"The biggest hardship I face is land conflict. I have a land conflict with one of our neighbours and this is totally failling development in my family. "

"Receiving this money means my two children can study without the burden of having to be sent away from school for lack of fees. The elder one is in college while another in secondary school. Furthermore, my desire is to purchase a dairy cow which will sustain my family. I am quite conscious that Give Directly is here for a season and thus purchasing a cow will be my source of income to sustain us thereafter. Lastly, I intend to build a new house with the remaining amount. "

"Receiving this money means improved education for my children. Education is the best thing a parent can give to children. I hope this will enable them become of more value and dignity in the society and also help them compete for the job opportunities."

"The biggest hardship I am facing in life is unreliable source of income. I depend on casual labor services that is seasonal and pays very little. This puts me in a tricky situation full of worries on how to feed my family."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life was being left a widow with four children. I had to work extra hard to cater for my family's needs like food, clothing and education. It is not an easy journey as a woman. "

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy building material and build ordinary two door semi-parmanent house for rental since that would guarantee me earning that would help me pay fees to my grandchildren who were left behind by my late daughter. I will also use the cash transfer to buy second hand clothes in bulk so that I shall be selling them at the local market at a profit, in doing this I shall be busy because I have become weaker due to age and working in the farm is not easy for me of late."

"The biggest hardship I currently face is difficulty in paying school fees to my children"

"The biggest hardship I face is difficulty in meeting basic needs required by my children. These include continuous struggle to provide for them as well as paying their school fees."

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of enough money to continue with my education "

"My biggest hardship is lack of basic needs for sustainance."