"The biggest hardship is always lack of enough food. This is so as we do not harvest enough to last us till the next farming season. This means we always have hunger in our household for most period of the year. This affects how we do other chores or our decisions to invest in any business as the priority is always to have food for the day."

"I have been living in this village for the past fifteen years with my husband. Both of us have tried establishing small businesses but due to low capital we fail to maintain them. Hence, this money has given us hope to start afresh and decide on how to invest it and use the profits to sustain ourselves in future. We fail to finish the house we started to build as you can see it has no windows and cemented floor. We struggle alot in winter and rainy seasons but we have no choice to go another house. This money also means a warm and comfortable house for us. I believe my children too will also have their school needs taken care of. I have also been struggling to pay their school fees which is not that much as they learn at government schools but we have hard choices on whether they should eat or go to school hungry. Hence they are always home sometimes due to lack of school fees and other needs."

"Well, let me begin by saying that this is the most exciting moment in my life. I never thought this opportunity would ever come to me. As you can see I stay in a very small and dilapidated house. This house leaks badly during the rainy season. This now means that receiving this transfer will solve this long standing problem. Iam super excited and I cannot wait to receive the cash grant."

"I am leading a more promising life after receiving the transfer. This is because the funds enabled me attain my dream goal of becoming a plant operator. I was almost becoming pessimistic regarding the pursuit of my dream course and job if not for the GiveDirectly's financial aid. Since I have just completed the course, I am very optimistic about securing a well-paying job soon. Once I get employed, our family shall lead a better life because we will get significant amounts of money for educating other members and purchasing our needs and demands."

"I spent all the second transfer (53,000 shillings) on improving my house replacing a mud wall with timber. It has been my desire to have a better house that demands lower maintenance costs. The previous state of the house looked dull and dusty yet we could use lots of resources (energy, soil and funds) in maintaining it. Unfortunately, we couldn't afford to develop our house since the little gains we attain from our subsistence farming is barely enough to meet our basic needs."

"I struggle with finding food for my home as the money that I make is quite little and being an elderly woman it is quite hard to find food."

"Being a single mother, receiving this money to me means that I now have hope for a better life. I know that I will be able to afford all of the things that I lacked in my life."

"We are super happy because of the programme,we really can't wait to receive the first transfer."

"Receiving this money really means so much to me, I am supper excited for getting enrolled in the programme and i truly can't wait to get enrolled."

"I have always wanted to build and rent out some boys quarters but lacked the financial means for that. So this is a breakthrough for me"