"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is lack of food. The main reason for this is because I do have a garden which i would depend on to cultivate. I only depend on my bicycle which i use as a boda boda taxi but this doesn't give me enough money to be buying food"

"The biggest hardship I face is not having enough food to eat. I depend on doing piece works. I help fishermen to fish at the lake. The money I make is not enough to buy enough food for my family always."

"I am grateful to be enrolled in the project. The house I am living in is dilapidated. I have been wanting to build a new one but due to lack of money I would not. When I receive this money, I will first buy bricks which I will use in building the new house. I will also buy food because I find it hard to take care of my family."

"This money means that I will be able to finally build my house. I only bought baked bricks but I didn't have enough money to start building a new house. I will also buy maize because the maize I have now is not enough to last till the next harvesting season. I will also add the money as capital to my tomato business so that it can grow. On top of that, I will buy beddings since the ones I have are not in good condition."

"I have spent my transfer from GD start building my house. I am building a house because I have no house. I have six children but we all sleep in a kitchen. The reason I have not been able to build a house is because I have no source of money. I have no job. I have also used the money to buy a mattress so that I have a more comfortable place to sleep on and not on a mat . And lastly I have used my money to buy bags of maize so that my family has enough food to eat."

"I have spent my transfer on building a new house, I have bought also used my money to buy a mattress . I am building a new house for me and my family because my old house is in a very bad condition. I have three children and the house only has two bedroom meaning all my children have to share one small room. I have not been able to build a better house because I had no money. I don't have a job and the only source of money I have is making mats that I sell in my area. This money is only enough for buying day to day food."

"This recipient said he is already in his old age, if he received this cash, he will buy cement and plaster his house to make it look decent."

"My life is different because now I sleep on a comfortable bed, I am able to provide and have food for my family and also I have a proper house. Even my children have blankets now and I can tell that they are very happy about that. If it wasnt for the transfers I do not know where I would have been, It has helped me so much in ways I never thought possible. I am just greatful."

"It was raining heavily in the morning, therefore I could not manage to step out to work, it was around 10 am when I heard my phone ringing upon checking my phone, I was surprised to see a Mpesa message showing that I heard received KES 55000 from GiveDirectly, I was grateful to God for the opportunity that came my way for me to improve my living status. I then shared the good news with my brother."

"Right now, we are not in our own house and we don't even have money to renovate the house we are in as it leaks most of the time."