"my livelihood will change and I shall have all the basic things that I lack on my home"

"Honestly, my most challenging hardship i have been facing in my life is lack of a stable means of earning money. As a result, I usually face difficulties to buy food and other basic needs of life."

"Getting access to water for domestic use is quite a challenge in this region. Being an area that is prone to persistent droughts, we are forced to walk for 3 kilometers to access this precious commodity. What makes the situation dire is the fact that I carry it on my back and I have to make 5-6 trips a day. This leaves me with a lot of backaches at the end of the day. I have to do this single-handedly because culture does not allow our husbands to assist us in doing such kind of work. I spend more than half of my day doing this. I feel that this is so much time going to waste because there other pressing matters to be attended to that can give my family a positive impact economically."

"In this area, we depend on farming as the main source of livelihood. I live in a small compound and that means I have limited space to do farming. Many times I am forced to lease from neighbors but I find it expensive. It costs 5000 shillings to lease a portion of 1acre for a period of 1year. You also have to incur an extra cost to fence that same piece to prevent animals from destroying the crops. Fencing costs 10000 shillings for 1 acre. Adding all the costs surpasses the overall outcome from this all exercise"

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is prolonged drought in our area. This has led to low crop production yet we only harvest 5 bags of maize in our 0.5 acre of land. This is hardly enough to cater for the entire family of 6 for school fees and other domestic expenses. My husband had to look for an alternative source of income as a guard in the city in order to sustain us a family. Our future plan is to gain financial mileage through the sell of milk since we are planning to buy a dairy through the transfer we will get from Give Directly."

"Receiving this money means that my family shall have a reliable source of milk primarily for consumption. As a relatively large family that relies mainly on milk as a staple food item yet, we have no cows or a reliable source of income, getting the invaluable resource has been a tough task. Though we usually spend most of our income on purchasing milk from our neighbors, we rarely get enough amounts. Hence, owning one or two cows will be a great achievement for our family because we shall have relatively enough milk while saving our funds to be used in other developmental projects. Thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus."

"The biggest hardship is having a sustainable source of income so that i should be able to buy basic needs for my self."

"So far the biggest hardship is finding food and other basic needs for my family such as clothes,a good living standard aswell."

"I have been struggling to raise a living in my family after my business collapsed when I spent the little capital I had on my medication. Receiving this money to me means I got another chance in life. I am planning to restart my business and once I got it running again, I will be assured of better income that can help me meet my family basic needs and other goals."

"The program will help us to renovate our house. It will also enable me to buy proper beddings for the entire household. I will also buy kids clothes."