"I have faced my biggest hardship when my parents passed on whike i was 5 years old. Living with different relatives was not easy."

"The biggest hardship I am facing currently is lack of a stable source of income. I am now getting older and feel like I should not engage myself in casual work. "

"The achievement I am proudest of is that I managed to complete form four education. "

"My life is different is different in that I could still be longing for a house. I could have never owned one in my own compound that soon."

"I spent part of my third transfer on buying six goats for rearing, and I am hopeful that they will help me in future when they multiply. I also paid school fees for my daughter who is secondary school and the remaining on food for my family consumption."

"I'm proud of constructing the house that we currently stay in, this is because I depend on casual jobs that sometimes earn me cash or nil but ended up saving little money out of that and today I own a shelter. "

"I've managed to raise my two grandchildren despite the fact that I'm a widow and a jobless old woman. "

"I am currently facing hardship in getting food to feed myself. At times I skip or miss meals at all. "

"I spent my third transfer on buying some more iron sheets that I am planning to used to expand my current house from a two roomed house to four rooms. At the moment it is too squeezed for my family members. The remaining I spent on paying my son his school. The remaining I spent on buying food my family consumption."

"I had built a new house using my previous transfers.so my third transfer went to completing the house. I painted it, fitted glass windows and plastered the house. It is now free from dust and looks neat. The remaining amount I spent on buying a sheep for rearing that also act as a remembrance of Givedirectly on what they have done in improving my living standards."