"The biggest hardship we face is financial instability. As much as we try to make ends meet, there's always a deficit."

"The achievement am proudest of is educating my children. Although they only made it through high school, I feel proud because I did my best as a parent."

"My proudest achievement is having managed to educate my children up to secondary school level, I was able to achieve this by saving money that I got after selling my farm produce."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to buy a piece of land somewhere and build a house for my family, my in laws are very hostile toward me and I fear they may evict me from my current piece of land, in fact I have been forced to send four of my children to my father's home."

"We are planning to spend my upcoming lump sum payment on secondary school fee for our three children."

"My house is small, I therefore plan to buy ironsheet, timber and nails, and build an iron roofed house."

"GD is more transparent while the other NGO was biased in selection of beneficiaries."

"I plan to pay school fees for my 2 children in secondary school, and buy ironsheet, timber and nails, and build an iron roofed house."

"We plan to spend my upcoming lump sum payment on cementing our existing house and buying a big cow to provide milk in future."

"GiveDirectly gives grants while other NGOs give loans."