"The biggest hardship that I face is not having means to make money. This is a problem because I am not able to to fulfil some of my plans such as having a good house."

"I am happy that I have been enrolled to receive this money from GiveDirectly. I have already set plans on what I use the money for. I plan on finishing building my house. I will also buy food, a matress and a bed. I will make sure that my children will have a comfortable place to sleep on."

"I am filled with so much joy and gladness about the program and receiving this money will help me buy some fertilizers for the next growing season and again I intende to build a more good looking house as the one I currently live in is small and grass thatched."

"I suffer from asthma and during cold season it affects my day to day life because am the most active member of my household. I have a small piece of land which I farm maize and it doesn't provide enough food for my family."

"The dealth of my husband who left me with a little baby that iam raising on my own is the biggest hardship i have faced in my life because some times i sit in my room think of how best will i raise her with all these challenges."

"The dealth of my father who passed away in 2004 left a very big gap in my life and this is te biggest hardship i have faced in my life."

"It means alot to receive this money, I will use it to extend my piece of land, because we usually have low yields each and every season because the land I have does not tally with the my household, I will buy extra land to increase next year's yields, my family will no longer suffer with hunger"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to purchase a dairy cow which is an addition to the one I had. When it reproduces, I will be supplying milk to our nearest cooler plant and use the money that I will be paid at the end of every month to pay school fees for my children. Though I will have to walk for an hour daily taking milk to the cooler plant, I prefer it than selling them to my neighbors who will in turn pay on a daily basis as it would enable me plan well on how to spend them and avoid spending them on unnecessary things."

"My son sat for his National examinations this year and he was preparing to join a tertiary institution that he had been called to after performing exceptionally. One of the things that were needed during admission was his secondary school certificate and we had not been given as we still owed the school some money. When I received my transfer, I spent KES 30500 to clear his fee arrears and paid for his first semester school fees which was KES 19100. I gave him the remaining KES 5000 to use in buying some necessities that were needed at school."

"I lost my husband in the year 2008, and also lost the only son I had in the year 2011. Such an experience act as the biggest hardship I have faced in life. This is because the burden of sustaining my family has become almost unbearable for me. I am a peasant farmer who encounters huge losses due to unfavorable climatic conditions in our area. In brief, I have been forced to sell all the livestock we had to educate and support my son's three children (and family). Also, I am supporting my daughter in educating and caring for her four children since she has no reliable source of livelihood. Overall, I still feel lonely and overburdened by the loss of my family members."