"Receiving this money means I will be able to build a better house for me and my family. It will also enable me to educate my four children in school and take care of our basic needs especially food. "

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to take care of my family's needs."

"I felt very happy because I have never received such amount of money in my life."

"My health has now improved and I am stress free."

"GiveDirectly has really given me hope which has made me stress free and it has made us happy as a family. "

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of enough money for buying household items and other basic needs like food."

"I felt very happy. This is because my biggest worry wasgoing to be solved. I was finally going to have a new house which I have always wanted."

"During my free time, I usually pray then prepares and take children to school, then I will prepare my breakfast, after I finished with breakfast I will do house chores, I will relax at least with entertaining sing and movies prepare lunch the again relax waiting to take children from school, at around 5:30pm later I will look for supper, then help my children with their homework later at around 10:00pm i go to sleep."

"I have always wanted to work in trailers industry and with my butchery business, am sure it will help me to go to driving school, where i will learn to drive trailers and this will enable me to reach to my dream job."

"I wake up early in the morning by 6.00 am, prepare my son by 7.00 am and i take him to school. I later go back home, do some house chores. By 10.00 am i leave for my work place and i work till 9.00 pm. I then go back home prepare supper and later rest. When am not working, especially oflate when I had to close down my chips (fries)business due to the increase in prices in potatoes, I have had to do casual jobs like washing clothes for others. In my free time i read business articles and i watch television."