"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is poverty. This explains why I had to drop out of school. Along the way, I got pregnant and the boy who impregnated me disappeared immediately. I gave birth successfully and I am struggling to take care of my child alone as a single parent. Getting money to take care of my child's medical bills, buying soap and all that is needed for the wellbeing of a child is such a big charllage to me. I have to do casual labour to see to it that atleast I provide up to the level that I can. "

"Living in a poor dilapidated house is my biggest challenge. The house I live in is made up of grass and blocks which leaks at night. I have a daughter of nine years, we stay in that house and it is too small for us to live in."

"The biggest hardship that I face is poverty. It is for this reason that I have not been able to buy more land to add on the already existing small piece. I have not been able to start up any income generating activity because there is no capital to begin with. As such, I have always had food shortage because of limitations of farm land. The little that is produced is usually not enough to sustain the family. "

"My life is better now in that l own an iron roofed house. I had never thought I would ever sleep comfortably. Prior to receiving this money, I used to spend sleepless nights in a leaky grass thatched house. Thank you GiveDirectly. "

"Getting this money will make me happy because I will be able to buy cattle and land for cultivation which wil help me take care of my family."

"The biggest hardship for me is taking children to school. I don't enough and this makes life hard."

"For the next six months of my life, I expect to have saved enough money for purchasing the building materials such as iron sheets, timber, nails which I'm planning to use to construct a new better house. Most likely by then, I expect to have constructed a new house."

"I am planning to buy a few goats that I will be rearing for future financial benefits. One advantage of having the goats around is because nobody knows what the future would bring. In any event that the future becomes bleak and I have no other source of getting finances."

"I expect that my life will have changed in the next six months in that I shall have bought the necessary building materials which will facilitate the plastering of my mud house. I will no longer be living in a dusty mud house which affects my family's health with frequent cough and being sickly."

"I expect my life to change in the next six month in that I will have saved some money from my salary and also from the group to replace the windows and in cementing the floor of my house. I am planning on buying a new one because the one we have is old and not secure. Being able to replace these windows will enhance the level of security in my house."