"In 2018 there was heavy rains and the house I used to live in collapsed and I was forced to go live with my brother who looked after me and my family for a while before i found another place to stay."

"This means a lot to me. I am so grateful for this program. I hired people who are moulding bricks and the money is coming at a right time when I am planning of building of a house. My work will be simplified because I will use the money to buy iron sheets and some bags of cement. I will use part of the money to buy food. My children do not have nice clothes and I will buy some clothes for them."

"The main challenge is hunger. We don't have enough food for the year. The other challenge is shelter. Our house is very small."

"Receiving this money is a blessing to me because i will now be able to start a grocery shop which i have always wanted but i did not have money to start."

"I feel so happy yo be included in GD's program. I havd not experienced such joy in a really long time"

"The biggest hardship in my life is lack of enough resources to support my ambitions. I have had a dream to join a technical institute to aquire skill on tailoring but this has never happened due to lack of financial support."

"I started engaging in casual jobs at my tender age since I couldn't continue with my studies due to limited resources. Working as a casual labourer hasn't been an easy task facing challenges like little wages, rude employers and working in hostile conditions. To me the biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of financial capacity to do my own and even study to higher level that would have been better for me and my family."

"I spent part of my first transfer on buying some bedding which includes a wooden bed and mattress at a total of KES 11300. Previously I was using some old sacks and some old clothes and beddings and I had lots of discomforts plus pains every morning. Also, I bought building materials like, iron sheets, building poles, threads, nails, and timber. I bought all these whoth the aim of constructing a new house becasue the initial was almost collapsing due to the weak walls and old roof. I later cleared school fees for my four children who are in primary schools and they are now studying peacefully. With the remaining cash transfers, I bought enough foodstuffs for my family"

"I used my transfer to build a house, I also bought a dairy cow so that I would be able to earn an income in future by selling dairy products, I am so grateful for the support."

"I was at the farm working when heard a phone ringing, on checking it was my friend asking me if I had received the transfer I hurriedly hanged up the call to confirm if mine was in, that's when I saw a mpesa notification, I was filled with joy when I saw that I had received the transfer as promised."