"I am a farmer ,I have been doing farming though on a small scale ,that is 1.5 acres.This has been able to assist me to cater for my expenses.Though not sufficient it has helped me pay school fees because I normally pay in kind ,that is to say when I harvest maize and beans I take them to school and they convert them to school fees. My plans is to expand the production to 4 acres,this will be long enough to sufficiently cater for the school fees and the surplus for household consumption. The rest of the money I intend to use it to furnish my house and fix fittings."

"Givedirectly is giving out money to poor Malawians like me because they want to boost our economic status. Here in village most of us fail to access our basic needs due to poverty therefore the money will help us to buy food, clothes, and many more"

"Imagine your son being a sleep borrower, traumatizing, isn't it! I am a widow who solely depend on subsistence farming. With the climatic changes , the farm cannot produce enough to feed the family and earn extra income to build a decent shelter.This has been my biggest hardship."

"Lack of finances is my biggest hardship. My husband passed on in February 2021. He was the bread winner for the family and our combined income could easen the family financial constraints. I now depend on the small business and the income is not sufficient enough (1.5usd) to feed and educate my family. I have not resumed to this business since then as I have to attend to the cattle and the farm."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is lack of food. Although i am a subsistence farmer i fail to yeild more because i do not manage to buy fertilizer hence i always strugle to feed myself"

"I lack money for basic items such as soap, salt and food being an old woman. I believe this money will help me cover for some of those basic things"

"Food insecurity is the biggest hardship I have ever faced. This is because I am a housewife and my husband does causal jobs that earn him little income. Due to this, I have been struggling putting food on my table and sometimes seek help from relatives, something that makes me uncomfortable."

"I lack money for food and fertilizers as I am not working and do not have a stable source of money"

"Lack of money. As for us to have money is very hard so it is the hardest thing for us as we cannot look after our family properly."

"Being an old woman, I believe the money will help me in my old by making sure that I have bought enough food since I cannot work as before. I will also make sure I buy enough fertilizers for the next growing season."