"I planned to buy zinc to change the damaged zinc over my house, pay the children tuition fees and buy food for the family. Since the death of my husband, I've not been able to change the zinc and at the same time cater for the family welfares. If I receive this money, it will be a relief for me and my children."

"If God help me I receive the money I will build my own house with it in town here. Because the house I am in now is my mother house and the house is very old. Like last here, when heavy win blows, the entire roof moved from over us in the night. So need to move from it , but now I don't have the means. In addition to what I will do, if the money enough after building my house, I will put the rest in business so that I will be able to be sending my four children whose father is not alive again to school. Since the father died few months again, my brother has been helping them with school fees.But myself need to help him too."

"I planned to renovate my house and if some money remains I intend to establish a business should I be qualified to receive money from Givedirectly. As you can see from my house photo, the house is already broken down on us."

"The challenges for me here are: How to raise money to pay my children school fees . And another one is to build my own house. If I am able to have this, it will be around for me."

"The main challenge for me here is to find passengers as a bike rider. Now, there is no good traffic going on. Besides the bike too, I sometimes make cassava farm to sell. But now there is no good price for cassava . As we speak I got cassava on my farm. But I am worried that if I dig it now to sell, I will not realise money to buy food and send my children to school when i take it to the Market."

"It was around 8 AM when I was at the hospital I had gone to visit a friend who had been admitted two weeks ago. Suddenly I heard my phone ringing so loudly. I was so curious and opted to excuse myself and check who it could be. I later realized that it was an Mpesa message from GiveDirectly I had finally received my first transfer as promised during the enrollment period. I stayed in the hospital for like an hour but then I could not concentrate and decided to go back home considering my friend was recovering. Upon arriving home I shared the good news with the rest of my family and we were all super excited about the gift."

"" When I get the money, this my son is not going to school, I will send him back to school, my husband died I don't have money,. I also plan to change the zinc over my house, change it to dirt bricks and add my small business up so we get food to eat."

"" We don't have place to stay so when we get the money, we will build our house, I will take the balance to start my business. We will also sent the children to school and buy some food because rice can't grow here.""

"" I am surfing for money business, we have cassava but when we take it to the market, all the money will be spent towards transportation." One of my son remain three years to graduate from high school but no money. This is not my body, but the hard time here is why I am looking like this.""

"" This money, you see this house is my mother who built it, I don't have my own house. Even the zinc over the house is very old. If GiveDirectly give my husband and I this money, we will start business so we can build our own house. Secondly, I have children going to school, but last year some of them didn't do to school because the hand is not there, so when the money comes, I will register them to continue their schooling.""