"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy some household items like beddings because I really lack them. It will help me also to secure oxen for ploughing because I have been hiring oxen which is expensive. "

"The biggest hardship I face is poverty. I have always felt like starting up aboda cycling carrying customers in and out of the village to raise money that can manage my family demands but all this has never been possible due high poverty levels. Iam therefore left at fix of getting and consuming, which does not allow saving hence low economic viability. My family even feeds ones aday and the children are performing poorly at school due to low concentraton as aresult of hunger."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house for my family and buy a cow that will reproduce and take care of future eventualities. "

"My biggest hardship is lack of an income generatiing activity. Iam forced to do casual labour like working as a helper in people's building sites. This gives little earning to enable fulfill my dreams of being a job creative hence I can not manage all the required demands."

"I was just waking up to prepare breakfast for my school-going children when I heard a message notification. I got excited upon confirming that It was the money that Give Directly had promised to send. I gave the good news to my children and they were happy too."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to invest in educating my children. My children are studying in Faith Academy ,so this money I will spend on paying thier fees to better their futures. They will be making money by being job creative to sustain the needs of thier familys. This will improve their living-standards."

"Receiving this money means I am going to buy some cows that will help my children in future. It will help in their education or even marriage."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is lack of enough land for farming because my household relies on farming for a living. "

"Receiving this money means I am going to buy some piece of land for agriculture. We are currently having just one that does not allow me have enough food in my home."

"Receiving this money means I can finally construct a bigger house that can accommodate my whole family. Our current house is tiny and some of my children have to sleep at neighbors' houses. The roof is also old and rusty thus leaks a lot during rainy seasons. Secondly, I will be able to revive my grocery shop that went bankrupt because I had to clear a hospital bill. Lastly, I will buy a bed and mattress for my children who currently sleep on the floor yet the weather is very cold at the moment. "