"In the next six months l expect to have plastered my house and staying in it comfortably."

"The biggest hardship I've faced in life is coming to terms with drought situation that befell us in Kilifi county last year but one. I lost thirty-two cows, and that almost brought my life to a stand still. It was a very difficult moment, I felt hopeless."

"Receiving this money means that my prayers have been answered. This is because since I heard about Givedirectly, I have been on my knees praying that this program come to reality. I will start livestock business that will provide continuous income and this will sustain my basic needs and worshipping God through giving tithes."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of permanent job that can be reliable. I am just a standard three dropout and this have forced me to doing hardship jobs with a very little fee. "

"Receiving this money means that my family's life will change for the better. I will construct a new iron sheets roofed house for my family to replace the grass thatched one which is currently leaking. I will also purchase an oxen and oxen plough for ploughing my farm and those of others to get income. This will be a reliable source of income to sustain my children's school fees and other basic needs for my family. "

"I expect to have the bumper harvest in the next month because I invested my transfer on farming hence my family will have sufficient food."

"Receiving this money means that I will Purchase livestock and start livestock rearing. I will also start a shop business in Bamba trading centre. The shop will give me a stable income, that will enable me to construct a new house and educate my children."

"My daughter being a candidate, she almost missed out of KNEC registration because of lack of money. I really had to work extra hard to beat the deadline and lucky enough we got the money to register her."

"Receiving this money is a real blessing to me and my family. We've been living in this hut for long together with our children and they had to go sleep in a neighbours' house but now i will be able to build another house so that our children will have a better place to sleep. I am really grateful ."

"The greatest difference in my life is that I now have a better house. Were it not for GD, it would have taken me long beforeI get enough money to build a house. I do depend on casual jobs for a living which is hard to save my earnings as I do spend mostly on buying food."