"Poor health of my family has been the biggest hardship that I have ever faced in my life. I am the only child in my family and the breadwinner for the extended family. Two days ago I lost my father who was diagnosed of breathing complications for the last seven years. My mother also has chest complications and also her legs sometimes swell and cannot walk. My wife too has stomach problems. Since I am the only child, the responsibility of taking care of my parents and my family are solely on me. I have been using the little income I get as a primary teacher to help my parents and my wife get medical attention but this has never been possible. This made me lose my father. I also have a family of seven children who are in universities and others in primary and secondary schools. All of them look up on me to provide for them. This has made life more difficult for me and my family. Upon receiving this money, it will be a relief for me as I will be able to pay fees for my children and the income I get, will be used for other basic needs."

"I am very excited to receive this money because i will now be able to have a better house which i have always wanted. I want to buy ironsheets for my house and i believe this money will be enough to roof it. I will buy 30 ironsheets which i hope will be enough. If the money is still available after buying ironsheets i want to buy 4 bags fertilizer for the maize garden. I want to have more food next year and if i apply fertilizer i have hope i will achieve this"

"Receiving this money means building my own house. For over two years I have been borrowing shelter to sleep after my house collapsed. I have a family of nine children and all of them also borrow shelter from other relatives in the compound. It is shameful at my age with all those children and still cannot afford a house for them. However, I am not able to build one because I depend on charcoal burning business which earns me less than 2000 KES a month. I have six children who are in school and need to eat and pay school fees. All the money I get is spent on these basic needs and I remain with nothing to save and build a house. Upon receiving this money, I will be able to build a one bedroom house that will cost 20000KES. I will then use the remaining amount to pay school fees and buy ten goats that I will sell in future when they multiply."

"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"

"Improving the roof of my house with ironsheet is what receiving this money means to me, each and every year after rains and before rains i have to go in the bushes to cut grass to thatch my house, this takes much of my productive time as i could do something else better to bring money on my house and buy basic needs."

"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."