"My husband and I have struggled a lot in ensuring our children get settled in school. The efforts to get money that can support them sometimes fail due to lack of reliable sources of income and this has affected their performances. Since I am a housewife and my husband is a casual labourer, his earning is hardly enough to cater all our needs. Therefore, the lack of a stable source of income becomes the biggest hardship in my life."

"I am just braving in a house that is leaking because the roof is grass-thatched which is open on one side. I have desired to construct a decent house that can spare me from the nights' cold and also relieve me from the burden of shifting my bed during the rainy seasons. I intend to spend my first transfer ($500) to construct an iron-roofed house and this will mean good health to me since I will no longer get rained on. A big portion of the second transfer ($300) will help me to buy 2 indigenous dairy cows that will help me to get milk for my household consumption, also for sell to get income. The remaining amount will cater to other basic needs like food and nice beddings. Hence, this is generally what receiving this money means to me."

"Food insecurity in my household is the biggest hardship that I have ever faced. This is because I a m a housewife and my husband is doing casual labour that earns him very little. Due to this, I have been struggling to put food on the table and sometimes, I seek help from my relatives something that ashames me."

"Inadequate food at our household, we run out of food most of the times, my children usually cry at night because of hunger but there is nothing that I can do because there is nothing that I can do hence we usually don't have money"

"I usually find it hard to buy food consistently for my family"

"The biggest hardship has been securing food and financial security"

"I was at home relaxing when I received my first transfer when I saw the message alert on my phone, that was when I believed that indeed GiveDirectly sent the promised transfer, I am thankful to God for the beautiful gift that he brought to us."

"It was in the morning when I received a message alert on my phone when I read the message I saw a huge amount of money written down, I knew GiveDirectly had finally sent us the promised transfer, I was so happy and excited, I never bothered going to the farm again, it was a memorable day for us."

"Receiving money from Givedirectly to me means that the organisation wants to support us financially so that we should be able to access basic needs such as food, clothes, school fees and also build good house"

"I'm super excited for getting enrolled in the programme to me the money means giving me a chance to alleviate my own poverty."