"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is when y son had was involved in a hit and run accident of a minbus while he was with freands and his leg was injured very had that it never recovered i stayed in the hospital for a very long time and this made me lost alot of productive time."

"This money means an improved standard of living for me and my family. As you can see the house and the household items we have are not of good standard. We also have limited opportunities to access loans or other means of making an income. The only way for me to earn money is casual labour which is also scarce in this community. This money will also lessen the marital disputes we usually have as a couple. Our plans are to build a better house and add some utensils so that we can be preparing meals properly without having to struggle for pots and other necessities. As a long term plan to ensure we have stable income, I shall also discuss with my wife so that we revive our butchery business which closed down due to rising costs of goats."

"The biggest hardship is I'm a single parent so its always diffcult to source money for my children,hunger is the challenge i constantly meet and for me to overcome it its always a hustle but i thank GOD we are surviving."

"The biggest hardship on this household is I'm a single grand mother living with my grandchildren,unfortunately my grandchildren constantly fail sick because of our poor living standard,the sad thing is we are no near any government hospital and for us to access one i need transportation."

"I am so happy am being enrolled in this programme. I will use this money to buy food and other basic needs in my home"

"I am very grateful for GD enrolling me in this programme. I will use this money to buy a cooker. I have always wanted a cooker and this money will help to buy that"

"I spent the second transfers new house materials which are on 35 iron sheets and 6 bags of cement. started building the house with the first transfer and this transfer is just for finishing."

"The money will meant having food on the table and also the money will help me pay for my children school fees. My first born son dropped out from school because of school fees and currently he is doing piece work (brick making) and he is being paid peanuts just for him to find money to pay for exams. The money will help me to cover full amount and also to buy food."

"My biggest hardship that I have faced is lack of enough food in the house"

"Thanks to Givedirectly for enrolling me in this programme. I have a piece of land I have been wanting to build a new house with iron sheets on. And this is an opportunity for me to do that"