"The biggest hardhip that i have face in my life is that I have always wanted to start a saloon business. I have not been able to find capital and this has been a constant source of stress in my life. I thank Givedirectly because they will give me a source of capital for my business."

"The biggest hardship i have faced is raising school fees.When my son joined University,it was very difficult to raise his fees and this forced my spouse and I to sell all our cows.Up to now,we do not have any cow to produce milk for my family"

"I planted some trees on my small piece of land two years ago.Seeing them grow and knowing that they will help me in future makes me proud.This is the achievement am proudest of"

"I wanted to expand my house so I bought iron sheet worth 8000 KES, cement worth 14000 KES and steel door worth 8000 KES with my first and second transfer.Therefore, when I received my third transfer I started expanding my house because my current house was too small to accommodate my family and household items."

"I managed to top up KES 40000 to the third transfer which I spent on purchasing a brand new motocycle. I previously had and old one which we could repair everytime and at times, we even sold hens to repair it whenever it got spoilt. I am glad that we get more income as compared to before because the money is not lost on reparing it."

"The last cash transfer I got from GD, I used to buy a new stock of clothes that I always sell to my esteemed customers. This business has sustained me for the last one year to date."

"In the next six months,I expect to have completed plastering my floor which will greatly improve our health.I also hope to have saved enough to add more stock to my shop."

"I used the last cash transfer to buy cement and sand two tonnes that I used to plaster my house. I had started building a new house but it was not yet finished, so I used this amount to complete the construction process."

"Last year, we were blessed as a family when we had a huge harvest from our maize plantation. For a long time we had not been able to harvest as huge as we had last year. We put in a lot of effort to ensure that we got this harvest and I considered it an achievement to have been able to harvest over 20 sacks of maize."

"I am a form four student at Kisabei Secondary School. The last four years of my secondary school studies have not been that smooth. I have always worked hard with an aim of achieving good grades that will enable me join a public University. I have had to stay home for a number of days due to fee problem but my desire to get good grades has never died. I am optimistic that I will pass my form four exams and I consider this as one of my greatest achievements."