"The biggest hardship faced currently is inadequate means of getting enough money to look after my children, especially providing education and food."

"Self financial independence has always been my wish since i was married 10 years ago. I am a housewife and my spouse who has another family of seven is the one i rely on to provide for my four children and I. This is the biggest hardship i face since sometimes my children are sent home for school fees and they could stay for even one month at home while other people's children attend school. I always feel like i have failed them but i thank GD for visiting my village. My worries will soon come to an end"

"Receiving this money means I will be able to pay off overdue debt in which my cultivation land was used as collateral security. Getting this land back will be useful in making sure enough food is available for the family. "

"Recieving this money means I can buy a sewing machine. I had finished a tailoring course but didn't have money to buy the machine and the materials needed to start up the business."

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is inability to own a better house.I sleep in a grass thatched house which is very costly to maintain and looking at the near future, it will be more difficult to find grass. This often leaks and gives rise to children falling sick often which affects our savings leading to poverty."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to build iron-roofed house for my household. I spend money on renovating the grass thatched house yearly hence it's has become hard to save for any development. Once I receive Givedirectly transfers my priority will be to build iron-roofed house. This house will provide better shelter and also enable my household to save some money for providing other neccessities."

"Before receiving this transfer, I used to farm late because I had to wait for the owner of the oxen to plough first . However, this cash transfer has enabled me acquire an ox that is going to make me plough on time. In addition, I repossessed my farm land which I had used as security for the loan. The challenges I used to experience while farming are no more thanks to GiveDirectly."

"Inadequate farm land for crop cultivation is my biggest hardship. I own an acre of farm land but this is not enough. The food I cultivate is basically for household consumption and yet I need to sell some in order to meet other household needs. This some times puts me in a fix on what to do first, making planing for the household very difficult. "

"Receiving this money means building a Permanent house that will accommodate all household members. This will increase on savings and standard of living. I spend a lot of money on yearly basis renovating grass thatched houses and it's cost is very huge and affects household's savings."

"I felt great the moment I received the transfer because I was going to acquire what I never had before like a mattress and bed sheets."