"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is poverty. I hardly eat 2 decent meals a day because there is no money to buy food. I also can't take my family members to good health facilities because I cannot afford."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to purchase a grinding mill. My village has very few machines that grand flour. This machine will save the community from walking long distance to grand flour and also make money for my up keep. The money I get from this machine will help me in sustaining the needs of my family members"

"The biggest hardship that I face is inadequate land for crop cultivation which has led to food shortage at household level. We are two women sharing an acre of land and most of the land we cultivate, we hire which is very expensive and not sustainable at all."

"Inadequate food at household level is my biggest hardship. We do not have enough food which makes it difficult for us to feed on a balanced diet. That has reduced on our immunity and has made me sickly and prone to opportunistic infections like arthritis, malaria, to mention which has reduced on the labour force."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of land for agriculture which makes us sometimes to go and do casual labouring inorder to get money. But if we had our own land, we would work on our own."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of money fully help in facilitating our household's needs. My husband has 3 women and he earns little money that can sustain all of us."

"The biggest hardship that I face is pressure from my wife's parents over completion of bride price. I do not have a reliable source which gives me sleepless nights because they are near and they keep on asking for it every now and then."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have started my poultry keeping project. With this project, I am optimistic that my family will be getting their needs on time. This is because I will be selling some of the eggs and use the money to meet our needs. I thank Give Directly for giving me the capital to start this project. I do not think I would have thought of starting this project this soon."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have started poultry keeping project. This will be my source of income through the sale of eggs at the market. Since it does not require much time it will not stop me from engaging in my farming activities."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have started a poultry project. This project will enable me to earn a daily income by selling eggs to meet other additional needs for the family."