"The biggest hardship I have ever faced in my life is when my seasonal crops in the farm fail because of heavy rains or during times of drought. During this time, I do not have a source of income and therefore, paying fees for my children becomes a challenge for me. I am therefore forced to rely on my neighbors and wellwishers to give me odd jobs so that I can meet my obligations as a parent."

"The biggest hardship I have ever faced in my life is that when I was newly married, we did not have any source of income. My husband and I did not own any cow and could not find any form of employment because we dropped out of school in standard 8 due to lack of fees. Over the years, we have been struggling to ensure that we do not fail as parents becaus we desire to give the best to our children. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is inability to build a new house due to lack of enough money. Since I know that I will get money from GiveDirectly, I feel my dreams will soon be fulfilled."

"My greatest achievement is my dairy cow. It is an achievement because I had to work hard in tilling my farm and planting seasonal crops such as maize and beans which I later sold and used the proceeds to buy a cow. I am now able to provide milk for my children and also meet their needs because I sell some milk."

"My husband died 20 years ago and left me with young children to take care of.Since then i have been able to single-handedly bring my children up as well as educate them.This is the achievement I am proudest of"

"In 2008,I tilled my piece of land and planted beans on it.The harvest was good and from the sale I was able to buy a young cow.The calf has since grown into a mature cow and is the one that providesmilk for my family.Buying this cow is the achievement I am proudest of"

"Currently I'm having 3 children who are in secondary school and my KOB isn't enough pay for them school fees. One if them has now dropped out of school to help me look for money. This is the biggest hardship in my life"

"My life was really difficult at first until my sister came to my rescue. My sister works with a loan lending organisation and she was moved by the toils and tribulations that I was going through in my life. Knowing that I had interest in bodaboda industry, she persuaded me into buying a bodaboda on loan. This bodaboda changed my life a lot. I struggled to pay back the loan in two years and my life has never been the same again. I consider this a great achievement but I equally have plans of purchasing another bodaboda."

"We are blessed as a family with seven children. I always had a desire of giving my family the best I could. With limited resources at my disposal, I struggled tooth and nail to feed my family and give my children the best in terms of education. Today, I am a proud father having educated all my seven children through secondary education and four of them have completed their university education. Nothing gives me sense of satisfaction and pride than this. I am a really proud father."

"The proudest achievement in my life is when my child joined college.I never imagined my child could continue with his education after high school due to joblessness but a friend managed to help me pay college fees."