"I worked as a farmworker for 7 years. During this time I learnt all the farming skills and tips on how to raise dairy cows and broilers. Since then, my biggest ambition has been to venture in this business. Receiving this money therefore means I will purchase 2 dairy cows and also set up a poultry project. This will mean a stable source of income that will see me finance my daughter's education alongside other needs."

"Receiving this money means that I shall afford to purchase and install a water tank. My age has significantly advanced, hence my usual task of carrying a 20-liter jerrican of water is becoming more challenging. Therefore, GiveDirectly's transfer will be much relief to me and a blessing to my family. Having a large water tank for storing rain water means that we shall have adequate volumes of clean water."

"I have started a dairy farming project. Unfortunately, the little savings that I had could not adequately finance it. Hence, receiving this money means that my children shall have ample study time since I will raise the needed fees on time. Specifically, my family shall realize an increase in daily income because I shall purchase at least two more cows."

"Iam very happy and i fill luck to be one in a few benefiting from this program"

"The death of my husband"

"Our house collapsed a year ago due to heavy rainfall. This forced us to build a very small structure as temporary shelter, little did we know that it would become our permanent house. Since then we live in a very poor house that is not fit for human life. The walls are damaged and the roof is almost blown away making it a threat to our security. This has forced 5 of us to seek shelter in our neighbour's house. Receiving this money therefore means constructing a good to achieve our life long dream."

"Financial constraint as a result of an unstable source of income is my biggest hardship. This has made our life very difficult in terms of accessing basic needs like food. Being a casual labourer, we live from hand to mouth thus I cannot even account for my earnings. This has even resulted to lack of stable peace in my family because I always feel I have failed as a father."

"As a young family of two kids, the biggest hardship we have faced is having our firstborn child delivered through the cesarian operation. Footing the hospital bill as well as watching my wife suffer from excruciating pain the extreme pain was too much for us. I had to sell all the sheep we had purchased to raise the required funds. Even so, we are happy that our child and my wife are now healthy and doing well. Hence, the cesarian operation serves as the biggest hardship we have faced."

"The corona pandemic has been a blow to me since I lost my job as a school cook. This means engaging myself in odd jobs like charcoal burning to earn cash to support my family's basic needs. Therefore, I consider the lack of a stable source of income as the biggest hardship that I have ever faced."

"My biggest hardship in my life is being landless. When I got married in 2010, my husband and I started looking for casual jobs so that could save money enough to buy a piece of land but since then we have struggled to meet our goal up to date."