"The biggest problem we currently is landslides which destroy our gardens. both food crops and cash crops hence leaving us with food insecurity and poor incomes."

"What is making my life harder is the financial constraints that I am currently going through. It is so painful to watch my daughter out of school for more than a week. If I imagine how tough it is to cater to her primary school education at the moment, I always think about what will be the fate if she joins secondary school. From my charcoal work, the income is barely enough to sustain all our needs. Our combined efforts with my husband earn us utmost $42, and this is very hard to balance between paying school fees and food. To an extent, we are at times compelled to forfeit meals or survive on one. This has been a very depressive moment for me and it has always devoured my hope in life. What a worrying situation!"

"My life is becoming better and I thank Givedirectly for the financial support. I was able to buy a cow and the rest of the money was used in buying food and clothes for my family . We are a joyful family we eat three meals per day before we could not afford it."

"I bought metal tiles to replace the old tiles that were on the roof of my house. The total cost was 200k."

"We currently face a problem of bad weather most especially when it rains, we are always affected by landslides and flash floods which destroy plantations both food crops and cash crops like coffee and bananas hence having food insecurity and poor income."

"The biggest challenge we face currently is poverty which is caused by flash floods which sweep a way good soils leading to poor yields and also destroy banana and coffee plantations hence leaving us with limited source of income."

"The money from Givedirectly came as a solution to my problems because it helpedme to renovate my house and I was able to take care of my family by buying clothes and food for them . We couldn't afford to eat three meals in a day before but now many things have changed we take three meals and we are now a happy family."

"I bought a machine for sewing clothes , I am planning to start a business of making clothes in my neighborhood especially made in rwanda clothes."

"Upon receiving the second transfer, I used it to boost my business by expanding its structure. I have an eatery business but the structure I was in,was very small in that our customers used to eat from outside in an open-air space. The structure was just enough for cooking and storage. This posed a challenge to the business as we were getting fewer customers during the rainy season. So we used $ 350 of the transfer to buy iron sheets and pay for labour services to expand the structure. We as well replaced the seats with decent ones using $ 50 since the previous ones were very old and outdated. I am glad that the renovation has attracted more customers. Finally, I spent the remaining amount on food to ensure that we have enough for my family's consumption. "

"The financial program will not be here in the long –run. Even after it ends, I want to have something that could easily raise funds to cover my medication needs and food. To accomplish this, I wish to own more goats than the four that I previously obtained through cash transfers. I believe that if I acquire more goats, they will increase my sources of wealth."