"My husband disability is the biggest hardship i have faced in my because he does only anumber of jobs some he cant and i have to do on my own."

"Boosting my business and improving the condition of my house with Ironsheet and cement is what receiving this money means to me. Mostly i depend on my grocery business to bring money while my husband goes and look fpr casual labour so i would like to use this money and purchase more groceries so that i should make more profits and improve the condition of my house."

"The end of my marriege where my husband who left me soon after i told him i was pregnant and he found me with 3 other children of my late husband and now iam raising the children alone."

"My daughter was very sick now she cant think and reason poperly she acts as a baby so i have to take care for her though she is old enough to have her own household."

"Improve the roof of my house with Ironsheet and cement plus using the remaining to buy new bedding is what receiving this money means to me for along time i have been worried f the house iam living and this money has just came in good time i will have enough time to mould brink and construct a better house."

"I am so happy I am receiving these funds from Givedirectly. I will use them to renovate my house. As you can see my floor is not done and I would love to plaster my house. I have always wanted to live in a house with a cement floor so as I don't get colds and coughs as I do right now"

"With this money i will be able to finish up my house as you can see it thoroughly needs to be completed but i had no where to go to to find help so this money will be very meaningful to me and my grandchildren maybe at last we can have a proper house with cemented floor and we will no longer suffer flues that we get from the dust that comes from the floor of house since is the dusty floor. And also i will buy food for ourselves so that maybe this year we shouldn't beg from others to help us when dry season comes since this has always been our culture and is embarrassing."

"This money will mean alot to me, i will be able to buy enough maize for my family since we did not harvest enough due to lack of rains and fertiliser and at the moment we are depending on buying maize each and everyday. And also i have been willing to start a small business though i haven't thought of any because i had no hope of where i could find money so now i will start thinking of a business that i can manage and which is doable here and i will venture in it once i have received the money"

"I am constantly being hit by constant hunger due to lack of money for fertilizer for my maize garden which affects my yields resulting in constant hunger on my household"

"I am filled with joy, now that I have been enrolled and in line to receive the money, I will sit down and discuss with my husband on ways we can make use of this money wisely so that we should not be worried of tiny household costs"