, getting this money was a relief. I was so happy."