"My ex husband, Gross Peter divorced me last month and having to take care of 5 children on my own has made my life abit harder. I have to do casual labour to find food, thus, flour for nsima and also money for relish. I struggle to achieve this with my ill health. My left leg gives me restless nights because it has this unexplainable pain that hits me every night."

"The biggest challenge is food. I didn't harvest much due to lack of fertiliser and bad weather. My house is small for my family as my children are growing. Glass thatched houses are a mess during rainy season because they leak. All this needs money which I don't have. My husband went to South Africa for greener pastures but he doesn't send a lot of money. He is also struggling."

"We are struggling with poverty. We don't have food, clothes, good sleeping place and a decent house. All these need money. We do farm but the sun is too harsh here it dries our crop. With good weather and fertiliser, we harvest up to 5 bags of maize which is still not enough. Wage jobs are hard to find as most pay peanuts taking advantage of us."

"When I think of the effort I put into acquiring skills in mechanical engineering, only to end up unemployed is disheartening. I am playing my part by looking for jobs and at times I succeed in finding some casual jobs but the pay is peanuts $1 a day and we end up spending it on food. I am living from hand to mouth and it is stressful since I can not meet other needs at home."

"My biggest challenge is my house. It leaks as when it's rainy season we struggle because we wait for it to stop and then sleep in the dry parts. We are living in poverty because we can't find money to buy food and other household necessities. My husband does bicycle taxi but that doesn't bring anything, people in the village just walk. That means he doesn't generate money to then provide for us."

"My biggest challenge is money. Money to renovate our house with, put iron sheets, cement the cracks and make it livable. We don have food in the house because there is too much sun here the maize dries up since the rains stop early. We had chickens back then but they all died. We'd like to have some again because we sell when desperate."

"When the landslides cut my house on Thursday 14th Oct 2021 my heart has never been settled especially whenever it rains. It broke down part of my house and the kitchen where we used to cook from. Finding food to eat since we all don't have any source of income and food. Our food was destroyed in the landslides which happened in nakokolo village found bulucheke sub county in 2021. Finding food ever since then is really hard and some times we even sleep hungry. Also Finding school fees and medication for my grand chdren is so hard. Since the death of their father who used to send us support and help. Their father was called Patrick wandeba and died on 2002 and ever-since then we have raised all his 5children all by ourselves."

"My biggest worry right now is my house. My roof needs to be changed. I would like to have iron sheets and if I'm to find money i will do that. I don't have any livestock but it's important to have them because you can always sell one when need arises. I help out where I can with my grandchildren because its too big a responsibility on my daughter alone. So my biggest challenge is money to afford all my financial needs. I do casual work to find money which is not enough."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly does very well by giving the support in cash form. Looking at what I have done with the cash that I received from the first and second transfers gives me pure joy in my heart. I never imagined that I would own a dairy cow anytime soon having sold all the livestock that I had before to pay school fees for my children. Giving the money without any conditions was another score by GiveDirectly. It empowered us enough to be able to make informed decisions on what we needed to do with the money. I am so grateful to have been part of the beneficiaries of this program that has completely changed my life."

"I spent $133 of the recent transfer to purchase one local dairy cow and one goat. This is because I had desire to own one that would provide a steady supply of milk for myself. Additionally, it is my future investment that would support me whenever I encounter financial challenges since I will sell the offspring. In addition, I used $300 to construct a decent two-roomed, mud-walled iron-roofed house for myself. Previously, I had to seek shelter in the grandson's something that was very bad considering that I am frequently visited by important visitors like in the in-laws. The remaining amount assisted me to seek medical care due to my leg problems and food for myself."