"My twelve year old son developed a problem at birth which has made him paralysed on one side of his body. He is epileptic too. I have tried different types of medication including herbal medicine but his condition has not improved. He is currently in a special school. This is what has been my biggest hardship;raising him up. He needs special attention and money to facilitate his well being. I depend on casual jobs to make ends meet;same to my spouse. Such jobs are unreliable and earn less while my son is always on medication. I pay close to 200 USD as school fees per term. This is before buying medicine and paying for his massage sessions. It has not been an easy 12 years."

"I am keeping my old mother who is very sickly and it is hard to keep up buying her medicines"

"I am work as part-time chemistry attendent at our near by market centre. My desire has been to incorporate ventenary medicine in that business as a partnership with the owner. Receiving this money mean fulfilment of my wish since I am planning to invest $ 250 to purchase more stock for the business. The remaining amount will assist me in purchasing Oxen and Ox-plough to help me preparation of my farm and will be able to rent them out at a fee to neighbors."

"Lack of stable income has been our biggest hardship. Since subsistence farming has been our source of income, unfavorable weather conditions have affected the output. Recently due to prolonged drought, we harvest two sacks of maize in a 4-acre piece of land. With this I am supposed to pay school fees and also to buy medicine for my sick children."

"My husband is sickly and this money will help me in buying him medicine"

"Receiving this money will help me buy a cow. This will help me get milk for consumption. The cow will cost me around 200 USD. With this money,I will be able to go on with my medication. I am diabetic and every month I use not less than 30 USD to buy medicine."

"I have been ailing from High blood pressure and knee arthritis for the last 4 years, a condition that require alot of money to manage, in terms of eating nutritious foods such as milk, green vegetables and fruits. Medicines prescribed by my doctor are also costly yet I depend on my son who operates motorcycle taxi to fend for his family as well as mine. This is the most challenging phrase of my life."

"For many years have been surfering from diabetes and high blood pressure,this has been my big challenge to have medicine and food to maintain my status of living this given that am a widow thank you Givedirectly for coming to support me."

"I do not have any new additional goal except to continue buying medicine and enough food for the family. By so doing, I will be adding more years to my life."

"The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that I have been able to pay school fees for my children in college. I do small scale farming at home. I do not have a continuous source of income to support this. Sometimes I sell the surplus at the market to earn an income to pay part of the school fees. I am also a traditional herbalist. This also earn me some income when I sell traditional medicine to people in my village. The amount of money I get from these two sources is not enough to meet all the basic needs and even pay school fees for my children on time. My children used to be sent home to collect the school fees and this was affecting their performance. When I started receiving the money from GiveDirectly I was able to pay the school fees on bits and they were not sent home to collect the school fees as usual. I am so happy because I no longer struggle so much but rather devote much of my time to doing my daily chores."