"The biggest hardship is that,I have not been able to build a good house and get enough food for my family due to lack of money.I thank Givedirectly because I will now be able to built a good house and get food for my family."

"I am happy and so excited that l am one of those who is going to benefit from the transfer. I know l will have my own water pump to use to pump water in my farm and l will also be able to lease other farm. My wife will also have a store to sell our farm produce. "

"I am so excited to be among the recipients because it will give me an opportunity to kick poverty out of my household."

"Receiving this money means a lot of stress relieve. I have been having much challenge in meeting daily needs of my household like education for my children, food and even clothing. I hope I will be able to achieve my dreams of better living."

"Receiving this money means regained hope in my life. I hope to expand my small scale business of vegetables, construction of spacious house and also education for my children."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of school fees for my children. I sometimes shed tears when I see them kicked out of school because I am unable to pay for their fees."

"Receiving this money means happiness in my life in that I shall be able to pay school fees for my children, constructing a spacious house and also starting a better business for sustainable livelihood."

"Receiving this money means a lot of happiness and hope in my life. I believe that I shall be able to start a small scale business that will be of sustainable support to my household. I also hope to construct a better house that is spacious to accommodate my household."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is walking in rags and being ashamed to associate with other village members because they call me abusive names. The other hardship is lack of food and feeling weak due to malnutrition."

"The moment when I received my money was quite surreal to me; it happened that our house had just been broken into and our wooden door got badly damaged in the process. As a family we were desperately looking for money to buy a steel door for replacement but we felt hopeless since we had not succeeded. When the Transfer was sent 48 hours later , it was very timely and we rejoiced over the miracle."