"The house we rent is very small and uncomfortable, we don't have the capacity of building our own house because the small amount of money we work for we use it in our expenses and providing food for our family. We currently don't have enough land, to have food on our table we have to rent a land and be able to cultivate what to eat."

"Not having enough land to cultivate is my greatest challenge, I have to work for others me and my grandson Eugene to be able to raise money to rent a land. Our house is very old and it rains inside, when there is rain at night we are not able to sleep we have to stay up all night trying to get it out and the house is small we have to sleep with our livestock in the house."

"Because of poverty, my husband Rucamumakuba Dionese left us and went in another province since 2018 untill now . I had to work hard for others in their farm for $0.5 per day."

"I hope to buy a piece of land as soon as I raise enough money. I was not lucky to get married so I'm still living at my parents' home. I would wish to get a big piece of land that costs between $700 to $800. I'm hoping to save money from my hotel business to be able to acquire that land."

"I thank GiveDirectly for the far It has bought us. I am happy about the transfers I received for the two months, a sum of Kes. 110000 which I could not get anyhow. May God bless you. On the other hand, I do not have any complaints at all since I have not seen any. Thank you so much GiveDirectly for putting a smile on my face."

"Between 1995-2016, my husband was working in a mining company, at least he was able to get $30 per month, but now the life had changed too bad, my child was dropped out of school when she was 16 years old because I can't afford her school fees when she was in her second year of high school. I have sold all my 2 cows in order to pay my debt in bank, and because there was no fertlizers, I was not able to get enough yield to feed my family. I used to have a small business of selling livestocks (sheeps and goats) in 20221 but now that business failed because of using all my investment of 200$ in feeding my family and paying schollfees of my children"

"Receiving these transfers from GiveDirectly has been of great help to me and my family. I live with my wife and my three years old son. I am a dentist by profession and own a clinic and my wife is a police officer. The second transfer came when I needed it the most and it helped so much in building my two cows’ house, a dream come true. Whenever it could rain, the cows could be rained on and the rain would destroy their food, and during drought, they would starve due to lack of enough food. The money also helped in clearing the $7000 land debt I had plus fencing the same land. Thank you so much GiveDirectly for your support."

"I used to have my own cow but I sold it for buying a big land to feed my family of 5 people , but I can't get enough yield without fertilizers. No electricity in our house, my children don't sleep well ,no beds ,no matelas that affected their performance at school. Last year 2022, the climate changed, I haven't got enough food to feed my family and the price of food was increased."

"My husband Rucamumakuba left me since 1994 because of poverty before he was very rich, he was having a bar in our village selling beer and meat. Living alone, doing everything on my own was very tough and that leads me to severe poverty. I was living alone now in the house that I have built after selling my own cow and now the house is very old, need to renew it but I can't afford the price. I am 73 years old, I can't work for money $1 per day in others farms , it is not easy to get food"

"I have improved my house and my life and I'm vert grateful"