"Initially, my living condition was pathetic. Getting some food was a big challenge. I had to look for casual labor, make charcoals and fetch some firewood for sale; it was tiresome. Currently, I took a break from these kinds of work and I get enough food unlike before because of the transfer I got from GiveDirectly. In addition to that, I used to stay in an odor house since I lived in the same house with my goats and chicken. The smell was unbearable though I had to. As of now, I am very happy living like other human beings because GiveDirectly enabled me and I now have a decent separate house which I constructed using the transfer. I give my gratitude to GiveDirectly for seeing me through this situation."

"The primary goal I have for this year is to raise the money needed to cover my three children' school costs. My oldest son finished elementary school and did extremely well. Early next month, he is expected to begin secondary education. My other two kids are in grades 8 and 4, respectively. I'll be able to pay their tuition on time with the help of the money from the transfer. They will continue attending school as a result, and they will do well on their exams. The money from the transfers is helpful in assisting us in achieving our goal of educating our children because my job selling charcoal and my husband's job as a watchman cannot cover all of their educational expenses."

"My family is constrained financially because I do not have a stable source of income. I depend on casual jobs such as being a masonry helper to put food on the table. Such jobs are hard to come by because we are so many competing for the same. The much that I can earn in a day is $2 which is hardly enough to buy food such as milk, maize flour, and vegetables. Take note that I am a parent with three children in school where I am required to pay $30 every academic term. It has gotten to a point where I feel overwhelmed and when they are sent home I let them stay because I have no means to raise that much."

"I have a debt of $500, my husband died sometime this month and we borrowed money towards funeral expenses, the owners of the money want their money back and I am wondering what to give them.I am so stressed, I hardly sleep. My life has turned for the worse, life has been unkind to me.I sold the only cow I had to meet the medical expenses. We used a lot of money towards his medication , he had been wasted by cancer and had been undergoing chemotherapy."

"At the moment we are experiencing some rainfall and it is ideal for planting. I had already prepared the land ready for planting but I have not been able to afford farm inputs such as fertilizers, seedlings, and pesticides to enable me to proceed with the planting. It worries me a lot because I am a person of little means and I am afraid the planting season will elapse before I can plant potatoes for consumption and for sale.It gives me sleepless nights that my land is lying idle at the moment."

"I was pricked by a poisonous thorn recently and it made my leg to swell. This has curtailed my movement, I hardly move because of the pain. I went to Kapkwen Dispensary where I was attended to, I am still recuperating at home though the swelling is still there. I cannot engaged fully in my household chores at the moment.It rained last week and it was a perfect time to plant food crops in my farm, It was not possible for me to engage in farming because I was indisposed and I had no money to hire casual labour to do on my behalf. It worries me a lot since the rain has stopped and I have not planted like my neighbours, if it doesn't rain soon I will be food insecure in the future."