"The moment I received the transfer, I felt very happy. It was around 5:00 am in the morning that I received the message. The first person that I told the good news was my husband. He was also happy to hear that the transfer was finally sent to our account. We decided to go and look for our helper after some hours who withdrew the money and gave it to us. We started planning on how to use the money right there and then. I am just grateful because I managed to achieve some of my goals courtesy of GiveDirectly."

"Charcoal burning being our main source of income can no longer be depended on due to scarcity of trees and the hard labor it requires which mostly results in health complications. This makes limited financial resources the biggest hardship that we face. Last month, just before the end of first term exams, my son who is in secondary school was sent home to collect his fee balance so he can be allowed to sit his exam. I literally had to beg the headteacher to allow him in school and promised to clear it in May when they re-open for the second term. Also, despite it being the rainy season, we are yet to receive rainfall. This has made water a very scarce commodity in our village, I have to walk for three hours to access the nearest water point. Most times when am very tired due to the nature of my work, I have to spend fifty shillings per twenty litre jerican to be fetched and transported using a motorcycle while normally, l would buy a jerican at ten shillings. "

"My first born son battled diabetes for more than 15 years.This was the biggest hardship and most challenging part of my life that I will never forget.It all started in 2002 until last year,April 2018 when he succumbed.Since 2002 he was in and out of hospital,sometimes even admitted upto 3 months.The medication was very expensive moreso because of the daily insulin injections.Given that I am a casual labourer it was a struggle that forced me to sell even my property such as livestock to pay the medical bills.At some point I even called for fundraising and assistance from politicians because I had nothing left."

"Financial constraints is the biggest hardship i am facing in life. I am a single mother of seven yet i do not have a stable source of income. I struggle alot to meet the needs of my family by engaging in casual labour which involves working in peoples farms and the money i earn is barely enough to cater for the needs of my family."

"Raising my two children single handedly after the death of my husband has been my major challenge all along. My casual jobs could not sustain us comfortably and this forced my son to drop out of school at standard three. Going without food is just a normal thing in my family as it happens frequently. I am struggling too much to make ends meets because I lack a stable source of income."

"The moment I received the transfer, I felt very happy. My phone had gone off. When my husband turned it on after some time, a message came through at around 6 am. He was the one who broke the good news to me. I remember we celebrated with joy and could not make any sound decision at that moment. It was later after we had digested the good news that we started to think about how best to use the money. It was such a happy moment that I will never forget."

"I was wakened up at 12:00 Am by a message alert on my phone and upon looking through. It was GiveDirectly that had sent the money. I had mixed reactions and tears of joys run down my chicks as I thanked the Almighty God for the unexplainable miracle He had done by enabling me to be a GiveDirectly's beneficiary for two years under the monthly project. I am now focused on changing my living standards with these transfers."

"Receiving this money will money will mean that I will buy some farm land that we shall cultivate because my household has been surviving on hiring dark land in order to sustain our household with food."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money to cater for my daily needs like food for my child, medical care and other utilities."

"The biggest hardship I face currently is lack of land to farm where I could be realising food to feed my family and selling part of the crop produce to raise money for paying my children's school fees."