"The biggest hardship I face is lack of a stable job to get a stable income. I depend on casual jobs yet they are never guaranteed. This makes it so difficult to plan for something because the pay is often so little that it cannot be enough to provide for my family's needs like food and clothing. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is the demise of my mother ten years ago.We were still young then and we really needed her,apart from missing motherly love we could not even get basic needs and education,this has greatly affected me since I solely rely on casual labour and meeting my family's needs is getting tough."

"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that our income is very low and my husband depends on motorbike transport in order to feed our family which at times is not enough. "

"Receiving this money means investing in sugarcane plantations. I would like to spend the transfer on expansion of sugarcane farming. This would enable me increase my income hence better living standards."

"The biggest hardship I am facing in life is lack of reliable source of income. I have to pay some money to the owner of motorcycle that ride. This is so much challenging especially during a day with low customers."

"Receiving this money means that Givedirectly has shown mercy to us who are poor and it will enable me lease land to plant maize and sugarcane to improve on food for the family and the sugarcane will be sold upon maturity to earn money for the family, which shall be used to pay school fees to our children."

"I felt happy because of getting money I had never received in myself."

"I felt very happy because of getting a lot of money that I didn't worked for."

"A difference I have in life is that I am building a good house which I didn't have."

"I was lacking household items but with GD's support I was able to get what mentioned above."