"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is illness. I have kidney related problems that I have spent alot of money treating it."

"For a long time I have been really interested in starting a dairy business but the logistics have been complicated especially due to lack of transport.Now that Give Directly will be giving me money,I am planning to buy a motor cycle which will facilitate the buying of milk from villagers and then distributing to my customers living in the urban centres.The remaining part of the transfer will help me expand my poultry unit."

"In the next six months, I hope to have started a poultry project to help generate more income for my household. The crops will have been harvested and I expect plenty of maize in my storehouse for domestic and commercial purpose."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is poverty. I have children that are of school going age but getting money to take care of their education needs is not easy. In most cases, I sell food crops to raise money to pay school fees. This has always resulted into food shortage because what remains usually is less the fact that I also produce less based on the limitations of land."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to start up a business. I have always wanted to do busines especially selling clothes but I have never had the opportunity to do so because thre is no capital. If I receive this money, I know I will make it. I love doing business. "

"My first priority for the Give Directly money is to invest in my business of selling coffee. Will buy more products and sell in medium scale. I will also be selling cakes, this way my clients can also buy accompaniments for the coffee. It's a good business and with an improved sells scale I can get more returns. This will help me sustain my livelihood. Secondly I want to build my own house here in Mathare. I previously acquired a small plot if land and could not build due to lack of money. Paying rent money stresses me out, so once I build my own home I will not worry so much on not meeting my monthly rent. Lastly I will buy some household equipments, one of them being a mattress. The one I sleep on is torn and very thin. It will be nice to have a good sleep for once.As for the remaining money I will start a business of selling men trousers from eastleign. It seems quite interesting and also generates more income."

"On my usual day I wake up very early in the morning at 6:00am, take a shower, prepare breakfast then I leave for work. I arrive at my workplace in Eastleigh at 7:30am. I receive my handbags from my employer and start hawking around until 7:30pm in the evening. I go back home, prepare for supper and retire to bed. In my free time, I relax at home or meet friends and talk about what is happening in our area."

"The biggest hardship that I face is taking care of my children alone as a single parent. I have to struggle to provide their needs. Education, medication, feeding and all other needs are taken care of by me. What really worsens it is the fact that I do not have land that I can cultivate."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of food. I do not have enough land that I can cultivate to get food. I plant less and harvest less based on the size of land that is available. "

"I would want to be wealthly, to own different business, like hardwares in different locations selling car spareparts. To be a boss having employed people to work in my businesses as I read my newspaper at the comfort of my chair in my mansion."