"My husband does quarring of building stones and it is really a difficult task because it takes around five days to fill a trailer so that it can be sold and at times there is no ready market for the stones. Sometimes, this makes us go to bed with nothing to eat because it is an unstable source of income."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is food insecurity. The land is available but largely unproductive and the rains are unreliable.Furthermore, the amount of money I get from casual jobs is not enough to afford the exorbitant food prices.This has forced my family members to live on one meal a day."

"I fully depend on the earnings from casual labour jobs which sometimes I can go for a whole week without getting. As a result,We sometimes go without food and my children are often sent home for school fees.Receiving money from Give directly means I will start my own business of being livestock and poultry vendor so as to enable me provide food,school fees and other basic needs to my family.Livestock and poultry business is lucrative and will provide reliable source of income to cater for the above needs."

"Receiving this money is a means of putting up a house with a good structure for my family members."

"When i receive this money, i will use part of it as bride price to acquire a wife and also complete construction of the house."

"When i receive this money, i will buy a plot of land and some cows to prepare myself for marriage."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is the illness of pressure that attacks me and i spend alot of money on treatment."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is poverty. Since my husband died, life is just a struggle. I try to find means of survival alone with no one to help. "

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house. "

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of money for educating my children, who are studying in kocheka primary school."