"Th biggest hardship which I face in my family is limited land for farming ."

"Receiving this money is a help to me to buy a bull to add with the one I have for ploughing. "

"The biggest hardship which I face in my life is poor a commodation. "

"When I receive this money, I will build an ironsheet house and also buy some cows with the balance."

"Given that I am buying tea leaves from other farmers and supplying it in large scale now, In the next six months, will have increased my earnings. I will be more financially secure and will not have to worry about how to take care of my family's needs. I shall have stabilized my sources of income just through GiveDirectly transfers."

"My prayer and expectation in the near future is to have finished building a new and a more comfortable house for us. Staying in a comfortable house allows one to rest well and have enough energy to face the activities of a new day. I also want my children to be studying well and with enough learning materials to improve their grades. I generally wish that our general lifestyle would improve just like the rest of my villagers."

"In the next six months, I will be having a tank at home, this means my wife will be having lesser work to do since going for water was quite a task due to distance and now the main focus would be working on our farm thus higher production and my family would be well fed."

"It was the date 11th Jan, 2019 at around 11:19 AM, I was just lying in bed when my son came to me from the garden and asked me for some money to go and knit his torn clothes. I sadly told him that I had no money at all, as I did not have any money. As we were talking and having conversations about other things, the message came in. I was filled with joy and my son was so amazed. I immediately told him that he could now knit his torn clothes. I informed my wife too, and we started planning on how to spend the transfers."

"I consider financial constraint as my biggest hardship. This is because I do not have a job and my husband is a casual labourer at Mabati Rolling Mills. This is not enough to meet our needs since he is the sole breadwinner in a family of nine."

"It was 11:00 AM and I was in my business cooking chapati as usual. I heard a message come in my phone and when I checked, it was the money from Give Directly coming in. I was very very happy. I closed my shop for the day and then I went to Mariakani town to withdraw the money. I then came back home to inform my husband of the news and we immediately started planning how to spend the money. I was very grateful to Give Directly."