"In March 2021, I finished my secondary education. Despite doing well on my secondary school exams, I was unable to enroll in college right away due to my family's dire financial situation. I made the decision to use my previous transfers to start a small business selling second hand clothing. The business has been doing well, and I am eager to grow it even more by purchasing more stock. This year, my main objective is to save enough money from both my business and my monthly transfers to enroll in college and pursue my dream course in building and construction."

"Ever since my spouse, Timothy Poison left me back in 2021 it has been hard for me having to take care of my 2 boys, Chimwemwe and Ongani. My hurdle mainly has been lack of food. I depend on pieceworks to provide for my family and I really don't get paid much to sustain my household. On a good day I am paid $5 which I use to buy a bucket of maize that runs as food for a week. The fact that I don't have a sustainable cash flow to provide for my children like that always stresses me out."

"There's one challenge that is making my life hard at present and that is lack of money to pay for my grandchildren's education. I have 3 grandchildren who are at secondary school level. Collectively, their school fees amounts to the sum of $62. With my income of $20 to $30 a month, it is an everyday struggle for me to keep them all in school. I am taking on this responsibility because I want to give them a solid future through education. Their biological father run off 7 years ago and his whereabouts are unknown."

"Currently I and my household depend on pieceworks for survival and the money we get from that is not enough for our sustainability. Jointly, thus, me and my spouse, Raphael Shalaba make less than 20$ a month which is far from sufficient to carter for our household needs in terms of food, housing, clothing as well as education for our 3 school going children."

"GiveDirectly has enrolled me and is sending me transfer which I'm using to build my house and change my life. This is so much good. The staffs talk to us nicely, answer our questions no matter how many times we ask and it's very commendable. On the other hand, I don't know of anything GiveDirectly is not doing well."

"GiveDirectly does well in enrolling every poor household in the village without necessarily requiring any payment from them. Additionally, being independent in deciding which household qualified for the program was a good idea. In my opinion, I do not see anything that they would improve to make the processes better. It would be better to maintain the same."