"Receiving this money means good education to my family. I have a daughter who did her KCSE on 2018. She got grade C plain. She has the passion to pursue clinical medicine. I have no money to take her to college. When I receive the money, I will take her to college so as to pursue her career. The course will approximately cost $300. I will appreciate seeing my daughter growing through her career."

"The hardest hardship Iam facing in my life is unemployment.My husband and I are jobless and my family basic needs need to be met. Through GiveDirectly transfers will be able to be self employed."

"The hardest hardship I am facing is unemployment. Iam doing a small business of selling chicken and it is not doing well. So what I really want is to get employed so that I can earn good money to buy land and to fulfill my responsibility as head of family."

"The biggest hardship is I face in my life is paying school fees for my wife. She is pursuing a secretarial course in a college. I believe this will help us in future when she gets her own job. Operating motorcycle taxi business alone, is only enough for foodstuffs in the household."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in my life is financial strain resulting from having to buy foodstuffs for the household. I have only one cow that is currently out of production. I spend whatever little money I get from my motorcycle taxi business on getting just little, only for tea in the morning. This is straining my daily budget since the other foodstuffs like maize and cooking oil also have to be bought."

"The biggest hardship I face is not have a comfortable place to sleep on. I sleep on sack bags. It is also hard to find food for the whole family."

"Our house is grass thatched, i have bought iron sheets to replace with the grass. I will never have to worry about buying grass anymore. I have also bought cement and nails which will also help in the process of house maintainance."

"This money means that I will be able to build a house for my family. The houses we are living in now is small and thatched with grass. I will also be able to buy utensils, clothes and food."

"My son is yet to join form 3 next term. However, his stay in school has never been straight. My son is frequently sent out of school. Things have worsened since last year when my husband lost his job due to the coronavirus pandemic. This has put us in debts, to the extent that shylocks have been coming to our house to reposes some of our belongings in bid to repay their loans. Sometimes my husband is forced to hide whenever creditors come to check on him following a line of numerous received calls. This has put me and my husband in shame and we have totally lost respect in the eyes of our community. So, receiving this money means a continuity in education to my son. I will be able to clear his fee balance of 26000 Kenya shilling and also, prepay for the next year of his secondary study at least to its completion."

"The biggest hardship I have faced and still facing is going to the gardener/farm everytime yet I do. It get to harvest enough food."