"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is maintaining a family. I don't have land that I can cultivate so there is no clear source of food and yet I have many children. My husband is trying as much as he can to do some small business in order to raise money but there seems to be no great chage regardless of the efforts. Providing for the family is just so hard that I am not able to fulfil the needs especially those of the children. As I speak, most of them are not in school because I failed to raise money to take care of their education needs. "

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of money for educating my children. I depend on crop farming and due to limited access of land, my family realizes little out put from crops production. This is not sustainable enough to cater for high demands of current fees in schools. My children have no option but to drop out schools."

"Receiving this means I will be able to complete my iron-roofed house. Iam currently staying in iron-roofed house together with goasts because of rampant theft. Also rains are eroding the lower bricks and my house is in danger of collapsing. Givedirectly transfers will enable me build a separate house for the goasts and complete my house well. This will provide descent shelter for my family members and goasts."

"Receiving this money means that I will be in position to renovate my iron-roofed house. Iam sleeping and staying with fear since all my doors have been dstroyed by termites. My property is also not safe because the house can easily be accesed by theives. Once I renovate this house my property and the whole family members will be safer."

"The biggest hardship I face is my sickness. My spouse has under gone various treatments but there is no sign of change in his health. This has become costly and we have even tried to seek the intervention of God's healing but all in vein. This has caused hunger in my family since almost every item is sold to get money for rescuing his life."

"Receiving this money means quality education for my children and a better life for my entire family. Currently, I have two children, one in primary school and the other has just completed secondary school. I am planning to take her to college to pursue a teaching coarse and this will help her to secure a better job in the future. My other plan is to spend my second transfer to repair my house since it is not in good condition and also to buy some livestock in order to have a long term investment project."

"I had a miscarriage in 2013 when I was six months pregnant.This was one of the lowest moment in my life.The doctors said that it was as a result of too much physical work that was not favourable with the condition that I was in.Sometimes I blame it on myself but on the other hand I had to do casual work so that I could get money to buy food.I fully depended on casual labour at that time and not working meant that I could not get money for food for that day."

"I expect in the next six months I shall have saved enough resources in order to buy a new water tank that will change my life if all goes well. This will act as a reservoir for use during dry seasons. Having the capability of harvesting clean rainwater for my family's consumption will be among the biggest decisions I shall have accomplished through GiveDirectly's transfers."

"Through this finacial support, I was able to complete my daughter's tuition and off set all the previous tuition balance that she had. She is currently a qualified nurse and has got an employment. I now living a happy life because my girl earns salary that helping both herself and me. Had I not recieved these transfers, my daughter wouldn't have completed her nursing course because she had an outstanding debt for the previous semester and I had failed to raise money for her final semester."

"Previously, I slept in a grass thatched hut that leaked whenever it rained. When I got my first transfer, I bought construction materials(bricks, sand, aggregate, cement) and paid partly construction labour since the construction had started. After recieving my second transfer, I bought iron sheets, timber, nails, a door, window and completed money for labour. I am now sleeping in my new house which has relieved me from the leaking hut."