"The biggest hardship I face is poverty. I donot have any source of money buying land. This land I would be cultivating to get crop produce. Some of this i would be selling in exchange for money to solve other needs."

"My challenge is lack of Better source of money for educating my children. My children are in a private primary called st . Peter's Maga but are always sent home because Iam un able to pay school fees in time and this is affecting thier performance."

"I am planning to save some money from the transfers in a merry-go-round towards buying more building materials that I will use in building a new house to accommodate my large family. By then I shall be having a new house which will be the envy of the village."

"Receiving this money means I will spend for buying a piece of land. Iam separated with my spouse for about four years and yet I have four children with no where to dig and build houses. It therefore means no adequate food since I donot have gardens to cultivate and this is making life very difficult in terms of feeding. So this is agreat chance from givedirectly for me to fulfill my desires of getting land."

"Receiving this money means that I will own and sleep in a better house and my children will be educated and have better jobs that will sustain them."

"The biggest hardship I face is limited financial support for hiring/buying land, oxen and other necessary family support like purchasing household items."

"The biggest challenge I face is, I do not have enough land for cultivation of crops which would in turn support education of my children through the sale of produce."

"The biggest hardship I face is my disability which does not allow me to actively engage in productive work. I try to do some product in work but with a limitation. I am lame and I can not compete with the able bodied. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced is the recurring effects of poison. This does not enable me do any work that involves my physical input."

"Receiving this money means a lot to me because my current house is incomplete and it is not plasterd, the wall and the floor is full of holes. Rats have inhabited some areas in the house and are eating clothes."