"In the next six months l expect to have plastered my house."

"My biggest hardship is lack of enough money to invest in buying land and oxen for farming."

"Receiving this money means investing in farming. I intend to use this money for buying livestock for farming."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of a reliable source of income. Today, I am separated from my wife because I can not afford to pay her dowry. "

"Receiving this money means I will be able to upgrade our state of living with ease. Gd transfers will enable us to improve on farming techniques, getting the correct farm inputs as well as providing basic education and health care to the family."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in my life has been my inability to provide for my family's basic needs more so that of providing for them food. I rely mostly on farming to get income but of late, this has been affected by the recurrent drought seasons being experienced in our village. "

"Receiving this money means I will be able to cater for our basic needs, pay college fees for my brother in law and repair the walls of my house."

"The biggest hardship I am facing in life is lack of my spouse's support in raising my children. My spouse works in Mombasa and comes home after four years and he does not support the family in any way. This has made my four children to drop out of school due to lack of school fees."

"We have been struggling with School fees and now that we will get the transfer from GiveDirectly, the burden will be lessen. This mean we be able to pay School fees without much struggle."

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of a good shelter since the house I am currently living in is very old and in a bad state."