"My first born son who is almost 3 years old has been asthmatic since he was born. This becomes worse during the rainy season since he develops some difficulty in breathing. This situation has drained us financially and stressed me too. Last year alone,he was admitted six times in hospital. I depend on my husband who is a casual labourer. The little he gets is not enough to cater for the basic needs and good medication for my child."

"It has been the trend in our village that every household is transiting from the old grass thutched houses that requires a lot of maintenance to modern,decent iron roofed ones. My wish has been to build a good shelter for my family like others in the village because the one I have is small, leaking and about to fall. Receiving this money means realization of my dream since I am planning to use $ 300 to purchase iron sheet, building poles and labor charges. I will use $ 600 of the remaining amount to clear School fees for my 2 children who are in form 3."

"My household majorly depends on motorcycle taxi business operated by my husband. We are happy to have this source of income even though it is not a stable and it doesn't earn us enough to gather for our needs and savings. To me receiving this money means a change in life. I am planning to spend much of it on livestock. I feel my life will greatly change in that I will have added asset that can give us more milk for household use and sales. I will have calves that will be my future financial securities thus I foresee a better life to come."

"Financial constrains has been the biggest hardship we have faced in life. Having two children in college level became an eye opener in acknowledging the fact that having an alternative source of income is a necessary evil in attaining financial success. Life became unbearable to an extent of forcing my husband to work as a guard in the city with a meagre salary of Ksh 15,000. We had opted to sell part of our land in order to educate my children but we only own 3 acres of land which is hardly enough to solve all our financial problems. Our future plan therefore, is to venture into dairy farming to fend for our family without much hustle."

"Receiving this money will enable me to elevate my living standards. I intend to spend $700 of my transfer to boost my hardware business in town. I will also spend $200 to clear school fees arrears for my wife in her final year in college. I will then spend the remaining $200 to buy a heifer cow that will multiply in the future, an assurance of surplus milk production for family consumption as well as some for sale."

"I usually do casual jobs in my neighborhood to get money for survival. At the end of the day I can only buy food enough for that day I worked only. With these transfers I would like to start keeping livestock and from their products I can be able to feed my family and sell some to my neighbors and make it a big business over time."

"Accessing clean drinking water in this area is quite a hustle. We go for close to 5 kilometers to get to the nearest water point and because it serves almost the entire village chances of it getting dirty are high. We carry it on our backs using 20 liter Jerry cans. Personally, I make 7 trips daily to get enough that can sustain me for the whole day. This exercise often leaves me with a lot of backaches that last days if not weeks. I get some rest when we are lucky to get some rain. I do this single handedly because my husband is culturally not allowed to help me do such kind of jobs"

"I means I will be able to offset my debt that I incurred during the purchase of the land we are currently living. Four years ago I purchased this piece of land, 2.5 acres in size and the total cost was USD 7000 now I am in debt of USD 45. Also my family will have a cow so that we can get a constant source of milk to feed on ,this will help me make a saving from the money in spend purchasing it ."

"Having to feed my family is the biggest nightmare I have ever faced in my entire life. We depend on farming to sustain our lives and this venture can be very discouraging especially in this region due to very unpredictable weather patterns. We normally experience prolonged seasons of drought which is hurting farmers big time. Personally, I farm an area of 0.5-acre piece, and what I get every harvesting season is hardly enough to feed my family for even 2 months. Last year, for example, I harvested half a sack of maize from the very same piece of land. This is just a drop in the sea considering that I have 11 children to feed for an entire year."

"Receiving this money means that my family shall always have sufficient milk for consumption. We have been purchasing milk from our neighbors but at times we cannot afford due to lack of money. Since milk is one of the most volatile food items in our household, owning a cow will ensure the continued presence of relatively sufficient amounts of the product. Overall, we shall greatly appreciate GiveDirectly for the boost."