"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is illness. My wife has a mental illness that has consumed alot of money living me with no savings."

"The biggest hardship I face is poverty. My spouse does not balance providing basic needs lake paying fees ,good food ,clothing and shelter for my children. Iam also unable to do so since I lack any source of earning. I therefore see disasterous future for my children. "

"When I receive this money, the first thing I will do is to pay a loan that saw our piece of land taken as collateral. I would like to pay this loan so that we regain our land and we do agriculture on it. I will also buy oxen that will help in ploughing the fields. I have been hiring this bulls but now if I have my own, then I will be able to save what we have been using as a cost of hiring those services."

"My biggest hardship is inability to renovate my grass thatched house. I sleep in a grass thatched house which requires renovating it on yearly basis hence making living conditions unbearable."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy oxen and ox-plough. My source of earning is from farming especially cropping. The only challenge I face is lack of oxen to enable my family maxmise on it. I relay on hiring oxen ,which is not timely and costs effective. Once I own oxen, my famliy will start ealier planting thus may lead to increased production of crops."

"The moment I recieved my money, I was over whelmed by joy because I knew that I would access better treatment for my self."

"I was overwhelmed by joy when I learnt that GiveDirectly had sent me money because I knew that I could acquire an ox that I needed most."

"The moment I recieved my money, I was over whelmed by joy because it came at a time when I had just given birth, so I knew that I would be able to feed well."

"When I receive this money, I will buy bulls and an ox-plough to help us in agriculture. This will help us cut the cost of hiring those services. This will also help us improve our agricultural practices perhaps commercialize the agriculture because our outputs will go high."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money to fully empower me to have equipments for my electronics repair business, agriculture and marriage. "