"To be honest the biggest hardship i have is hunger,we always have insufficient food in this house,I'm a farmer yes but most times we harvest things that can't even take us through out the year,so I'm planning to use part of the transfer to buy food."

"The biggest hardship of my life has always been hunger,I'm a farmer yes but to be honest having no money for farm inputs like,fertiliser,proper farm equipments,seeds and likes really leads to almost 0 harvest hence we always have no food each and every year and we starve."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced is when I had just gotten married to my husband. My husband was working as a security officer and being a first born in their family, he had to meet almost all the needs of the family. There are times that we almost slept hungry when he failed to send some money. I was at the verge of giving up on marriage but I did not have the courage to do it. I however thank God that we have been able to work hard as a family and are currently staying in our land and have built a house in it. We hope to even achieve more with GiveDirectly."

"Receiving this money means financial empowerment to me. These funds will enable me to venture into cereals business with a capital of $150 and also start up a Poultry rearing project that will cost me approximately $300 right from building a poultry unit, buying 15 chicken to start with, and their feeds. I also intend to buy a 2-acre piece of land for $600 to relocate in since my sister and I currently share the 1 acre we inherited from our parents."

"I spent most of my transfer on eight dorper sheep breeds because they give birth twice a year, multiply fast and it will become an income source for my family.They are also easily manageable and very marketable. I also bought a 10 metre chain link fence for fencing my sheep yard in order to prevent them from straying away. The rest was spent on sugar, lunch and fare."

"I spent 400USD on timber which will act as a replacement wall for three roomed 30 Iron roofed semi permanent house.This because nowadays in my place there is scarcity of house smearing mud and timber is more durable.I spent 60 USD on clothing because I had only pair of clothing meant for occasions.I had worn it for a long time therefore one could easily identify me by clothing even from a far. With the new clothing I now more decent, fashionable and very happy."

"I spent 450USD on building a two roomed 24 Iron roofed house because initially I had a single roomed house which was a bedroom and kitchen at the same time. 100USD on a heifer because I initially used to rely on my parent's cows for milk."

"I spent 350 Dollars on a dairy cow as an additional cow to increase milk production and as alternative especially when one cow is it's dry period. I also spent 60 Dollars on sofa set cushions, 35 Dollars on ceiling boards and 15 Dollars on labor because my house was incomplete. 40 USD was spent on family clothin, 35 USD on ten chicken layers as a source of income for my family and 12 USD on maize meal and sugar."

"I am happy because I now eat without reservation as compared to before when I used according to food availability. Because of eating a balanced diet, I am now mentally stable and do my job well. We are now happier than before because when I failed to provide all basic needs my wife would frown.Nowadays, we are all smiles because there's abundance of food for my family."

"I spent 210USD on renting land, ploughing, purchase and planting of Boma Rhodes seeds. This is because Boma Rhodes grass is the best variety of grass for dairy cows hence will boost milk production. 250USD was spent on purchase of a Holland Fresian heifer which is of high quality in terms of milk production as compared the Canadian Fresian which I initially had. This is dairy farming has been my main income source for a longtime.I also spent 30USD on clothing for my family because clothing was quite an issue and 20USDon food and household items."