"The biggest hardship I am facing in life is lack of enough money and I am unable to cater for my family needs. Sometimes we are forced to go without food and my children do not have enough clothing. This is because I lack a stable source of income."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have bought a cupboard hence I will be able to keep my utensils in a safe place."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have started drinking milk from our cow. I believe that my health will have improved too."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have a stable source of income from the business that I intend to start."

"I hope that in six months time, I will have completed constructing my new house so that I can focus on saving for a business that I hope to start."

"The biggest hardship I currently face is difficulty in paying school fees to my children. I also struggle to fend for my family. "

"The biggest hardship we have faced in our family is unreliability and frequent absence of rains in our area (Chepalungu). Accordingly, we stuggle to fend for our family because we rely primarily on subsistence farming. We experience lots of losses due to regular droughts. "

"My life is different in that, I have got a peace of mind because am expecting to buy oxen that will enable me plough my land in time, I have also got additional acre of land and bought for my children descent clothing, I couldn't have achieved all these had I not received money from Give Directly."

"In the next six months to come, I expect to be having a happier life than now in that I will have than monthly transfer paying school fee for my kids hence will use other income for other basic needs."

"My life has changed. I now have a cow in my compound and crops in my farm. Farming & livestock are things that I like and I am happy to see the two done. I used to desire to plant crops and buy a cow but I couldn't due to lack of funds. Now I am a happy person, my family too. Thank you for the funds."