"The biggest challenge I have faced in my life is employment. I am a stay at home mum and my husband is not yet fully employed with the government as a teacher and we rely on the little amount he gets as a teacher at Tengecha boys to feed my family."

"Old age. My wife and I stay with our two grandchildren since their parents work far away. We cannot till the land and provide for them because of our age. Getting equipment to be used to help us toll the land is also costly."

"The biggest hardship has been financial constraints. I had 3 cows who died due to diseases. Since then i have not been able to buy others. This cows used to produce a good number of litres which we used to sell it and also for family use."

"I have one cow only. I would like to buy another one dairy cow. This dairy cow will help me pay for my children school fees. I expect to cost around 300 dollars. I also intend to buy maize for my family. I have some in the farm but they have been affected by diseases and likely not to do well."

"The biggest hardship that I face is sickness and lack of food. I will use the money to buy food and I believe thay will improve my health."

"This program is very welcome in my household. Receiving this money means that a lot of things will change in my household. I will be able to buy food and fix my house."

"The biggest hardship that I face is lack of food. As a single parent I have to find piece work so that I can find food for my family. I do not have a child old enough to help me in finding food this makes it very difficult because sometimes we have little or no food at all."

"The biggest hardship that I face is lack of a source of income. In this area, it is only profitable to rear livestock. With a small piece of land like mine, this becomes a burden instead because I have to spend a lot of money to get their feeds. It is therefore, difficult to rely on this activity to provide for my family, especially food. This situation is worsened by the fact that maize do not do well here due to the poor weather conditions."

"I have a dream of living in a bricks/cement house, I will therefore budget $700 to construct my house. Also I am passionate in doing dairy farming, I will therefore buy one dairy cow costing $300 to boost my milk production and income. For the remaining $100 I will buy food and clothing's for my family."

"I have received the program with gratitude and I am very happy to be part of it. The money will aid me in buying iron sheets, fertilizer and food things I could not manage buying on my own."