"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of enough food. I do not harvest enough food for my family every year."

"So far the biggest hardship is how to find money because the small business that i do doesn't work out always so sometimes i struggle to find food since my husband left me."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is living and doing farming on less than 0.5 acres of land. As a subsistence farmer, I have been trying to keep some livestock while and planting crops. Unluckily, my family is forced to survive with relatively little food we get from our farm. Also, I cannot expand my farming projects due to the land inadequacy."

"I have a desire to venture into dairy farming. I love this and it has been my passion ever since I was a young child. My young children will grow up healthy because milk is a good source of protein. Starting this business has been an impossible dream for me because I lack capital. If I am fortunate enough to be enrolled in GiveDirectly program, I plan to spend 40000 shillings on buying a quality Friesian cow. This will give me a reliable source of milk every morning. From it, I can rest assured that I will get 8-10 liters of milk daily. I will reserve 4 liters for domestic use and sell the rest at our nearby market at 40 shillings per liter. This will enable me to make savings which will greatly boost my financial independence."

"Am happy to be part of the project. I will use the money to buy livestock, food and beddings."

"Finding enough food for my family is the main challenge I face."

"I depend on casual labour to find money for food and its not easy to find a job around here so lack of enough food for my family is the biggest challenge."

"I had an anemia problem"

"this money means I have been given hope and I know how that they are other good people that want to help us that are less fortunate"

"I mainly worry about food"