"My main goal for the coming year is to invest in more goats. Currently, I own three goats, but I aim to expand my herd to secure a stable future for my family. Each month, I plan to allocate a portion of my transfer to gradually purchase additional goats. As my herd grows, so will my sense of security, as I'll have something reliable to depend on even after this program ends. These goats serve as a safety net that will help me meet my family's needs, provide education for my children, and set a stronger foundation for the future."

"While I was clearing my farm in the afternoon to prepare for early cultivation, I received a message on my phone. As I was busy with my work, I didn't bother to check who sent it. After finishing my work for the day, I went back home to rest. While at home, I overheard some of my relatives talking about receiving money from GiveDirectly a few hours ago. That's when I remembered the message I had received earlier. I quickly checked my phone and found that I had indeed received the money. I felt instant joy and started thinking about using the money to build a new house. I was grateful to GiveDirectly for fulfilling their promise to us."

"As a widow, my children have been my primary source of support. It breaks my heart to know that they struggle to support their families while still providing for me. Due to my advanced age, I have developed a number of illnesses that have made it more difficult for me to find work.  Lack of funds has been a barrier to my long-standing desire to launch a home business that would enable me to support my basic necessities. The inability to support myself financially without relying on my kids is therefore what is currently making my life more difficult."

"Family responsibilities are mostly meant for men, but for me, it is the reverse. My husband is aged and cannot work anymore. It is over five years now since he stopped working and relied on me, plus four children. I do casual jobs in the village, such as washing clothes and any other job that comes my way. I make almost $60 per month which caters to food and school fees for the children. The money is not enough; thus, one of my children dropped out of school due to a lack of school fees. He was to join Form One this year, but he never joined. The other three children have missed school for one week now due to a school fee balance of $300. Lack of a reliable job is the challenge I am facing in life."

"I am facing challenges in raising my 11 children as I am currently unemployed. My biggest source of stress is the payment of school fees for my children. I earn less than 400 shillings daily from my charcoal-burning business. This has led to my children being sent home three times this term due to an outstanding fee balance of 17000 shillings. My family only eats two meals a day. I am struggling and considering starting a different business, but I am unsure of where to get the capital. Life is very stressful for me right now."

"Lack of a reliable source of income is the challenge I am facing in life. My husband and I do casual jobs making approximately $50 per month which caters to food and school fees for the children. It can take even a month without accessing any job. This has made me unable to build a spacious house for the family and also provide food for the family daily. The family takes one meal per day and sometimes they can stay without food for almost two days. A week ago my two children failed to attend classes due to hunger."

"The challenge that I am currently facing is food insecurity. My spouse is a driver for a private company that does construction work. He earns a Salary of $115 which is shared between my cowife's family and mine. As a results meeting all the basic needs for a household of 7 members is an uphill task. Due to this, it is difficult to get 3 meals in a day. Infact in a week we can have one per day although. Sometimes, there are days that my kids go to school without eating which is heart breaking and painful. It is a situation that makes me feel ashamed when my sons and daughters go through this. Besides, their education performance has started coming down which is stressful and alarming."

"The fact that we do not make enough money from our business to sustain my family is currently making my life difficult.My spouse James and I earn our living by burning charcoal, which helps us to support our seven kids. This venture only yields positive results when an order is placed for more than three sacks of charcoal. But because there is so much competition, getting an order is extremely rare. The competition stems from a lack of jobs in the village, which has forced most families to resort to charcoal burning. For every three sacks, we typically earn $11.65 per week. However, this money is insufficient to cover our family's basic needs, so we occasionally have to eat twice a day in order to save money for other necessities."

"Life is meant to have challenges, thats what I keep on believing. Being able to live a day at a time without problems is what we all live for as human beings. My greatest life challenges is the economy right now. Being able to provide, is me having a stable source of income so that my children's needs are met. I am married as the first wife to my polygamous husband. He has to provide for the both of us too and him not having a stable job makes it difficult. The next challenge is my children's health. Illness is part of life but when its an often problem it becomes alarming. Most of the time I am in and out of hospital with my children making is so difficult to work in order to generate income."

"Being an aged widow means depending most on others in terms of getting my daily needs. Since everyone has their own family to take care of, I mostly face a lot of challenges in my life. Forfeiting meals or surviving on one per day has been the norm. Missing of meals has affected me health-wise since I am finding myself under stress. Hence, I consider financial instability to be my biggest challenge."