"The moment I received the money, I felt very happy since I was assured of accomplishing most of my pending projects with the upcoming transfers.At the same time I was convinced that GiveDIrectly do fulfill promises as opposed to other organisations who come our community with bigger promises and they disappear in thin air after getting donor fundings."

"When I received the money, I was very happy and thanked God for the blessings and GD for the life changing transfer."

"Making ends meet has been my biggest challenge in life.My family's daily wage is low.l am living from hand to mouth."

"My biggest challenge is getting daily food for my family.We depend on my husband who does menial jobs and the pay is very low."

"My bigggest hardship in life is taking care of my big family with low income.My husband is a fisherman. We depend on fishing to get money to buy food for our family."

"Receiving this money makes me to be very happy as currently am staying in a grass thatched house which usually leaks when it rains hence I will be able to afford iron sheets for my roof. I am so grateful to God."

"My biggest hardship in life is making making ends meet.My husband does not have a stable job.Life has been so tough because of increasing prices in basic commodities. "

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to pay school fees for my son who is in secondary school. If I am unable to raise the required fees he may have to defer his studies."

"Receiving this money makes me feel so happy because I will be able to do several things that I was not able to do because I lacked money "

"The biggest hardship that i face is not being able to earn sufficient income to sustain my family's needs being that I am the sole bread winner ever since my husband lost his job."