"The biggest hardship is hunger,i struggle to feed my family because i don't make enough money ,i don't have an occupation yet all i do are piece jobs and i plan to invest my second transfer in a permanent business."

"The biggest hardship i always face is hunger,i get K500 per day from my piece jobs which is less than $1 ,this money is far from enough to feed 4 people,as a result we settled on one meal a day and we eat two meals when i get more than k500 which is not a constant thing. A side from hunger we lack a good shelter this house i live in is in poor condition and it does need a renovation service if that makes sense at all,me and my children wear shabby clothes we sleep on the floor with no beddings,i dream of having a bed someday and GiveDirectly is making that dream to come true right now."

"The biggest hardship i always face is shelter,my glass fatched house really gives me hard time during rain season and i would love to build a new house with ironsheet, secondly its hunger,i relay on making clay balls that are used by fishermen at the lake and i get far from enough to actually feed all my 5 children,i would love to start a reliable business though I'm not sure yet to which business i will start,but please receive my gratitude for I'm super excited for this programme."

"The biggest hardship i always face is sourcing money for food(hunger) it is really challenging to go out there and search for piece jobs just to feed the children mind you I'm a single mother of 4and what kills me most each and every day is being an able to buy healthy food,my children have been suffering from malnutrition all because i don't provide enough healthy food for them,as a mother i feel like I'm not doing so much but also what can a poor woman like me do in order to earn a little bit more?it has been had for me and reaching this far is really GOD's kindness."

"I will have a well finished house which i could not have managed to do on my own. I will have a house with iron sheets."

"I was unable to harvest enough maize for home this year because i did not have fertilizer. A bag of fertilizer is very expensive and on my own without recieving a subsidy from the Government i cannot afford it. Because i do not have food i bought 8 bags of maize to keep as food for the coming months. I have saved my remaining money because i want to use it together with my second transfer to build myself a house."

"When i recieved the money, i was quite happy and greatful."

"Receiving this money means peace and a better sleep, I can finally afford to buy a Mattress, iron sheets and maize to make sure my household is food secure for some time"

"Falling sick now and then is the biggest hardship i have faced in my life because when iam sick i do not do casual labour that brings money to buy food for my family."

"We have a small piece of land that needs fertilizer for us to harvest enough produce. With the way we find we can not afford to buy fertilizer. This leads to hunger in our home. They are days when we do not even know where our next meal will come from."