"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is lack of enough food. I am an old woman and i find food on my own which is very hard. I barely have money to buy other basic needs such as soap or sugar. I usually don't eat breakfast because i dont have enough food. Having breakfast is more like wasting food for me"

"Persistent drought in our village has been the biggest hardship that I have ever faced in my life. I have been raised up in a family that depends on subsistence farming. This is the main economic activity that over the years I have been depending on to feed and educate my children. However, due to the drought in our village, farming has become difficult. We are forced to cut down trees which survived the dry weather for charcoal burning. This business is not reliable because many people have shifted to it as their main economic activity and there are no more trees for charcoal burning. Consequently, one of my children did not collect her secondary certificate because of a huge debt of 30000 KES. Upon receiving this cash transfer, I will be able to clear the debt in school, and buy goats that survive dry weather as an investment for my children education."

"Since my husband die, I have been facing difficulty in finding food for my grandchild and i. As little as he is , he cut palm for me to fix oil before we can eat."

"Receiving this money means I will have a place I can own. I separated with my husband 2 years ago, with 3 kids to look after and having only a house I was given by my parents to shelter in, my plan is to buy a piece of land (⅕) worth KES 70,000. I will also buy a dairy cow and build a small house for myself and call it home."

"I have bought a plot of land, I save both my transfers and added a little more to purchase a big plot on land which I intend to build a house and start some small sclae farming"

"Givedirectly does no wrong in my eyes. They enroll people in the best way by not including middle men which might have been a loophole for fraud."

"I have managed to build a house with the money I received from give directly. I started foundation to this building in 2010 but I was unable to finish due to luck of funds. With the second transfer I bought 10 bags of maize. I also bought doors to the house I am building with their frames, I also bought cement to plaster the floor with concrete, and glass windows for finishing"

"The end of my marriage is the biggest hardship i have faced in my life, because now iam raising the children alone and life is not easy."

"One of the biggest hardshipI have faced is not being able to provide enough food for my family. I farm rice and maize and when I harvest enough rice am able to make more money and when I don't harvest enough am forced to do piece works in order to provide enough food for my family."

"Lack of income has been a big challenge for me and my household lack of is also a challenge cause we tend to skip meals on a regular just to save the little we have."