"I have a house that i built in 2019 but was left unfinished because i did not have money to complete the project. When i recieved the money from GiveDirectly, i bought 14 bags of cement and sand as well as steel bars to plasters and floor my house as well fix my veranda. I spent some of the remaining money to buy a buvet and 2 bags of maize which was just topping up on my harvest."

"When I recieved the money, i saw that i do not have a well secure house so i purchased 22 iron sheets for which i will build a new a better house with. I also bought food for my home as i did not harvest any maize this year due to pets in the feilds. I used the remaining money to buy a mattress and blankets for my home as i did not have a secure place to sleep."

"Lack of enough money is my biggest hardship. This has resulted to a struggle when it comes to catering for my needs. Sometimes I have to depend on my children who have their families too, hence cannot support me fully. Being elderly, my health is not so good. I experience body aches but I have never had money to seek medical attention."

"Financial Instability due to lack of a good source of income is my biggest hardship. Being the sole provider, I struggle alot to meet my family's basic needs. Things could have been better if I had enough earnings. On a good day I take home 500 shillings but it's not sufficient because of the inflation of commodities. It is this same reason that has made it difficult for me to achieve my ambitions."

"The biggest hardship in my life is unemployment. I don't have money to buy the 2acres of land and also to cater for the basic needs of my kids . I only rely on my husband, who is doing causal labour, his salary is not enough for us to buy the piece of land and also to cater for all the basic needs of the family."

"I will use ksh.40000 to build my spacious house because currently I leave in a small house with my whole family and this usually interferes with my privacy when I am with my children. I have school fees balance in the school which have really contributed to poor performance to my children this is due to restrictions from the school that everyone has to pay the money and have full school uniform with the books for every class. I am planning to use ksh.40000 to buy a good breed of dairy to assist me have enough milk for the family and able to sell the remaining for school fees and other needs of the family."

"Receiving this money means a lot to me. I am currently planting tomatoes and vegetables that require fertilizers. I will be able to buy them with the money and in turn high yield and also more income."

"I have always wanted to engage myself in business of buying and selling school uniform to the nearby schools. Growing up I used to see my mother engaging up in the same business,once in a while I used to help her in the business. I feel I will get enough returns to enable me to back to school ,I am from a poor background,my mother is a single parent and she used to struggle to pay school fees for me and my siblings. She managed to school me up to form four ,I did not want to burden her anymore. Iam passionate about education,my aspiration has been to do a course leading to a diploma in security studies ,which given a chance I will not hesitate to take it up. I feel that getting good education for a woman like me will empower me and even encourage my children to work hard in life and to be better people in future."

"It brings joy to me and my family. Since its going to improve our lives. I have one thatched house. I can't even harvest water when it rains. Here in our village we collect water from the river and its far from where i reside.However, there is tapped water but I cannot afford.so getting this money will help me build a iron roofed house."

"Sleeping without proper meal's, I was raised in a family of 10 kids and my parents was not employed, they used to depend on casual jobs and some days we used to sleep without getting meal's when they don't get casual jobs. I went through a lot and I used to go to school without food."