"The biggest hardship I face is lack of an income generating activity. Iam finding it hard to sustain the family needs like Educating my children since I depend mainly on crop farming which is in reliable. This is affecting their academic progress due to delay school reporting."

"Financial instability is my biggest hardship. This is because I do not have a source of income hence I depend solely on my spouse. He only supports us with 2500 shillings a month, an amount that is supposed to cater for all our needs. My children are often home from school and to some extent I have to lie to the teachers. My daughter who is secondary school will close this term with a debt of 8000 shillings, while those in primary school have a debt of 220 shillings. The amount seems so little but I do not have the capability to raise it."

"The death of my spouse reduced me to the sole breadwinner of my family. This came as a blow since I do not have a stable job to rely on. My source of income is casual jobs like digging in people's farms and working in construction sites. Besides not being consistent, these jobs do not earn me enough. I earn 200 shillings on a good day and this amount is not enough to sustain us. I am really struggling to care for my children and I can attribute financial instability as my biggest hardship."

"In six months' time, I hope to have bought a goat. This is the next goal that I wish to have acquired a few months to come and I very optimistic that this will come true. It is from this that I will later think of buying a cow- benefits that cow gives is much higher than goats but all in all, there has to be somewhere that one starts from."

"My expectation in the next six months is that I will have managed to add the extra piece of land. apart being an asset, My sons will now have somewhere to rest as well as sleep. My compound will also no longer be squeezed and so I will have enough space for my family. The additional piece of land will also be used to farm vegetables and other short-season crops that generate income faster. Generally, my family will be a happy one in the next six months."

"I still have to offer casual labour, though on reduced occasions. This is because I now have my pieace of land to cultivate and therefore dedicate some time to it. In the next six month's I expect to be fully working on my land. I also intend to expand on it since farming is the only way of livelihoods in our regions."

"In the six months, I expect my life to have changed to be better. This is because, I believe I will have diversified my income sources and so will no longer strain to do casual labour. My farming techniques will also improve because I will have more time dedicated to my farm and so I will be expecting abundant harvest. My family wellbeing will also improve"

"It was early in the morning after waking up when I realized that GiveDirectly had sent us some money. I was immediately filled with happiness upon realizing this since I knew that I would be able to achieve my life goals using this money."

"There is a big difference in my daily life now compared to how it was before. First, my family now lives in a spacious house which guarantees us the privacy we need. Also, I no longer buy milk as I did before and this has enabled me to save the money I would otherwise use in buying milk. When it reproduces, I will be selling some milk and use the money I will be getting to pay my children's school fees."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a heifer. I buy milk from my neighbors and its so costly for me. I depend on the small business of a retail shop to earn an income to meet the basic needs of my family. The cost of milk is so high to the extent that at times we could miss to get the money to buy and this means my children would go without breakfast which is so demoralizing. Currently I much as I still buy milk I have hope that when the heifer has reproduced I will be in a position to get enough milk for my family and also sell the surplus at the market to earn an income to meet extra needs for the family and even save some amount to pay school fees for my children in school. I am so happy because GiveDirectly has given me hope and I live with many expectations that our lives will change in a better way."