"The biggest hardship that I have faced is lack of money, I depend on fishing to earn money ands sometimes we come back home without money due to bad whether."

"Lack of enough food to feed my family is the main hardship i face every year. My husband is a fisherman and he spends most of the time at the lake fishing but he contributes too little in taking care of the family. I have to do casual labour to find some money to buy food."

"It's a high risk going over the sea to fishing just to make sure I find food for my children and send them to school. At times I find it difficult catching fish due to the roughness of the sea and condition of my canoe which allows water to enter it why fishing. If am selected to be a direct beneficiary of Give Directly money transfer, I will buy a new Canoe, pay my children school fees and fix mud house due to its condition. Getting a newer canoe will enable me catch enough fish which I will sell to generate money to sustain my family."

"For so many years, my boyfriend have been going on the sea to fishing before we get food or other basic needs for our household which is a risk being over the sea with smaller boats so if am opportune to get this money from Givedirect, I will establish a business in order to have a constant source of living and reduce my husband risk of going on rough sea daily ."

"I was actually a happy man in August when I got more fishes form fishing trip I made on the sea . And the proceeds got from August fishing made my spouse to establish a fish business which has been helping us up to present. August month was the month that ends my struggle of not getting more fishes from my fishing"

"Over the past years,I have been risking my life going over the sea and river to fishing and sell just to earn living for me and my family so if am opportune to receive GiveDirectly money ,I will establish clothes business that will help my brother and I grow in making much money with less risk especially for my condition as old surgery patient."

"I am the happiest in the afternoon and evenings because it is the time we find food after working on casual jobs such as fishing."

"Lack of money to buy basic needs for my life such as food and clothes has been the major hardship which i have faced in my life. It is not simple to make money here as we mainly depend on the lake for fishing which has been a challenge as of late because we are not catching fish. I therefore lack money to buy food and i stay many days without proper food"

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is lack of enough food to feed my family. I barely have enough food because i don't have enough land for crops. I depend on the lake for fishing and as of late the situation has been tough as we do not catch a lot of fish."

"When i have managed to source money from fishing because i know that on that particular day i will manage to feed my family then I'm happy"