"The biggest hardship i have faced is lack of land. Our family solely depends on agriculture but farmland is limited."

"When i receive this money, i will buy cows and an ox-plough that will help in Agriculture."

"The biggest hardship i have faced is lack of money. We don't have enough resources that generate income in our household so it makes life a bit hard because we need school fees, food and other basic needs."

"My biggest hardship is lack of agricultural land. This makes me to hire gardens every season."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of land that would otherwise support my cultivation activity. "

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of money for buying cows. I feel like getting a partner but I find it diffult due to lack of cows."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house, buy a cow so that I can have milk, buy some household items for example beddings and clothes."

"My top concern is lack of a stable source of income because this will make my life and that of my family difficult. I may stay at home and start to over rely on my husband. I may be unable to provide for food or rent in my family and result to beg or be forced to go back upcountry."

"I was pleasantly surprised when I received the money because I never thought anyone could ever give me such an amount without me giving anything in return or working for them. Thank you GD."

"I was preparing to go the farm in the morning after I had woken uo which has always be the norm when my brothers who are also GD recipients came visting and informed me that they already received the money. That was when I decided to switch the phone on and to my surprise there was a confirmation message that I had received the money from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy , cancelled going to the farm and planned on how to hire someone to plow the farm."