"The biggest hardship I face is not having a good house to live in. I have to change the roof annually. I also don't have a comfortable sleeping place. I sleep on a mat and the beddings are not enough."

"The biggest hardship I face is not having enough money to buy my basic needs like food. I depend on a small business that I have. Sometimes my children help me but I cannot ask them for help every day."

"The main problem I have is lack of adequate care for the children. I worry a lot as they all depend on me because their father rarely sends money as he is in another area seeking better fishing grounds. If I do not find money then the kids always suffer."

"The biggest hardship we face as a family is the poor structure of our house. It leaks a lot during rainy season and we have to make constant changes to the grass as well as plastic sheets since there isn't enough money to buy everything that's needed for a better roof"

"The biggest hardship i constantly face is hunger,as a household we only relay on piece jobs for money,and honestly i don't even make much money to support my family."

"The biggest hardship is shelter as you can see i live in a poor house, i don't have beddings nor clothes,so i plan to use half of my first transfer to renovate my house and buy home necessities,secondly i don't have any business going on now so things have really been had interms food,clothes and other basics."

"I am excited to join the project. I plan to build a new house since the one I am living in now is thatched with grass and it's made of unbaked bricks. I will buy beddings because the ones I have are not enough."

"I thank God for this opportunity. I am an old person and I depend on my children for my daily needs. The money will change my life for the better so that I can depend less on my children. When I receive my transfers, I am planning to build Boysquarters which will be open for rent. The rentals will be covering my day to day life. I also intend to buy bags of maize so that I can supplement on the maize that I currently have."

"I am grateful to Givedirectly for enrolling me in this programme. As you can see my wife and i are very old and we have always wanted to have a painted house. This money will do just that. Help us make our dream a reality"

"The main challenge here is hunger. I usually lack farm inputs and my harvest is always not enough."