"The biggest challenge has been that of insufficient income to support my entire household in terms of food and other basic necessities such as soap"

"This money means that our problems will be over. We find it hard to find food enough for all of us. This money will help us buy food, beddings and I will also build a new house."

"One of the biggest hardship has been the care of these children. My husband left for work in another area but I have now given up hope if he will ever come back."

"This money means an improved standard of living for me and my children. I will now build a better home and a good kitchen for better food preparation. The other money will go towards buying household items such as beds, buckets and other items."

"This money means a comfortable home for me and my children. We have been struggling to afford good food and prepare our food better as we have very few pots and plates. Hence, I will utilise the money to buy good beddings and mattress. The other money will go towards items such as pots, platesspoons,buckets and others."

"The biggest hardship that i always face is having a proper and reliable source of money,as it is I'm a farmer and yearly i have to make sure that i have all the farm inputs in stock,for the past years this has been so challenging because i don't have any source of money as a result i always have poor harvest."

"I spent my transfer as follows; purchase of Ironsheets, maize farming, debt repayment and medical expenses, chainlink fence and the rest on food and household items."

"I commend GiveDirectly for doing proper background checksbefore giving out their money."

"I spent my transfer as a top up for construction of a modern shop.This is because initially I had bought a plot of land but didn't have money for construction but GiveDirectly came in on time."

"GiveDirectly has improved my family's livelihood."