"The biggest difference in my daily life is owning the pair of oxen. I had desired to have a pair to improve my farming by cultivating early and timely for better harvests. However I could not afford to buy any at my own cost. I am grateful to GiveDirectly because their financial support has enabled me to own a pair. I am assured of getting better harvests during the planting season by increasing the acreage of my farm."

"Due to the unpredictable weather condition we are experiencing in my region, my crops have not been doing well on a regular basis and more so there are periods I normally don't cultivate anything. This is due to inadequate/no rainfall and at these times, I normally fall short in catering for the needs of my family. This creates the biggest hardship of life."

"Receiving this money means that my family's uncertainity towards my ability to provide for their basic needs is solved. This is because GD has provided me with the means(cash) of starting a poultry farming business whereby I'll be able to sell the poultry products and as a result cater for their basic needs."

"For a long time I have depended on my friend's cows to sustain my family with milk as source of income. Livestock play a major role in children's education in my community. Now that I anticipate to get money from GiveDirectly, I am planning to buy four heifers which will provide me with milk to fend for my family in two year's time. Moreover, decent housing contribute to the wellbeing of every child. This is why my ambition is to discard one of my old leaking houses so as to construct a better one for my children. "

"Every graduate in my community would fancy a job at the county government. Definitely not my husband, a casual, whom after last month became a former employee of the county government! He was the main provider in our home and when his salary delayed for six months in a row, I was faced with challenges after another. A poultry project I had initiated stalled, but what broke my heart is when my daughter had to drop out of a private boarding school to enrol in a government school due to pile of arrears. Besides, we did not eat well for a long time. Now that he has quit the job doesn't make it any better. My worry is that my children may drop out of school altogether and we may lack a balanced diet. This is the biggest hardship I've faced in my life. "

"I was asleep when I received the message. My phone was on. The first thing I did when I woke up was to check my phone. I saw tge message and I was so happy. I did not tell anyone even my sister in law whom I stay with. I broke the news to her after two days. "

"In the next six months, I expect my life to change in that, I will have established my own home with the upcoming transfers which I intend to use on purchasing building materials on a monthly basis. Currently, I stay in my in law's place but I feel that there is no freedom most especially to grow financial because of the restrictions that are in place like coming home late after work."

"Raising school fees for our children is quite a big challenge. This is attributed to the fact that we do not have a good source of income. My husband earns less than 10,000 shillings a month from his security guard job. This amount is too little to sustain six children. Besides struggling with school fees, providing other needs is also a problem."

"My thirteen year old daughter developed a heart disease at the age of six.We have been in and out of hospital since then.Every month I have to take her for check up and medication which I spend not less than 2,000 Kenya shillings.I am single mother of three and this has been a heavy burden for me.I once tried paying a NHIF cover to cater for the medication but I could not manage after sometime due to lack of funds.Having this sick child is the biggest hardship I have faced in my life."

"In the next six months, I expect my life to change in that, I will have added more animals and that the few that I recently bought would have grown. I also expect that the production from my farm for both milk and eggs would have improved and that it would lead to improved profits from proceeds after the sales. I pray that all these will help me improve my financial strength, that I can look after my family well. I expect our general lifestyle to have improved for the better."