"The biggest hardship in my life is lack of a descent shelter for my children. My children have been forced to sleep under a leaking roof for 2 years now."

"Receiving this money means a happy and healthy family to me. This is because my current house is just braving the heavy rains and strong wind that we are experiencing during this rainy season. My family has lost happiness and most of the time my children are suffering from flu-like diseases that often occur due to cold. My plan once I receive this money is to spend a better portion of my transfers ($700) to construct a better and smooth finished house that will guarantee me a happy life. The remaining amount approximately $300 will help me to buy 5 goats and also to start vending vegetables that will act as my long-term investment projects. Through these projects, I will be able to sustain the needs of my family."

"Receiving this money means quality education for my daughter. I have really struggled single handedly to put her through school and she is currently in form 3. I wouldn't want her to stop at secondary education and my desire is to take her to a college of her choice. Education is the only weapon that will rescue her from leading a miserable life since she can be able to secure a good job. She will also support me because I am aging and I may not be able to work in future. To achieve this dream, I will spend 40000 Kenya shillings to purchase livestock for rearing."

"Receiving this money means following up on my reproductive health which has been an issue for 4 years. Ever since I got married I have never been able to conceive. I visited different hospitals and at some point I got confused because each doctor had his own diagnosis. This drained our financial resources and I had completely given up. I was advised to start clinics afresh and go for surgery which requires around 45000 Kenya Shillings. I am planning to spend part of the transfer for the same and I hope it will bear fruits."

"Receiving this money means privacy. For the past 15 years I have been sharing the same house with my 3 grandchildren who were left by their mother, because we don't have a separate structure. Also the one we are currently in, is almost collapsing. I am planning to spend 60,000 shillings to construct a decent house. This is going to retain my privacy. Other than that, I will spend the remaining transfer to renovate the roof of the collapsing one so that my grandchildren can also leave comfortable life."

"I am grateful for being granted an opportunity to be one of the beneficiaries. The money will help me to renovate my house and buy fertilizer so that I can increase food production."

"All my children did not go very far with education and they are very poor. The little I find, I also assist some of them. Hence, the biggest hardship is finding extra income to support myself and the children too despite most of them having their own households."

"The biggest hardship is having a proper house as you can see i live in a small house that almost looks like a kitchen,secondly is hunger,I'm a farmer yes but the biggest challenge is how to find proper farm inputs like fertiliser,this always draw me back to step one of yielding almost nothing due to lack of fertiliser as a result i was suffer from hunger year by year."

"I have always wanted to start a business but I lacked the financial means to do one. I also want to finish my house as it is incomplete. I want to put a cement floor"

"This money means a lot to me. I will use it to buy a mattress because am tired of sleeping on a mat. I will also buy clothes."