"Job opportunity is the biggest hardship I have ever faced in my life. I have always wanted to get a job in order to compliment my husband's meagre income. I did not complete my primary education, and this has been a major setback whenever I look for any casual job, for example being a house maid. Most of the employers want to hire people who can at least help their children to do some homework, something that I have no knowledge about. This has rendered me jobless and shuttered my ambition to help my husband to financially raise our children."

"I am living with my husband in my father's in-law ancestral land. My husband has 3 brothers whom were shared a 2 acre-piece of farming land. Hence, everyone got half of an acre. So, whenever I farm in my subdivision, I get almost one 90 kilogram bag of maize which is not sufficient for my family of six. The maize lasts us for atmost two months after which I am obligated to consume sold maize for the better part of the year. So, receiving this money means food security to my family. I will be able to buy 4 acres of land which will produce enough maize to carry me through the whole year for my family."

"Receiving this money means a decent house for me. The house I currently live in is in a bad condition. I always feel insecure spending my nights in a house that can fall at any time. The moment I receive the first transfer, I will use it to renovate my house to a more secure and a better standard. For the second transfer, I will use it to pay school fees for my son who is in college."

"Unemployment is the biggest challenge I have ever faced. I have a four year old son who cannot walk due to heart related complications. He was to undergo a heart correctional surgery, but due to lack of money which is brought by unemployment, my son never got the hospital services. Up to date, my son is unable to walk."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is actually lack of money to buy the basic necessities of life."

"Financial instability is the biggest hardship that I have ever faced. This is because am a housewife and my husband is a casual laborer. He earns a little amount of $20 per week. I have 4 kids and all are in school. We use this amount to buy food for the family and pay for school fees for my children. The other basic needs of the family remain pending due financial crisis."

"Lack of a reliable source of income is my biggest hardship I have faced in life. I work as a casual labourer who earns me 200 shillings and it is not guaranteed. This has made me fail to sustain all my basic needs such as food and shelter."

"Securing a good job which can give me good money has been the biggest challenge I have faced in life. I work as a casual labourer at our nearby center but the job is not guaranteed due to the high level of unemployment in our area. In a week I make at least 800 shillings, which is not enough to sustain all our needs such as food. My family of 5 spends 300 shillings in a day."

"My husband operate a taxi belonging to my neighbour. In a day he makes 1000 shillings as profit but he has to pay back the owner ending up with nothing. Sometimes he comes back without anything making it hard for us to meet our basic needs such as food. Therefore, lack of a reliable source of income is my biggest hardship."

"In my opinion Givedirectly doesnt need to change anything at all. What they are doing is enough. I just really like the fact that they reached the people directly because if they had gone through the chiefs or TAs I believe that that money wouldnt have reached the people. So the fact that they actually came to the villages house by house is what makes Givedirectly work."