"Lack of enough money paying school fees and buying other things like oxen for ploughing."

"My biggest hardship lack of oxen for ploughing. This poses a threat of famine in my family."

"Receiving this money means i will complete building class rooms for my school."

"Receiving this money means paying tuition for my daughter who is in university. Receiving this money also means completing my house to ring beam level."

"Initially, I could purchase most of my farm produce on credit and my expenses on purchasing water were high and alarming to the extent of competing with the revenue generated at the end of the farming season but that I going to change once I purchase the generator. The water supply will be efficient and cost-effective in return the produce from the farm will increase resulting in a bumper harvest and increased profit margins."

"The biggiest hardship in my life is lack of enough support for sustaining my family welfare since I own very little land."

"I was awoken by an incoming message notification in my phone. On checking it some minutes past 5 AM, to my surprise, it was a confirmation message that I had received money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy and immediately woke up my husband to inform him. He was also happy with the money. We were left sleepless and we started planning on when and where we could withdraw it."

"The biggest difference for me is that I now have a big house where I live with my family in a more comfortable manner. The house we had before was so small for the family with leaking roofs during the rainy seasons. It was never easy living in the house but we had to persevere since we had no any other option."

"Receiving this money means that i will buy two cows for milk."

"Receiving this money means that i will straight away buy a piece of land for the family."