"The first thing that prevent our development and greatest challenge is that we have to work for others daily and the small money we get we use it renting land to cultivate for what to eat; renting a land nowadays is not easy when you fail to pay on time the owner gives the land to others or they even raise the money or sell the land without informing us and in that case we have to struggle searching for a new land to rent leaving that one that was familiar with our plants. We currently don't have any cow of our own to give us fertiliser to use in the land we rent, we have to herd livestock from others to be able to get fertiliser to use. Another challenge we are facing is being sick , me and my husband Damascene have to go to the hospital a lot , I was recently hospitalised because I had a miscarriage a month ago , up to now i haven't been able to recover from that tragedy because this was my first time facing this kind of misfortune It left me devastated in these past days."

"The first challenge we are currently facing is not having enough land to cultivate, we have a small land which can't produce enough thus we have to work for others in order to survive and we have to rent a land to produce what to eat. Another challenge we have is that me and my husband Fabien had both stomach surgery which make us weak sometimes and we can't be able to work for our family and get money to sustain our family and this sometimes makes it hard for us to get school fees for our children and there are cases where we had to pay for some of them and others had to stay at home. Our house is very small and not adequate for my family size , we don't have beds for our 5 children and they have to sleep on the floor which is uncomfortable and it rains inside our house because the roof is not adaquate , when it rain heavily we can't be able to sleep we have to wake up and move on one side and wait for the rain to stop."

"We are newly married but our own development is not easy because we don't get enough money as we want. The small we get from the small business we have we use it in our house expenses and we can't be able to put our plans into action. I want to study sewing and start doing it but i lack the capacity because i don't have enough money to make that dream come true. We don't have enough livestocks thus we don't get enough fertiliser to use in the small land we have and the little we rent. Currently our house is very new and not well done inside because we don't have a kitchen , we have to cook inside and this is a challenge for us."

"The first challenge we are facing is not having enough land to cultivate, we currently have a small land of our own which can't produce enough for my family size, I have to rent in order to be able to sustain for my family. And to be able to pay the rent I have to work for others as well and the small amount i get i immediately use it and can't have any balance to use in any need occuring. We currently don't have enough fertiliser because we don't have the capacity to pay for inorganic fertiliser, I currently use organic fertiliser which is not enough and to get it i herd livestock for others because what i have is not enough. I have a big family of 8 people and our house is very small for our family size , we have to share the same room with some of our children and the rest have to sleep in the living room floor because we don't have enough space for all of us."

"The main challenge is poverty. We do not have enough land to do farming yet we are farmers and we have two children we take care of. The other challenge is that our children are grown up and need to develop themselves by creating their businesses but we cannot support them financially"

"Food insecurity! Generally, many problems have affected my household but getting my daily bread stands out to be the main challenge. This is because I am a subsistence farmer but due to the prolonged drought, my livelihood has greatly been affected. It's 4 consecutive seasons now with no good harvests, what a life! I am currently depending on my daughter who works as a house help to assist me with food. Since her support has been inconsistent, sometimes, I forfeit meals or survive on one a day, a situation that has primarily affected my health."

"The biggest challenge we have is that we do not have enough money to do business as we want. We started a small business of selling traditional beverages like banana beer and sorghum beverage. We used a capital of $50. We are now having a big family of 6 children which means that we have to improve on the business to be able to feed them but we don't have enough funds."

"I lost my husband almost 26 years old. I felt lonely and lived alone for many years till my son decided to build a house for me next to his family of his wife and children. Currently, I have enough land for farming but the challenge is that I do not have strength to cultivate, sometimes, I have to give people money to do farming for me yet I do not have money."

"I live in poverty because I do not have enough livestock. The fact that we do not have the eggs which can help us to get some proteins, it is a bit challenging as well. I do not have enough land too which can help my family in farming yet I am not strong enough to work for others or doing casual jobs.Moreover, my house is very old and some trees can fall at any time due to the rain"

"As a mother of nine, I'm sure you can understand just how much we struggle with my husband to make ends meet. Making life-changing purchases, such as the 3 acres of land I purchased with GiveDirectly funds, were things we only dreamed about but never imagined it would become a reality. We had been living without enough seats in the house to accommodate us all, and the transfers allowed us to add six brand new seats for the family to sit on. Having prioritized our needs, we then jointly (mmy husband and I) decided that we needed one extra mattress that my kids could sleep on. Food and school fees took the majority of what was left, with the lion's share going towards school fees.My oldest child graduated from fourth grade last year; my second to fourth children are in grades 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2, respectively; my eighth child is in grade 1, and my youngest is 2.5 years old. The school fees we covered were a total of their respective tuitions, ranging from $20 per term for the second born who is going to Grade 8, to $24 per term for the third to seventh born, and $16 for the youngest of the learners. Except for the $10 I make per day from casual labor jobs, neither my husband nor I have a steady income, as he is unemployed and I am a stay-at-home mom. We would never do that.We completed everything that GiveDirectly funds allowed us to do. Thanks to GiveDirectly, we are a very happy and grateful family"