"The proudest achievement is that I have built a house and I am taking my children to school."

"The achievement I am proudest of is that I managed to educate my son up to form four level."

"The achievement that I am proudest of is that I was able to take my son to school up to secondary level till he finished school using cash that I have been getting from the sale of my farm produce."

"I plan to buy ironsheet, timber and nails, and build an iron roofed house. I also hope to buy seats and other household items."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to buy a ploughing machine and two oxen, I till my farm using manual labour and this is not very efficient, I might have to suspend tilling my farm until I am able to afford the ploughing machine and oxen."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to pay school fees for my child who is almost finishing her secondary school education, she is always being sent away from school because of fee arrears, I fear that she might have to defer her studies."

"My proudest achievement is having worked as a casual worker and by diligently saving my earnings, I finally managed to build my current house."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to pay a hospital bill that I owe, my spouse was recently ill and incurred a huge hospital bill, I am afraid that if I am unable to raise the required money some of my property may be auctioned."

"GiveDirectly staff talks to recipients with respect and love while other NGOs staffs talks to their recipients rudely."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a house now and I no longer get rained on."