"The biggest difference in daily life is that I am now leading a stress-free life after completing the payment of team one fees for my children. They had been staying at home for almost one week due to the huge fee balance something that kept me worried about the future of my children. I thank GiveDirectly for the transfer that came at the right time when we need them most. I am currently confident that they will have a bright future."

"I remember it was around 9 O'clock, I was on my way traveling back home from fetching water from the water pan. I heard a message notification on my phone, I was curious to know the content of the message since it was unusual to get a message at such a time. I was surprised to realize that it was the transfer, after reaching home I informed the rest of the family members and everyone was extremely happy to hear the good news."

"(Lack of income),this is a serious challenge for me. Every day that God sends , I have to go through it like a mystery. That is , holding on to whatever that comes before me so as to put food on the table for my family."

"" When I get this money the first thing I will do is that I will send my 3 children to school. Though I have big big children, but I have 3 that are still need to go to school"."

"" The major challenge I am faced with is providing my family daily need. My husband and I have to work as daily hire for some people in other to have a living for our family. When ever we burn wood for the preparation of charcoal, we don't really earn much because there aren't much buyer.""

""Currently, I am pregnant and a mother of two secondly, my spouse is a Commercial Motorcyclist the little he earn is not sufficient for the upkeep of the family. I have to work hard on the farm just to earn additional cash for the family. Many at times I have to work on the farm of others just to earn a living. Access to cash is a major challenge for me.""

""My major challenge is my Inability to expand my house. Me, my five children and my husband all sleep in the same room. All this was caused by the violent storm that broke our house early last year.""

"My greatest challenge now is to have money and provide food for me and my family. Presently, my husband is not working and there are no other means that we can use to get money except to make farm. The little money that we can get from the farm is used to feed us."

"The major challenge that I'm face with have do do good health care facility. We have to travel a very far distance just to access medical attention"

"Many nights I go to bed with tears in my eyes because I can not meet the basic needs of my family due to financial difficulty. I really want to start a business to support my family, but I do not have the financial strength to do so."