"The biggest difference is that very soon I will be staying in a more comfortable house with the acquisition of electricity. This will act as a security measure within the community. Previously, we had to use small solar powered torches which were not lighting well at night."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house, buy oxen that will support in farming and take care of the education needs of my children. I believe this way, this money will support my family better."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of money to adequately provide the needs of my household. I have children at higher levels of education, daily feeding of my household, paying off medical bills and any other needs of afamily are my responsibility but there is no money to do all these. Sometimes my children have had to stay back home until I get the money to pay their school fees which makes them miss a lot in class. I try to sell off some of my agricultural harvest sometimes but this is not satisfactory the fact that I am just a subsistance farmer. "

"Over the past year after the death of my husband, I was living under a lot of stress due to my pathetic living conditions. This also brought with it a lot of health problems as I could not eat well. Now that my biggest worry is settled, I hope to have a better health so that I can concentrate on providing for my children."

"I have achieved one of the biggest dreams I have had for a very long time of constructing a better house, which I really thank Give Directly for the support that made it possible.This itself has already changed my life because I was in a very bad condition before the project, but I would wish to plaster the house entirely to make it more durable and safe from termites and also save me from constant smearing."

"I am a single mother and I live in my parent's land.According to our culture the female children are not entitled to inheritance of property from their parents.This has become one my biggest hardship since my parents passed away.My brothers have been harassing me whereas I have nowhere else to call home.If I had the ability to buy a separate piece of land I could be living seperately.This has not been possible due to lack of money. "

"Raising up my 4 children has been a challenge given the tough economic times.I am a farmer and what I get is not enough to cater for all their needs.Paying school fees has been the main challenge.My daughter joined a secondary boarding school this year and raising her school fees was a big problem.I was forced to sell 0.2 acres of my 2 acres of land to pay her fees.This is the very land that I depend on as a farmer and I had to sacrifice part of it to pay school fees.However I am glad that she joined school and I know that the boost that I have gotten from Give Directly will help my daughter complete his secondary school studies."

"Receiving this money means getting financial support to relief me from extreme poverty like acquiring livestock. "

"The biggest hardship faced in my life is lack of money to be able to meet medical treatment whenever sick."

"I plan to build an iron roofed house with this money."