"Receiving this money means reclaiming cultivation land used as security for money borrowed, and it also means reduced burden of looking for school fees for the children."

"Receiving this money means acquiring bulls that will be used as oxen to plough gardens, and starting a small business that will act a source of income to support my family life."

"Receiving this money means buying an acre of farm land. I own two acres of farm land which is nit sufficient. This will improve on my household's resilience to famine."

"Receiving this money means paying off a debt d land that I had mortgaged. I will be able to regain ownership of my three acres of land which will boost crop production. I will own oxen to enable easy ploughing for easy and early crop planting."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is unemployment. I don't have a stable source of earning."

"Charcoal burning is basically what I have known as my source of income for the family. This job is no longer reliable to me since trees are not abundantly available and due to the strict measures placed by the government, it has limited me from doing it because of the worries I have. Therefore, lack of a reliable source of income is my biggest hardship."

"Due to unpredictable rainfall patterns in this region, prolonged droughts often lead to walking long distances in search of water for domestic use which is so tiresome and health risking,which is the biggest hardship we face."

"Prolonged drought as well as crop pests and diseases in this area, has been the greatest hindrance to development in my family. I spend most of the proceeds i earn from engaging in menial jobs in people's farms buying food for my family hence i struggle hard paying school fees for my four children in school. As a result, i always find myself piling up debts from neighbours hence i have never engaged myself in income grnerating projects. This is the biggest hardship i face"

"Lack of water has been the biggest challenge in my life. I feel inappropriate to encroach on somebody's compound to get water since he worked hard and managed to connect water to his compound. This has been our source of water since I came to this house, approximately 7 months ago. I feel the entry of Give Directly to this village is a sigh of relieve on our side owing to the fact that we will be able to have reliable source of water."

"In the next six months, I will have bought a cow as investment for my family. I will be savings part of my monthly transfers so that I can use it to fulfil my long time dream. Many of my colleagues in my neighbourhood have livestock and I would not want to be left behind especially after this opportunity by GD. I would want to make use of the opportunity and better my life by carrying out an investment which will be important in my life long after the transfers. When the cow reproduces, I will have milk both for my family and sell some for an income and the number will increase which will be advantage for me."