"Receiving this money means I will be able to take care of my children's education needs. As I speak now, my children don't have school uniforms because I have not been in position to purchase for them. However, I believe this will be sorted when I receive these transfers. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of money to buy my own agticultural land. I spend money on renting land and these attimes lives me with nothing to buy food and other basic needs."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of land for cultivation. I have only every small piece of land in which I can not plant all that is necessary to support a family. At the end, food shortage and poverty which I have always lived in. "

"While my husband herds our neighbors' livestock to earn income for the family, I burn charcoal to do the same. Combined, both incomes do not exceed 1500 shillings per month yet we are expected to pay 55,000 shillings a year for our daughter in high school (in Nairobi city), 10,000 shillings a year for our son in grade seven and still put food on our table, clothes on our backs and a decent roof over our heads. Being able to meet all these needs will literally be a dream come true for us. "

"Through this support, we were able to acquire a new motorbike that does transport business. My family needs like food and medical bills have been met in time because the bike generates daily income. Previously, we didn't have a stable source of income as a young family, feeding and paying medical bills was a challenge to us."

"GiveDirectly has made it possible for me to own cows, descent clothings, a mattress and beddings. Prior to receiving this transfer, I had no hope to own cows because I didn't have enough money at hand."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I have built an iron roofed house, a mattress and beddings. Previously, I slept in a grass thatched hut that leaked whenever it rained and in very old matress."

"Receiving these transfers have enabled me construct an iron roofed house, which I am intending to shift sleeping after fitting the door and Windows. Before receiving these transfers I had a desire to construct an iron roofed house but I didn't have enough money to buy building materials and paying for construction labour. The money I could get was spent on food and to pay medical bills."

"My life is has changed now because I am able to feed well(twice a day) and dress well on good clothes. With the cows I bought, my husband paid dowery to my parents as required by tradition for any one taking up a girl for marriage. This makes me happy respected and proud. Previously, my family had only one meal in a day. There was pressure from my parent because they wanted dowery. I had no respect from the community around because I wasn't officially married."

"My life is grate now because I have been able to pay school fees for my self and siblings in boarding schools. Prior to receiving this transfer, we had no one to take care of us. My step mother mistreated us and we found it had to forget our late mother. Thank you GiveDirectly for this support."