"In the next six months, I expect to have started my project of poultry keeping and it will be generating me more income, that will allow me to sell some and add to my saving to buy dairy cow."

"In the next six months l expect to continue doing my business making profit and living a better life."

"In the next six months l expect to have started saving for my project of buying a land and having a plan of putting up a nice house."

"In the next six months, I expect to have completed the construction of a new house since the construction work is picking in the next few months. I am also hopeful that I would have purchased a heifer."

"My income from my charcoal trade business is never enough to sustain my family needs.In a month I normally manage to make roughly Ksh.1500 yet the process of getting the logs and even burning the charcoal itself is normally very tiring and hectic. My husbands income from vending water in Mombasa is also very littleIn a good month, he only manages to send me ksh.1300. With a family of ten children who need to be fed,clothed and even be taken to school not to mention handle other emergencies, it has become a daily struggle for me to work extra to raise even more funds.As such, in my household,financial constraint is the biggest hardship that I face."

"Poor harvests due to drought and unreliable rainfall patterns has been the biggest challenge we face in our family. We no longer depend on crop farming as an occupation like in the past, despite owning 2 acres of land. We have resolved to engage in dairy farming but poor climatic conditions have also led to poor milk production. My husband works as a security guard and the little amount he earns at the end of the month ( ksh 4000) can't sustain all the needs of our family."

"It was around 3 a.m. when I received a message notification on my phone. Since I was awake at that time, I decided to check who the sender was. My heart was filled with happiness upon realizing that GiveDirectly had deposited the promised money into my account. I knew that my dream of owning a dairy cow would soon be realized."

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of money for educating my children. My children are in university and secondary but because of no income genreatin g activity , most of them get disturbance at shool. They are sent home and this is affecting their academic performance."

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of money for educating my children. My spouse is jobless and it's me who struggles in all corners but this has not been easy. My children delay reporting to school and others have dropped out. This is putting thier future lives in a mess."

"The moment I received the money I felt so happy because I have never such amount of money before. I remember it was very early in the morning when I heard a message from my phone. When I checked the message it was a message from GiveDirectly confirming that I have received 55000 KES. I was so happy because I knew I would be in a position to buy a dairy cow and clear the outstanding school fees balance for my daughter."