"My expectation in the near future is to have an improved lifestyle and future for my family. I want my children to have good health and excel in their studies by ensuring that I cater for their school fees. Seeing my children excel in both school work and the general life will make me a happy parent and that is my prayer."

"I wake up early in the morning,prepare, and take breakfast then head for work.I work in a construction company as a plumber and currently my company has contracted my team to work in Parklands area. Sometimes I am forced to wake up even earlier than 4:00am in the morning, depending on the location of work. I work until around 8:00pm in the evening then go back home, eat supper while bonding with my family then retire to bed. During my free time I relax with my family or hang out with my peers."

"Subsistence farming is my main source of livelihood but it is not sustainable because of inconsistent rainfall. To supplement this, I burn charcoal but still it is not enough. Having a stable source of income is something that I have always desired to achieve. In this regard, I will purchase two dairy cows that will mean a constant milk supply in my village. Besides, I will renovate my house which has a leaking roof and damaged walls. "

"I went through a medical operation that has left me with frequent abdominal pains. This has made me financially unproductive because I am unable to undertake heavy jobs. Providing for my family is a very big challenge. My children are always sent home for school fees and I always make fake promises to the school that I will pay, yet I know I have nothing."

"Financial constraint has been my biggest hardship ever since I got married. This is because i was married off to a very old man who could not even work, thus reducing me to the sole breadwinner. To sustain my family, I burn charcoal and undertake any casual duty that I come across. This earns me around 500 shillings a month that is supposed to cater for all needs. Going without food is a norm in my family let alone being unable to pay school fees for my grandchild who was abandoned by his mother since he was 2 years old."

"My wife opted to separate me six years ago because I have no any source of income to sustain the family. This has depressed me a lot due to the loneliness and the burden of being the only care taker for my children. I am forced to stay at home, something that can not give me any opportunity to go and search for jobs outside our village. Therefore, I consider lack of parental support from my wife as the biggest hardship I have ever faced."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now own a big hotel. Previously, I have been working in a friend's hotel which I was getting a low salary which was not enough for the family's basic needs. I now feel great because I have my own. I am hoping with time my life will never be the same again. Because currently, the business is doing so well. This will improve my financial status and I will be able to pay school fees for my children and also cater to their basic needs."

"In the next six months, I expect to have managed to have completed the water tank purchasing project. I am still working hard to see that I accumulated the savings in the group enough to purchase a large water tank. This is my dream project since it will reduce the time I have been wasting in walking all along from home to the river and back. I am really grateful that all these are possible through giveDirectly which is dedicated to funding our projects of choice."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is poverty. The piece of land that I have is too small to support food production but I am not able to buy more that can supplement what I have. As a result, I am always face with a problem of food shortage. "

"Receiving this money means my family will be able to build an iron roofed house, we plan to complete the payment of bride price to my parents and buy a piece of land for cultivation purposes. "