"This money from GiveDirectly is going to help me a lot. I gave out ten percent of the money to the church as my tithe and as a way of saying thank you to God because I did not know that I would ever receive such kind of money. I am planning to finish building a house that I had started to build but due to lack of finances, I had put aside the plan. The rest of the money, I plan to use in my medication because I usually have health issues. This health issue was what had made me not to continue building the house because most of the money I had, I had spent on medication."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to expand my house so that it can be spacious enough for my family. I intend to use 40,000 Kenya shillings to expand my one-roomed house into three-roomed house so that to accommodate us with my six children. I will also use 20,000 Kenya shillings to add more capital into my existing hotel business so that I can get more income which will assist in any financial needs. The remaining amount will be used in our daily needs such as food and clothing."

"When my husband left me"

"Iam very happy"

"Iam very happy"

"The end of my marrige"

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is reviving my business after being robbed at gun point and beaten mercilessly by robbers. This was 4 years ago(2016). This happened at my home at night in the presence of my husband and my last born son who was only 5 years at that time. My spouse and I sustained injuries. This has been torturing me psychologically. I have been living in fear that they might come back another day. Things have never been the same. I have been struggling to pay school fees for my children due to the economic set back."

"My husband work as a labourer and sometimes he comes home with no any money to buy food for all of the family and in such instances we only give the little food only to the kids."

"The illness of my son who has been sick for a very long time drained my resources."

"My marriage has never been the same since my husband became polygamous. I just stay because we are married."