"Food insecurity in my household is the biggest hardship that I have ever faced. This is because I a m a housewife and my husband is doing casual labour that earns him very little. Due to this, I have been struggling to put food on the table and sometimes, I seek help from my relatives something that ashames me."

"I am relieved from basic needs that I usually had struggles to find consistently there will be developments at our household we will also use it for other activities such as maintainance of our house and also starting a new business"

"I am very excited because the money will help me buy food, matress and fertilizer and a starting point of a small business which will eventually help my family on long term basis"

"The biggest hardship has been securing food and financial security"

"I was at home relaxing when I received my first transfer when I saw the message alert on my phone, that was when I believed that indeed GiveDirectly sent the promised transfer, I am thankful to God for the beautiful gift that he brought to us."

"The biggest difference is that my family enjoys drinking milk daily which I know will improve the health of my children, with goat rearing I believe in future I will be able to earn a good amount of money unlike before where I used to depend on the casual job which was challenging for me to meet my family daily basic needs. our lives have changed to a better one."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is poverty. For a long time it has made my life very unbearable as it has been difficult to get sufficient food and other basic necessities"

"I'm super excited for getting enrolled in the programme to me the money means giving me a chance to alleviate my own poverty."

"Iron sheets, mattress, kitchen utensils and a solar, bags of maize(6)"

"Receiving this money means building a spacious semi-permanent house for my family of 6 members. Currently, we are staying in a small house which looks like a store forcing my 2 children to spend the night in their grandmother's house. This is something that has stressed me because it makes me feel that I am neglecting to fulfill all my basic needs such as shelter. I am planning to spend 60,000 shillings on construction. This will enable us to leave comfortable and makes me a proud parent. Other than that, I will invest the remaining amount to purchase modern beddings because we use the local ones made of reeds and are uncomfortable."