"I live in a grass-thatched house together with my four family members. Being a single room house, my privacy has been limited since the room acts as a kitchen, sitting, and bedroom at the same time. Our sleeping condition is unfavorable since I am unable to purchase comfortable beddings. Additionally, I buy milk regularly from my neighbor. Receiving this money means that I will be able to build a spacious house worth 45,000 shillings. I intend to use the remaining amount to buy proper beddings + one dairy cattle to supplement my family with milk."

"I decided to invest my time and resources to educate my kids. I have a family of 9 kids; 4 daughters and 5 sons. All of them were able to finish primary level while three of them managed to secondary level and currently in college pursuing their courses of preference. With no regular source of income, catering for their school fees has been an uphill task. I have gone to an extend of selling part of my properties like cattle to pay for their school fees. I am left with just one cattle that is hardly able to fend for my domestic use. Receiving this money means that I will be able to restore back my cattle by buying two dairy cattle at cost 25,000 each and the remaining balance buy sheep and goats. In this way, I will be keeping them and as they multiply, sell them to fend for my family's needs."

"Being unable to provide enough basic needs for me and my family is the biggest hardship have faced in my life."

"To find enough food for us is very hard and we don't have anywhere to seek for help."

"This money will be very meaningful to me as i will be able to meet things that i have been looking forward to have. Firstly i will build boy's quarters behind which i will be renting out and i will use one of it as a store room. Through renting them out i will be able to source money to look after my family. I will also finish up my house as you can see it is not yet done due to lack of funds. And the remaining one i will invest in a business that i will think about for sustainability."

"Receiving this money means building a more spacious two-roomed iron-roofed house at a cost of $300. I also intend to add one heifer to my herd, that will latter multiply, thus an additional income to my family whenever we sell milk."

"A prolonged period of drought has been the biggest hardship I have faced in life. For 10 years now, we have been experiencing low crop production due to insufficient rainfall in our area. Initially, we used to harvest 15 bags per acre unlike now where we harvest only 3 bags. Due to this, life has become hard, and raising a family of 6 is an uphill task since we have to buy maize for domestic use."

"The biggest hardship in my life is lack of food. Due to climate change our harvest are usually meagre these years so food shortage is very acute"

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is hunger as farming in our area these days is not sustainable as soils lost fertility long ago such that harvesting is always too little"

"I am a housewife and I depend on my husband who is doing charcoal work. His job is very energy-intensive and the monthly income is usually low, utmost $50. This earning is basically for food and we can not save even some cents for our future use. Therefore, I consider the lack of a stable source of income as the biggest hardship that I have ever faced in my life."