"Financial instability has been the biggest hardship that I have ever faced in my life. This is because I work as a casual laborer in a small eatery kiosk in our nearby town and my role is fetching water. This job earns me $2 per day that usually goes to food and I hardly save for the future of my children. I am so grateful now after knowing that, soon I will have a stable source of income."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is basically lack of a good house. I do not have resources to build one."

"When i think about this opportunity of receiving money from Givedirectly i see me and my family's everyday life improving becasue then i will be able to accomplish most of my dreams."

"Receiving this money means good education for my family. I was blessed with 2 children. My firstborn completed his secondary education last year and passed well but he could not proceed to college due to financial instability. I am intending to spend 90,000 shillings to pay for all his college fees for 2 years, so that he can pursue a primary teaching course because this has been his ambition. I hope he will secure a job and support us in the future. Other than that, I am going to spend the remaining transfer to clear all fees arrears for the second born who is in his fourth year in secondary school."

"Receiving this money really means so much to me,I'm so excited for getting enrolled."

"Receiving this money will help me finalise my house which is incomplete. I also believe the money will help me purchase enough fertilizers for next year as this year I did not harvest enough food due to lack of money for fertilizers"

"The biggest hardship is having a proper source of money such as a business,its only my husband who is a bread winner and not helping him to support this family everyday breaks my heart.As soon as i get the transfer i want to invest,I'm thinking of selling second hand clothes and i know this business will work for me because no one really does that in this village."

"Receiving this money means so much to me,I'm very grateful for this opportunity,there has never been a programme that i ever benefited in this village this is my ever first programme to be enrolled so I'm so thankful."

"The rising price of commodities where by iam even failling to buy salt and soup is the biggest hardship i have faced in my life, along time ago having a 100 kwacha we could buy enough basic needs for the family but now it is impossible"

"Most of us were living below the poverty line and GiveDirectly did well by giving us some aid to improve our livelihoods. I believe that there was nothing which wasn't done well by officers from GiveDirectly."