"I don't have a reliable source of income. I depend on my children who provide me with everything. My children doesn't provide enough as they also provide for their families."

"We depend on doing a small business we buy and resell fish in town and we get it from here but over the recent two years I have had a financial crisis and I used up all my capital and have also struggled to find food"

"To meet our everyday needs its very hard since we do not have a proper source of income therefore we depend on piece of work that we can found on a particular day but it is a game of chance"

"The transfer from GiveDirectly came at a time in my life where I needed it most, I am a mother and a casual labourer though What I earn is not enough to cater for all my needs, We have been struggling to make ends meet, Therefore when I received my transfer I was able to build an iron sheet roofed house that would also enable me to harvest rainwater, the house that I had before was grass thatched. I am happy that I have a goat that I own now, my living standards have changed to a better one and I am grateful for the support that changed my life positively."

"The transfer from GiveDirectly came as a very big relief in my life, this was a dream come true, all my life I have never received such a huge amount of money via Mpesa, I can firmly say that the transfer changed my life for the better one, My life is different now because I was able to build a spacious house for my family, they are all comfortable and happy, For the first time my kids were not sent home from school due to lack of fees, and I am happy and humbled that the support impacted my life greatly."

"I got pregnant at an early age of 18 . Since then, life has been tough raising up my daughter who is now one and a half years old. I depend on selling charcoal so as to earn income. This business pays very little and takes me a lot of time to prepare the charcoal. I stopped receiving support from my parents the moment I got pregnant. I was forced to drop out of college in order to raise my child. Lack of enough income to cater for basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter is what has been my biggest hardship."

"It makes me happy that I'll be able to receive this transfer because it will enable me to make the necessary improvements on my house. I was denied from benefiting from the house project because they said my house is decent enough. But it isn't. I will use the money to floor the house with cement and also buy food in my house."

"I would like to express my gratitude for being considered in this program. This means a lot to me. I struggle a lot to feed myself and most of the times, I depend on my children. I am grateful because the money will help me in buying my basic needs. I also plan to buy beddings and bags of maize for food processing."

"I bought 5 bags of cement, 1 bag of lime and matress"

"I bought Ironsheets and timbers including nails for roofing because I want to remove grass from my roof and put ironsheets"