"Lack of money to pay school fees and debts"

"Lack of enough money to buy food for my family"

"This money comes with a lot of hope in my life because I will be able to buy livestock for keeping and farming to improve food production. I will also be able renovate my house and buy furniture so that I may be like other people within my community. "

"I was on my bed resting and I got a message onnl my phone from GiveDirectly. It was real money! I jumped with great happiness, I felt like a king that moment."

"I was in my house preparing to sleep then, I heard my phone ringing, I checked it and it was a mobile money message from GiveDirectly. I was so happy."

"I saw the money from GiveDirectly on my phone in the morning andbi felt so happy."

"My biggest hardship is having to work at night. I go fishing at night and at times I come back in the morning very tired and am not able to do anything during the day."

"Receiving this money makes me feel so happy because it is going to make me build a better house,expand my business,buy households' assets and pay school fees for my children."

"It is going to improve my dignity in the society because am going to build an iron roofed house.Staying in a grass thatched house has made me be counted as among the poorest in the village."

"My biggest hardship is living in a grass thatched house. We're always rained on during rainy season because our house needs constant repairs which I cannot afford."