"I have been living in this village for the past fifteen years with my husband. Both of us have tried establishing small businesses but due to low capital we fail to maintain them. Hence, this money has given us hope to start afresh and decide on how to invest it and use the profits to sustain ourselves in future. We fail to finish the house we started to build as you can see it has no windows and cemented floor. We struggle alot in winter and rainy seasons but we have no choice to go another house. This money also means a warm and comfortable house for us. I believe my children too will also have their school needs taken care of. I have also been struggling to pay their school fees which is not that much as they learn at government schools but we have hard choices on whether they should eat or go to school hungry. Hence they are always home sometimes due to lack of school fees and other needs."

"The biggest hardship that i have faced in my life is actually lack of money to build a better and proper house. I have never slept in a good house in my life. Every year I struggle during the rainy season as this house leaks and it is dusty."

"I am leading a more promising life after receiving the transfer. This is because the funds enabled me attain my dream goal of becoming a plant operator. I was almost becoming pessimistic regarding the pursuit of my dream course and job if not for the GiveDirectly's financial aid. Since I have just completed the course, I am very optimistic about securing a well-paying job soon. Once I get employed, our family shall lead a better life because we will get significant amounts of money for educating other members and purchasing our needs and demands."

"GiveDirectly does well by offering grants instead of loans. Many people could probably default it they were loans because the program targets the most needy in society. Overall, I find nothing that GiveDirectly doesn't do well."

"Receiving this money to me means that I will now be able to grow my small business into some thing big. I know that I have i big business i will be able to provide for my family with out much difficulties."

"I mainly struggle to find food. I do not have a land of my own were I can Farm so I mainly depend on buying food and this is a problem because I do not have any stable source of income."

"We relay on farming as our main occupation,mostly we don't have enough money to buy adequate farm inputs inorder to harvest much products this is the biggest hardship we constantly face because as a result we have insufficient food to take us through the year."

"Receiving this money really means so much to me, I am supper excited for getting enrolled in the programme and i truly can't wait to get enrolled."

"I have always wanted to build and rent out some boys quarters but lacked the financial means for that. So this is a breakthrough for me"

"I will use the money to build a way much better house as the one I currently live in is small; dilapidated and grass thatched. I want to build an iron sheet roofed house with a cement floor so that I can be mopping it"