"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is sickness. I feel pain on my chest and back and I believe it is as a result of domestic violence. My late husband used to beat me a lot. I am not able to work as I would wish to because of the pain that I go through."

"Lack of adequate land for farming is our biggest hardship. With few gardens that we have, we as a family are unable to engage in commercial farming which would bring income to the family. We are currently confined in subsistance farming."

"Owning oxen for traction is what I have longed for so long. This will support in early planting in order to improve on food security. Currently, I hire bulls and if I fail to get money, I have to dig with A hand hoe which is not sustainable. "

"Paying school fees for my children is my biggest hardship that I face in life. I have eight children and give of them are of school going age. It's difficult to pay all of them at once because of lack of a reliable source of income which is mainly through farming. "

"I believe that my life has transformed a lot today because I now have a cow which I bought using the cash transfers from Give Directly, so for me, I will no longer have to be buying milk from the local vendors like I have been doing in the recent past. Apart from that, I have this new house that comfortably accommodates all members of my family as compared to the old small structure that I used to live in before."

"After I have completed plastering my house which I hope will be done in the next six months, I hope to invest more in the fruits business that I recently started with my previous transfers with the aim of being financially stable after the project is over. This business is my only way out of misery next year so I hope that I will be true to my wishes and invest more in it."

"The biggest hardship I meet is lack of money for maintaining my family. I have found it hard to access labour in people's gardens because of being blind. I feel rejected and hopeless hence I can not afford to provide basic needs like food in the family. My family members hardly take a meal in a day and they are really facing serious malnutrition which may result to death"

"Lack of a reliable source of income is our main hardship. We have bought a plot of land in order to construct a commercial building that we would rent out to business people and utilize it as a source of income. That has not been acahieved because of lack of funds for the same."

"My family really is in dare need of oxen and ox-plough for ploughing but all has never been fine due to high poverty levels at our home. Receiving givedirectly money will help me by my own oxen to facilitate easy and earlier tilling of land for planting crops. I believe this will increase production in my home and poverty may be no more."

"The biggest hardship I face is how to educate my children. My poverty level is so much alarming to the extent that I can not afford providing scholastic materials and paying fees for the children studying in Gill primary school. This has impacted negatively their Education since they are sent home multiple times a term."