"This money means that I will be able to build a new house. The household I am living in is too small, not durable and it's thatched with grass. I have to change the roof annually. I will start buying bricks to build the house. After that I will iron sheets to make a durable roof which I will not have to change the roof annually. I will also buy utensils because I don't have enough utensils."

"Cement, iron sheets, bricks"

"Me and my family's everyday lives have changed so much since receiving money from Givedirectly, we have been able to purchase most things we lacked in our family such as food and also we have managed to build a decent house."

"The biggest hardship I face is not having enough money which results in us not having enough food to eat. We also don't have a proper place to sleep on. We sleep on a mat and that's not comfortable for us."

"Receiving this money means I can now afford a better shelter and accomodation, for a long time I have been longing to have a Mattress , nice brankets and enough maize for my household let alone build a fence around my compound. I tried to do this for myself but I was not able to due to money problems"

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is hunger. Sometimes my children and I go to sleep on an empty stomach which is heartbreaking for me. The hunger is a result of not having a proper way of getting money and even farming is not doing good for me because I cannot afford fertilizer."

"Receiving this money means better accomodation for our house , we will be able to buy a better mattress , and bed but also plaster the house"

"Receiving this money is a blessing for me. Being a second wife is not easy because whatever the husband gets from casual labour is shared with the other wife so I fell this money will help my family as we will buy maize, bed, beddings and mattresses, things we could not buy with the little money that my husband gets. It is always hand to mouth."

"I have struggled to better clothe myself and also afford enough food"

"Receiving this money means we will be able to better clothe ourselves and access enough food and beddings"