"GiveDirectly is doing a very great job of helping Kenyans like us who are low income earners. We are glad that you chose to give a helping hand to us. With these funds that we receive, we're able to build houses, buy livestock and also start businesses to keep us going."

"As a father my dream is to ensure all my children go through university and achieve their dreams. My children are done with school except for our last born and 1 grandchild whom we are supporting. I had to sell all my cows to educate my last born who just finished his university, but there still fee arrears of KES 70,000. This transfer will mean that he gets his certificate and finally look for an honourable job and support us in return.After paying for his fee I will use the remaining amount to purchase 2 cows and buy food."

"The biggest difference in my life is that my children used to sleep without beddings as they had none but now with the transfer I managed to buy them blankets and they are sleeping comfortably and also as they had no clothes they ended up not going to school as they couldn't wear the same torn ones the whole term but now they are going to school everyday and am very thankful for being part of the programme."

"After I received my cash transfer I managed to buy window flames which costed me 90 thousand kwacha, I bought 4 bags of cement at K8000 each, a bed at 25 thousand kwacha and 2 mattress at 45 thousand kwacha. The house I used to live in was not in a good condition, it had no window flames but now with my cash transfer managed to fix it and am very thankful for GD transfers."

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"The major challenge here is money. If I have money, I will send my children to school and also provide food for the home. That is not happy for me. So I considered that to be a serious challenge because I got no where to get money from. No sources of income for me."

"The biggest hardship i always face is shelter,i live in a house with no floor,no windows and doors,i would love to be living in a fully finished house."

"At the beginning of this year, our house broke down and we have been living in our neighbor's house and everyday we are being asked to leave. So, this has been bothering us."

"My family and I will use a portion to send our children to school and my wife will start soap making business."

"This recipient says if she gets this cash, she will invest in to business to improve her household condition from what it is now to a better one. And as the business improved, she will be paying her children school fees as she said."