"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of land for cultivation. I shared the only piece of land that I had among my children. What I am left with is too small to sustain the needs of my household. It is the reason I have always had food shortage in my household. "

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of land for cultivation. Paying school fees, feeding and generally the maintenance of a household would have been made easier if I had land. I hire land to cultivate and sometimes do casual labour to provide for the family. This is very inconviniencing and less productive."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will be having a new house and a cow. After finishing building a new house, I want to buy a cow as an investment for my family. I know when it reproduces I will have a herd which is a symbol of wealth in my life. I would want to coninue about improving my life."

"In the next six months, I plan to save the money to buy a motorcycle which my grandson will use for the motorcycle business. I would not want him to sit at home doing nothing yet I do not have any income to help us in life. I would want him to have an economic engagement to develop his life."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have started the poultry project. I want to use part of my monthly transfers to buy chicken bit by bit until I have the required number for the project. I know through this, my life will never be the same again."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that my family will be feeding well. I am also hoping that I will have a plentiful harvest of potatoes and onions. I will sell them and use the money to buy a dairy cow. Investing in dairy farming has always been my prayer as it will enable me to cut the cost of buying milk daily."

"In the next six months, I expect to have saved enough money to purchase enough decent seats for my family. Currently, I only have one seat which barely fits my large family thus my children are forced to sit on the ground. Thereafter, I'll save some money so that I can add more utensils to the few that I have currently."

"I believe in the next six months I will have bought at least two sheep. Saving my monthly income with the intention of buying these sheep will be helpful to me. I know I will have accumulated enough money to buy at least three sheep to start with. Owning them will assure me that in case of uncertainties I will be able to handle the situation with ease by selling them at a higher price."

"Currently, I have a clay house but it's so dusty. This has resulted in frequent respiratory infections in my family. Therefore, in the next six months, I hope I will have saved enough money to purchase cement and sand which I'll use to plaster the house. This will reduce the amount of dust in the house."

"Receiving this money means that I will spend it for my treatment. Iam currently being diagonise of pressure and also my ball and socket borne got broken after an accident. I did not get an operation due to lack of money, so Iam forced to bear all that pain. I feel Givedirectly money is a bless since I may easily walk after treatment."