"Lack of food and other badic needs"

"Shortage of food and clothes."

"This money will help me change most of the problems i face at my home"

"Due to poverty i can not buy clothes or food"

"Not having enough money to buy food for her entire household.."

"My spouse's source of income is what we depend on as a family. He does casual jobs in the construction industry. This jobs are not readily available and sometimes he stays at home without work for up to a month. This has made us struggle a lot in providing the needs like food and school fees. This has been the biggest hardship of my life."

"My house is small for a family of 8. When I receive this money,my priority is extending my one bedroom house by an extra room. This will ensure my children are more comfortable considering they are growing older. This will cost me 100 USD. I will also invest around 500 USD in livestock farming. I will buy 2 oxen, one dairy cow and 3 goats. This will really boost my income."

"I used to work in a security firm since 2016. Recently after the outbreak of Covid-19, I was retrenched without pay and since then, together with my colleagues we have been moving in and out of the court for us to get justice and be paid. Now with this tough economic times, providing the basic needs to my family is the biggest hardship I have ever experienced."

"I a motorcycle mechanic working outside someone's spares shop. Receiving this money means that I will be able to open up my own spares shop as I continue with my mechanic work. By doing this, I will be able to get proceeds from my work as a mechanic and also from the sales of the spare parts."

"Food insecurity is generally the biggest hardship that I have ever faced in my life. Being a widow with a family of 8 members has been a challenge to me since I am not strong enough to engage in other activities like charcoal burning which most people depend on in our village. I majorly depend on subsistence farming which is also not reliable due to the unpredictable rainy patterns in our area and this means very low farm produce."