"Receiving this money means possession of business. I got married in 2018 after completing form four, unfortunately the marriage did not work so I was forced to return to my parent's home with 1 kid, Since then life has not been easy. I struggled to start life afresh as well as taking care of my child financially. I am a hairdresser who depend on few people who needs my service here at the village but my ambition is to open hairdressing business nearby town where I could get more customers. I plan to use first transfer to to open a business, 15000 to renovate my house and the balance to open account saving for my child who will soon join kindergarten at neighboring school."

"Unemployment is the biggest challenge that I have ever faced in my life. Having a young family and still expecting more children in future without any source of a stable income makes me get worried about the future of my children. Waking up and just sitting at home disturbs me a lot. With the young children who need my attention, makes it difficult to even go out to look for casual jobs like washing other people's clothes since my children will want to follow me and may cry if I leave them behind. My husband also has no source of a stable income since he depends on casual jobs that earns him less than $20 a day. This has really contributed to us living a miserable life here."

"Unemployment is the biggest hardship that I have ever faced in my life. Since my husband who used to help us get food went missing, life has really been difficult for me. Being an illiterate woman makes it even worse to get a job since there are no reliable jobs in the village. Furthermore, I cannot travel to town to look for jobs because I have younger children who need my attention on a daily basis. The charcoal business that I depend on again is not reliable since I can sell two sacks of charcoal once or twice a week which earns me around $20 then take two to three weeks without selling any. This has made life more miserable for my family."

"The biggest hardship is lack of money to pay school fees for my children. My husband does not support us in anyway despite the fact he has a casual job in town. I have to use the $60 that I receive from working as a house help to pay school fees for my children. It is not enough and this worries me a lot. I do not want my children to drop out of school."

"Receiving this money this money means good housing for me. I am living in a two bedroom house with my three children. The house is leaking and it's not spacious. I want to build a three bedroom house and a pit latrine. This will cost me Ksh 70000. I will use the remaining amount to pay school fees for my children and buy food for the family. The school fees is Ksh. 18000 per term."

"The biggest hardship has been a lack of finances. Since my husband passed on 25 years ago, I have been struggling alone to put my three children through school. Being a peasant farmer, depending entirely on my small farm, I haven't been able to save up enough to build myself a decent house or renovate the one I currently live in, which is already leaking."

"I have always own a dairy cow. Currently I don't own any, I purchase milk costing me 10 dollars a month. I'm a peasant farmer heavily depending on small scale farming. My farm is quite small and largely unproductive, it cannot sustain my family's needs. With this money, I plan to purchase a cow which will cut the cost of buying milk. This will cost me 300 dollars. The remaining amount I will build a bigger better house for my growing family. Currently we're three, but in the near future, my family may expand and good spacious house will be needed."

"I spent part of the money I received from GiveDirectly on buying three goats and a heifer. This is an investment because I will sell them when the reproduce to pay school fees for my children. I also build a poultry house. I am yet to start a poultry keeping project to earn an income by selling eggs. The rest of the money I paid school fees for my niece who is in secondary school. I am so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has changed our living standard."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by giving them money to buy dairy cows and to build a better house. I do not find anything that GiveDirectly did not do well."

"Receiving this money means source of income for me. First, I have one cow that I was given by my father, the cow gives me 5 liter's a day and that means I have ksh 150 a day. My plan is to buy a Dairy cow Worth ksh 45,000 which can give me 10 liter's of milk a day hence by selling milk I'll make around ksh 500 a day and the income will meet my household demands. The remaining amount I'll add to my small business of selling cereals in kabuson center."