"Receiving this money makes me proud. Life has been so unbearable to me. Insufficient food and unreliable source of income have been the most difficult issues to grapple with. I believe this money will make me bring a significant change to my livelihood."

"We were happy since we are going to have a better life compared to how we have lived before."

"Am not even able to pay school fees for my little children who are in lower primary."

"I was happy since it is the only chance I could have the get my own home. "

"Receiving this money is a great news to me because I will be able to build a bigger and a better house."

"Receiving this money makes me feel very happy because I know I will be able to take my son to college."

"Receiving this money makes me feel happy because my life will change and I will be able to build a bigger house than the one I am staying in now"

"I felt very happy when i was informed that i will be receiving money from Give Directly because I thought they had completely forgotten about me. Now I am sure I will get a chance to build an iron roofed house."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is when my business closed down. I used to run a hotel in the neighbourhood but when it closed down due to robbery life became hard because that was the only source of income to my family."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is when I had to drop out of school due to lack of school fees. My parents passed on while I was still young and no one could help me raise school fees. This forced me to drop out in form three. That was the worst moment in my life."