"The biggest hardship has been raising my children since I am a widow and I have no source of income"

"The achievement I am proudest of is that I managed to educate my son up to form four level."

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that my kids always sent home for school fees and I was forced to borrow some cash from my neighbour so that I can keep them in school."

"I plan to buy ironsheet, timber and nails, and build an iron roofed house. I also hope to buy seats and other household items."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to buy a ploughing machine and two oxen, I till my farm using manual labour and this is not very efficient, I might have to suspend tilling my farm until I am able to afford the ploughing machine and oxen."

"My proudest achievement is having managed to save money that I get from my small business, with these savings I have been able to educate most of my children up to secondary school level."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a sustainable source of income for myself and my spouse, we rely on casual jobs and these are not always available, so at times we lack even basic necessities in our house."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to pay a hospital bill that I owe, my spouse was recently ill and incurred a huge hospital bill, I am afraid that if I am unable to raise the required money some of my property may be auctioned."

"GiveDirectly staff talks to recipients with respect and love while other NGOs staffs talks to their recipients rudely."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a house now and I no longer get rained on."