"I spent my third transfer to acquire two livestock that is a she -cow and an ox which I am now assured that they will help me mostly in my household emmergencies such as paying school fees for my children in future.I also bought household utensils and food."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is having an unreliable source of income which has negatively affected my marriage. A case in point is my inability to meet her request for a capital to start a business. She thinks I am being mean by failing to provide the money when in reality I am just too broke to raise it."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is having an unreliable source of income which has made it very difficult to provide for my family's basic needs. There are times my family survive on one meal a day."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is having an unreliable source of income. I majorly depend on charcoal burning to provide for my family's basic needs and pay my children's school fees. I have really laboured to make ends meet."

"My life is different than it would have been if i never received the money in that i own a phone and am able to use it. I now eat well and on time. Am proud because i managed to pay school fees for my children and they are in boarding section. I have a solar panel for light, my phone also has a torch, i feel more secure. I thank Give Directly so much."

"My life is different than it would have been if i did not get this money because am no longer sickly, i managed to get better treatment and am now healthy."

"I expect my life to change since by then, I will be living in my new house."

"In the next six months, I expect my life to change in the sense that I have purposed to save my monthly transfers and register for a tailoring course."

"My life is currently different from how it would have been in that,we are able to combine our transfers and take care of our household needs without straining too much or having no other choice but to borrow. My family can now eat well because we have money to buy food,(especially maize) in bulk. Getting proper meals was a big challenge back then."

"The biggest hardship that I have is lack of money to pay school fees for my son. "