"Its Gods Grace....she said the money will help her sustain her household by buying a few necessities needed for her house maintenance.... She said the money has come in time since she is a widower,,it will help her a lot to buy food for her children.."

"As a family, we have been struggling to build a house with iron-sheet roof so that we can collect rainwater. Unfortunately, the little income we get from our farming practices is inadequate to finance it. Hence, receiving this money means that we shall manage to build a new and better house primarily for collecting rainwater."

"I am practicing food crop farming in a semi-arid area. Since I cannot afford to irrigate my farms due to financial constraints, I normally realize low yields that are hardly enough for my family's use. Unfortunately, I have been forced to continue with the same practice because I am a farming enthusiast. Hence, the biggest hardship I have faced in life is practicing crop farming in an area with unfavorable weather conditions."

"I have been dreaming of purchasing a dairy cow. This will assist me to get some income because now I depend only on subsistence farming. Depending on this is not stable because sometimes weather is not favourable. This transfers will assist me to purchase one and others on purchasing a water storage tank."

"The hardship have faced here is insufficient food. At times I can go with out food for more than five days. My children crying hungry and have nothing to give them."

"My house is leaking,once I receive Givedirectly transfer I will build a new house with iron sheets.It will cost $400 and the remaining amount I will use to buy a milking cow where I will supply milk to people in my village and have income to sustain my family with food stuffs."

"Usually I do lack enough food in my household. As a woman iam not empowered in any way to economically support my family. This is my biggest hardship."

"Poultry keeping is what I depend on to earn a living. I usually sell eggs and chicks whenever the hens hatch and this activity has really empowered me economically. I therefore plan to use $50 to build a modern and more spacious chicken coop, then use $50 to add more chicken to my poultry. I also intend to spend $35 to buy household furniture, $10 to replace my old tattered beddings and then use the remaining part of my transfer to stock food stuffs such as corn, rice and beans in my granary."

"The biggest hard ship is finding basic things such as food,clothes"

"Hard to find money"