"The main challenge is not having enough capital to sustain a new business because we lack enough money for operation. My husband Charles started being an Airtel telecommunications agent 8 months ago but he is not having enough capacity to keep it running because when for example a person want to withdraw like $50 and he doesn't have that amount and it takes him days to raise that amount it makes him lose some clients and he can't be able to retain existing ones because they are not getting the service they need. And another challenge is that we currently don't own any livestock to give us fertilisers and this affects our productivity because we can't be able to harvest enough as we want."

"The greatest challenge I have is not having livestock to give me fertiliser to use in my land, I currently own a small land in order to survive i have to rent from others to and to be able to get money to rent that land I have to work for others too. Being able to get school fees to pay for my children is very hard for me because it requires me to work more and be able to raise enough for the 3 of them. Currently one of my children doesn't have school uniform because i am not capable of paying for it and this is a challenge for me and my children."

"Not having enough land of our own is our greatest challenge because the little money get from the small business we have we use it renting land to cultivate. Another challenge we are currently facing now is that the weather is bad for our crops , we have have been in a sunny season for about 3 months and this is affecting our harvest in this period. Another challenge we are currently facing is that we don't have easy access to enough fertiliser either Organic or inorganic, we currently don't have any livestock we have to buy fertiliser from others and because of our little economy we can't get enough money to buy both Organic and inorganic , we have to choose or balance them which is not enough for our land."

"The main challenge we are currently facing is not having enough land , we have to rent from others in order to be able to produce what to eat , to get fertiliser to use we have to herd livestock from others, the only livestock we have is 3 chickens. My husband Emmanuel wishes to start a small business but because we don't have any capital to start running that business we continue to live in poverty. Our house is very small for our family size and my children don't have primarily equipment that they need like matress and clothes."

"I'm getting old and I don't have much energy, living like this without even having enough land to cultivate is my greatest challenge. I only have a small land of my own which can not produce enough food to eat , I have to rent in order to be able to survive and currently I am not able to get any fertiliser because i don't have any livestock. I am always weak and no body can hire me to work for them i have to survive with the little i get."

"GiveDirectly has provided me with independence. They excel at providing recipients with independence. a chance to choose how to handle their problems, which problems to handle, and how to handle them. GiveDirectly and their generosity have lifted my village and my family. They will never be forgotten by us. Never."

"I am a trained tailor and I have not been able to open my own shop because I could not raise enough capital. I usually go to a friend's place and work together. My goal however is to start my own shop and put into practice my tailoring skills, be self-employed and train others at a fee and buy materials and start the business. I have been saving Ksh. 2000 since August last year in order to achieve this goal and my target is to save more money and have enough capital. I want to buy a sewing machine, buy a stock of textile materials to run the shop. I believe through this business, I will be able to help my father to take care of my siblings fees since they have been struggling with fees in school."

"Give Directly does a good job of making sure that the process of supporting the United States is transparent and fair, that no one is left out, and that nobody is treated unfairly while the process is in progress. I also appreciate that we are given cash so that everyone may easily take care of their individual needs."