"I am very happy that I am being considered to be in this program. I will be looking forward to receiving this money so that I can boost my small business. There are times that our business does not do very well because we do not have enough money to order materials to sell. This money will help me alot."

"Receiving this money means everything to me. I have big plans, I will buy beddings and build my own house since I live in my brother's house."

"This fund means a lot to me and I am very happy for this program because I have plans I long to achieve, I want to add some bags of maize, I did not haverst and buy iron sheets to build a new home."

"The biggest hardship currently is lack of food. This happens because we rarely harvest enough to last us until the next harvesting season. This leads to long periods of hunger in my household. In a village like this where everyone is poor, there is no one to ask for assistance so we just sleep on empty stomach at times. This also affect how we search for opportunities to have some money or food for tha day."

"I will use this money to build a new house. My house fell during last year's rainy season. I have been sleeping in my kitchen. So this is an opportunity for me to build a new house"

"Not being able to start my own business and depending on my husband for everything."

"I mostly struggle to find money to buy food and fertilizer in my home."

"My house badly leaks and living in it becomes very difficult especially during the rainy season"

"I struggle to find food and fertilizer in my home"

"I struggle to find food in my home. I also do not have a house as you can see. My house fell during the rainy and I live in this grass house"