""Despite being an elderly man, my health also has been unstable. I have been suffering from waist pain for 10 years now. I have been in and out of hospital for years without success. This has affected me because sometimes I fail even to do my casual work so that I cater for my basic needs.""

""I am a widow who has been suffering from heart problem for 1 year now. My children has been treating me in different hospitals but this problem has not been solved. It real disturbs me because I am in and out of hospital. Sickness becomes my biggest challenge.""

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is having an ailing leg yet my family awaits me to handle demanding casual jobs within my village for a living. After all the struggles and perseverance, I normally get anout Sh 200 in a day, an amount that is not enough to cater for our basic needs and medical."

"This money has come at a time when I am deeply in need of it. It has raised hope of survival at a time when I have no where to turn to for help. It will save me and my family from starvation. This cash means that now I will be able to breathe a sigh of relief. Let GiveDirectly help others as well. This kind gesture is something that I do not how I can thank this organisation(GD). Iam grateful and I promise that the money once received will change my life. I will use it to buy food and other household items. I will also start a small scale business of selling fish to sustain my life when GD moves away from our village."

"With the lockdown due to Covid-19 it has been difficult to make enough profits from my business."

"Once I receive this transfer I will renovate my house, buy food and pay fees for my child."

"Receiving this money will mean a lot to me. I have a strong desire to own a dairy cow which will give me milk every morning. At the moment, I buy 2 liters of milk every day for 30 shillings a liter. This translates to 1800 shillings each month. Raising that amount, considering my age, is an uphill task. To get out of my current circumstances, I plan to buy a dairy cow worth 30000 shillings. From it, I will have at least 5 liters of milk every day."

"I don't have a better house and it leaks"

"As a father and husband with a relatively large family, I have been struggling in vain to build a bigger and better house. Consequently, we have been residing in a single-roomed and thatched-roof house. Hence, receiving this money means that my family shall afford to build a better and bigger house, and thus enjoy a better living standard."

"Receiving this money means that my family shall manage to purchase a bigger piece of arable land that supports agricultural practices. Currently, we own and live on 0.2 acres of land, hence, cannot practice agriculture due to lack of space. Precisely, my family shall enjoy a higher living standard because we will probably realize more yields and income."