"My proudest achievement is having taken care of my children's basic needs and catered for their education single handedly. Their father died when they were all young but by the grace of God I have managed to take good care of them."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of raw materials to make sisal ropes, I have to purchase the sisal and this ultimately eats into my profits. I am also not fit health wise and I have to eat regular meals but this is not always possible, I fear that I may succumb to the illness if my financial situation does not improve."

"My proudest achievement is that I have managed to sink a borehole and I am happy of constant water supply for household use and for horticultural farming. "

"My proudest achievement is that through hard work and small savings we finally have a house that has taken us years to build. "

"The biggest hardship I face in life is that I struggle very much to educate my children so that they can have a brighter future than I but lack of sufficient finances become a stumbling block for me."

"Am very hopeful in life because I have tremendous achievements in my life."

"The proudest achievement is that I have a house and I am struggling to provide for my children."

"Some organizations just come and take our names then they go for good but GiveDirectly makes followups to the end."

"GiveDirectly is just the same as the other organizations though I can't say much about the other organizations because I haven't interacted with them that much."

"The biggest hardship is lack of money to pay school fees, my dowry has also not been paid which at times brings problem in our house."