"My plan is to use the money to buy enough fertilizers for the next growing season so that I harvest enough maize for food as well as for sale"

"I am a widow. Since my husband passed away ,I have been lonely and life changed significantly. Life was good and better when my husband was alive. Raising the family singly was not easy."

"The big problem we have faced is food insecurity. Since the maize lethal necrosis disease affected our crops we have not been able to harvest enough maize for our subsistence. We have been buying maize since then to meet our demands for the household."

"Using this money I will be able to build a nice modern house as I currently live in a grass thatched house which was built from grasses as well. I will also buy enough food and fertilizers so that I do not have to starve and also to prepare for next year's growing season"

"I intend to use this money for buying a mattress as I sleep on a mat. I also intend to buy some fertilizers for the next growing season so that I harvest enough maize for food as well as for sale next year."

"I lack money for fertilizers which affects my maize production every year, resulting in constant hunger on my household due to poor yields"

"This money will be helpful to us as a family to build a proper house. Over the years we have tried to build one but we couldn't because of money."

"I mostly struggle to find money to buy food and also my house is small looking at my family and this money is an opportunity for me to build a bigger house"

"Where i live is a semi-arid area it hardly rains and even if it does we do not harvest enough maize that can last for a year. This has been a great challenge as we are forced to buy majority of the food stuff which is costly because i do not have a stable source of income."

"About two years ago i closed down my business due to lack of enough capital to run it.Since then, i have been doing casual jobs which earn me only Ksh 250 per day when i get the job. Sometimes i stay for two days without earning a shilling and this has been difficult on me because i live alone with my three children and they depend on me wholly."