"Being able to pay my wife's dowry, buy food and cater for my kids education was truly life changing. GiveDirectly know how to come in and offer relief where need and when needed. All I would ask is that they continue being what they are in recipients lives and increasing both frequency and recipients of transfers"

"GiveDirectly earns all its praise because of how it impacts and changes lives. In addition to all I did with the funds, we also bought 2 male cows! How can one argue with the reality that no other organisation has given beneficiaries such resources and left it to them to plan. I ask that GiveDirectly continues it's fine works, now and always"

"Give Directly has helped so many people in my village. You have helped me to buy a motorbike. My husband had neglected us in the times of hunger, but I thank God that we can now afford food from this motorbike business. In this village, people have built iron sheet roofed houses and this is just beautiful. I don't see anything to improve on. Just continue with the good heart."

"I'm a primary school teacher, here at Mbaza primary and from my salary it's abit challenging for me to support myself, my 9 months old baby and my parents in Mpulula village. For instance, rightnow I wish I had L-shaped sofa chairs in my house but I am unable to afford that due to financial constraints. My salary is $150 and this is not sufficient to carter for my needs and responsibilities. On a monthly basis I send financial assistance to about 5 people in my family, my parents included. This is my current burden to be honest."

"My only source of concern at present is poor housing and habitat conditions. As you can see this house structure is an unfinished project for it lacks window glasses, cement for the floor as well as fixing the cracked walls. My sleeping space, as you saw it there's only a mat and a duvet, doesn't offer me the desired comfort. This situation also applies to my grandchildren's of course."

"Currently we only have a single challenge, thus, poor housing condition. To us this house is unfinished because it doesn't have a veranda and it doesn't have cement on the floor. These are the things that distress us in this family and unfortunately for us we don't have the financial capacity to change that for ourselves."

"My house is the only thing I see as a challenge currently. As you can see this house of mine is grass thatched and it leaks heavily in the rainy seasons. The level of discomfort I and my daughter, Hannifa get whenever that happens is unbearable. We wish we lived in a house with a better roof, thus, iron sheets as well as concrete floor and not mud like this."

"The biggest challenge is food. We are living off hand to mouth. Whatever I find on that day is for that day because the work we find pays peanuts and it's not always we find work. Sometimes we don't find work and that puts pressure to provide for my expectant wife."

"We are struggling to have food in the house. Farming is no longer beneficial because of the rains, they start late and stop early. We have no harvests. My husband started work in Mulanje to try and provide but with the rising costs, it is still not enough. We are still in lack."