"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is financial constraints. I majorly depend on burning and selling charcoal in order to get income to feed my family.This business is very tiresome and not reliable at this because it was banned, making it risky to venture into."

"When I received this transfer, I was very happy. This is because I knew my dream of building a new house will finally come true. I never knew someone could give me money of the same amount free without having to repay. Surely, GD has changed my life."

"I have a plan of buying a cow that will give me milk and probably sell the calf's when they finally become of age. I will have a new stock of cows that will act as a source of income in the future when I run out of finances."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is being unable to educate my children due to lack of a stable source of income.As a widow and a subsistence farmer,meeting the basic needs of my children such as food,clothing and education has been so difficult making my bright children to drop out at class eight and this means we will remain chained to the vicious cycle of poverty as a family."

"Our village is currently experiencing drought and this has really affected my farm due to inadequate and unreliable rainfall. As a farmer who solely depend on her farm, my crops have failed to grow thereby making my family to starve due to lack of enough food. "

"The biggest hardship is famine. My farm hasn't been productive, I farm but the crops fail. I am worried that my children may have to sleep hungry in days to come. As we head to January I will have to be buying food yet I don't have a constant income. "

"One of my children has a problem in her head, we used so much resources trying to get her help. We thank God she was finally treated but still needs close follow up because of the condition that she has. This is the biggest hardship I have faced."

"I was so happy when I got the text message from GD because it came at a time when I was financially broke and there was nowhere I could get such an amount during such a time."

"I would say that the biggest difference fro is that I was able to buy new sofa-set which I never had before because I used to get very embarrassed whenever I got visitors who came to pay me a visit and they had to sit on rugged seats. Right now I no longer gets embarrassed whenever I get visitors because I have enough space that can accommodate them very comfortably."

"The new sewing machine that I bought will be enough to generate some cash for me into the future. I am trained tailor and I believe my skills in this field will propel to becoming the next best tailor within my locality."