"The hardship I have faced is unemployment. I have not been able to meet all my family needs for lack of a stable source of income most especially paying my children's school fees."

"Receiving this money means I can complete the construction of my permanent house. I had started but couldn't complete it due to lack of enough money."

"In the next six months, I expect to have completed the renovation of our house and would have embarked fully on farming. I also have a plan to venture into potatoes farming since it is the most profitable crop currently which takes the shortest period in the farm after planting."

"Recieving this money means I will be able to build a better house for my household. The one that I currently sleep in leaks and this does not provide comfort at all. Grass is scrce these days so I am actually planning to build an iron roofed house."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of money to take care of the needs of my household. My house is not complete and I don't have oxen because there is no money for me spend on them. I use a small hoe to do all my garden work which is time wasting and less rewarding because the portion of work done is usually small."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to pay my children's school fees in a timely manner. When my children are educated, my family's social status will improve and at old age, the do be able to support us in providing basic household needs. "

"My expectation in the next six months is that my life will be much better because I will have accomplished most of my goals in life. I believe that if I succeed in purchasing the dairy cow, It will really boost my income and my family wellbeing will greatly improve. Also, my health will improve such that I will no longer experience back pains as before because I will cease working on the farm and concentrate more on livestock keeping which is less tiresome"

"I was happy to receive the transfer. For sure, I never imagined that a day would come and get such a fortune in my life. I thanked GiveDirectly for the money."

"I heard my phone ringing notifying me of a message. Since I couldn't not comprehend the contents of the message, I later on called my helper who confirmed to me that I had received my first transfer. I felt happy for the financial support."

"I received the transfer message early in the morning, and I was greatly overjoyed because my life would be completely changed through this transfer, as GiveDirectly had promised to impact our lives positively."