"Receiving this money will help us buy maize and other kitchen utensils, we will also buy better clothes for the children"

"This money has come at the right time for me and my family. It's more than four years now since my husband left for South Africa to seek another way of bringing some more income to the family. From the time he went to until 2020 (when Covid hit), he was sending at least MWK50,000 every month. We were living happily as we were not worrying much about rent and other basic needs since we live a simple village life. Ever since Covid hit South Africa hard, he barely sends money home. This led me to seek employment and am now a mobile money agent. The wages are based on commission hence if I take time off to attend to crops,children when sick and other important activities,the wages are drastically reduced. I belive this money will assist me to afford better education for my child as she dropped out of school due to lack of school fees. In addition, I will also keep some money to buy other daily necessities that are needed in my house. I will also look into finding a good business to be doing so that I can be getting better income than what am currently earning."

"I feel like there is a great difference in my daily life as I have enough food for the entire household..I have also improved my business and the profits I'm getting will be used to purchase other basic needs in my house."

"I depend on farming and it's not a reliable source of income because most of the times, our harvest is low because of lack of farm inputs."

"Financial challenges. I should do say that the money I get from business is not enough to support my house."

"I was so happy beyond belief cause nothing like this has ever happened to me"

"I spent my transfer on fixing my house I have been staying in an old house and all I did was dream about the day I would finally have the ability to build a new home but with this program those dreams aren't just dreams anymore , I have now started building a house am truly grateful"

"I am filled with so much joy and gladness about the program and receiving this money will help me buy some fertilizers for the next growing season so that I harvest enough food next growing season and again I intend to buy some iron sheets and put up a nice roof since the one I currently live in is small and grass thatched and it badly leaks during heavy rain making it very uncomfortable to stay in it during that time of the year"

"The biggest hardship that I face is poverty. As an old person I do not have the energy to dedicate most of my time to working in the garden to grow maize for food. Most of the times I do not have enough maize to sell so that I can buy the food that I need."

"The biggest hardship that I face is lack of food. This problem comes in because it is only my husband who works as a fisherman at the lake. Sometimes he does not earn enough money to buy food that is why lack of food is the biggest hardship that I face."