"The challenges that am currently facing is not making enough sales from my small business, I sell firewood and lately I have not been making enough money and this has affected my buying of food , I just make sure we eat something before we sleep."

"Receiving this money means better education for my 3 children, one had finished his secondary education, and the other two had finished their primary education. I was unable to take both for further studies because I lacked the funds to do so. I will be happy to see my children pursuing their dream courses and finishing their secondary education. I will then use the remaining amount to build a semi-permanent house that will be able to accommodate my 7 children."

"I am a single parent and I support my family on my own. So if I recieve this money it would help me aoot because I would use it to pay fees for my children and top up my small business that I run."

"Having the goats have brought the biggest difference in my daily life. From the goats, I am assured of achieving a lot from them because they normally have numerous benefits. Also, they take a shorter time to mature and that their pastures are readily available. These are some of the major reasons why I choose to rear them. I am hopeful they will make me wealthier within a short time considering their short gestation period and the high market demand. Once they multiply I am planning to start a business of buying and selling the goats which will be my main source of income since I am jobless. Having a family of five, it has been a struggle all along in making sure the end meet. Therefore I a positive that the goats will be of great help in achieving most of my goals such as paying school fees for my children. I am hopeful that I will no longer struggle even in meeting my other basic needs on time like I used to do."

"The challenge that I am facing is that I do not have enough food especially during this time of the year. The money that I make buy seeling some of my farm produce is very little. Sometimes I make MK2000 in a day which I use for two days. I use this money to buy food for myself. This money is not enough that sometimes I sleep on an empty stomach."

"This money means help to us those who are in needy as these funds will assist us towards buying food, it will also help our family to build a new house. Our children also need better clothes and we will buy them nice clothes. Lastly, we will also be able to afford a better sleeping place such as buying blankets."

"Firstly i will buy matress because our sleeping place is in very bad condition, we sleep on an old sack without any blankets so with this money will help us to have a good sleeping place, will also buy food because this year people did not harvest due to dry spell and earthworms so we are depending on buying food which is very hard, with this money will be able to buy enough food that will last for a longer period of time."

"This is very beneficial to me because i have really needed such assistance in my life because i usually face challenges related to not having food, therefore this money will definitely address that challenge."

"I will use the money to build a house. I dont have my own house. The house am staying now is for my brother who is in south africa. I had a house before with my husband but it was washed away with 2019 rains so its my wish to have a house again"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the relief I now have ever since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly. I got a motorcycle which is both a helper in fetching water as well as an investment because it operates as a motorcycle taxi. I am happier and settled now unlike before, all thanks to GiveDirctly."