"The achievement I'm proudest of is having been able to go to college and received training on dress making and I'm glad that soon with the help of Givedirectly I will be able to put my skills into use after using my transfer to acquire sewing machines."

"The biggest hardship we're facing currently is on the size of our house which has become smaller due to the increase in the number of family members and also paying school fees for our children is proving to be hard."

"The biggest hardship I'm facing currently is on paying school fees for my children in primary school and also on my own college fees, I had to dropout of theology school due to lack of money."

"The biggest hardship I'm facing currently is on making ends meet,my vegetable business is not good enough to raise the much I need to sustain my family.Being a widow does not make it any easier since I do not have an additional helping hand."

"The biggest hardship I am facing in my life is struggling to fend for the children as a widow. I don't have anyone to help me. "

"The achievement I am proudest of is buying my small backyard garden, which provides my family with fresh vegetables. "

"The biggest hardship I am facing in my life is living in a house with a leaking roof. I will have to replace some of the iron sheets when I get cash from Give Directly. "

"The achievement I am proudest of is enrolling two of my children in secondary school, and I continue to support them through their education. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of a steady stream of income, which sometimes forces us to go hungry when there's no work. "

"The achievement I am proudest of is selling part of the crop from our farm and using the money to buy a cow. "