"We only have a small land that our mother left us with and that's the only source of living we currently have. I live my 3 siblings and we have been living alone for 7 years since our mother passed away. We are all still young but me and my young brother Augustin were not able to continue our studies we had to drop out in order to be able to provide for our 2 little siblings , we work for others to get some little money to pay for them school fees. We struggle to get what to eat, we can even spend days without having food because the land we have is small and doesn't produce enough and we can't be able to work for much money to sustain our family. We all sleep in the same room and this is a constraint for us because none of us gets his or her own privacy we all have to share one bed and it is uncomfortable for girls and boys to share the same room."

"I am not capable of working on my own because I am Albino and this is a great challenge for me. I currently receive support from the government, i receive $8 per month and when that amount ends early than the end of the month i have to seek support from my family and neighbours. I didn't get a chance to know both of parents growing up i was raised by my grandfather who passed away 5 years ago after that my maternal aunt raised me and she also passed away 2 years ago; I had to live by my own; I had arm injury when i started living alone and couldn't do anything i tried to get treatment but nothing was healing and making it better but as days go by it is healing little by little using medicine prescribed which I have to get from the hospital every month. Another challenge I currently face is when i sit with others, I see people staring at me , asking themselves about the way I look and I do wonder why as well but I have made peace with it and tried to accept the reality."

"The biggest challenge is that we live in poverty. We do not have where we get money as we are very old, we cannot go to do casual jobs. It is not easy to get the school fees of our child, getting health insurance is also hard for us and as old people, we are always sick. Getting food too is a challenge due to seasons, we did not get harvest which is enough to feed the family."

"The main challenge we have in my family is the poverty. My husband and I do not have enough land because many times we go to farm for other people. Even though we get casual jobs sometimes, the money we get from there is not enough to feed my family of 8 children. We are paid less than $1 per day which is still low considering how things are now expensive. In addition to that, our families support us by giving us some land to use and in some cases we share the harvest or we rent a small land of $6 per year."

"We got married on August 26,1999. It was a very memorable moment to us because we were going to start our new life journey together. We lived in a great life from that time till 2019 when we had a disaster of soil erosion due to the rain and it took all our lands. We started hustling from that time. I could go to look for a casual job with husband. In 2020 September, I managed to rent a land on $120 per two years for farming to see if we can get food for children. Currently, we are still doing farming and as a wife in the family, I started a small business of selling vegetables(onions, tomatoes and chili) though it's not yet stable. It is not easy for us to get money for health insurance, school fees of children but when we got that casual jobs, we save at least $1 per week in order to resolve some issues in the future."

"The one thing about Give Directly that I found admirable is how everyone, young and old, literate and illiterate, gets an equal opportunity to register for the program. This is a valuable lesson that all participants in the program can apply.."

"One thing has kept me awake at night and messed with my mental equilibrium over the past few years. My three elderly, adult children frequently spend the night at their grandfather's house because they have nowhere else to sleep. At the end of the previous year, I gradually began to buy iron sheets. I want to scale this up this year by purchasing more iron sheets, building poles, cement, and building stones. This will enable me to construct a sturdy home for my 3 children. Once they have moved in, their bad behavior of requesting temporary accommodation from friends who might be a bad influence on them will come to an end."

"One of my biggest struggles has been getting my kids to go to school, especially when they end up staying home for weeks after I fail to pay their tuition due to lack of funds, which is distressing for both them and me. I intend to cover their costs this year so that they can continue their lessons uninterrupted. After that, I'll use the money to make sure that neither my family nor I ever go hungry, as that is another issue brought on by the drought that we frequently encounter."