"I am very happy to be receiving this money from GD. This is something I had never imagined would happen. I will use this money to buy food and blankets. I will also start a business of selling fish so that I can change my family financial status."

"I am grateful for being enrolled in the program. This means a lot to me. I been looking for money to buy cement so that I can plaster my house and have a concrete floor but it has been always a challenge. I am glad that I will be able to buy cement with the transfer. I will also buy mattresses plus beddings and enough food."

"The main challenge here is lack of farm inputs which lead to low food production and constant hunger."

"The main problem is food. It's a challenge to find food for the family."

"The biggest hardship i have faced so far is hunger,I'm an old widow, who literally relay on farming sadly with my age its kinder challenging to do the farm activities my self, most times i fall sick because of old age but I'm really happy that you come to census me i will be happier when i will get the transfer."

"The biggest hardship i currently have is having a proper source of income,i relay on farming and it is very hard for us to raise money for farm inputs so i really wish to own a small business so that i should be able to earn something on a daily basis."

"Building anew big strong house is what receiving this money means to, it has always been my dream to have a house big enough to occupy all my family members but the one iam living in now is very small because the bigger one leaks"

"My longing has been to start long-term investment in the livestock business, but due to financial challenges, this dream has never come to pass. Receiving this money means fulfilling my long-time desire. I am planning to spend 60,000 shillings on the business. I will be purchasing goats at our rural areas at approximately 4000 shillings per each and later sell them at our nearby center at roughly 5500 shillings. This is going to generate income for my family of 3. The profit is enough to sustain my family's needs such as food because in a day they spend 200 shillings. I will save the remaining amount for my child's education future who is 1 year old. Apart from the business, I will spend the remaining amount on roofing my house which is incomplete so that we can leave comfortable life."

"I am a widow who was left with 3 small children. Life has not been easy since my husband died. At night I normally experience nightmares and it has been hard for me to sleep. He was buried in my compound just next to my main door. This is according to culture. Due to this reason, I always have fresh memories in my mind because I can not avoid seeing the grave. Receiving this transfer means building a house out of the compound. I am planning to spend 80,000 shillings on the construction. This is going to make me avoid the fresh memories I have after seeing the grave. It is hard to forget him completely because he has been a great person but at least I will have comfort when I distance myself from the gravesite. Other than that, I am planning to spend the remaining transfers to clear fee balances for my kids who are still in primary school."

"One of my secondary houses is a tiny 11year-old hut made of grass. It has grown weary and old, such that every rainy season is a nightmare. Receiving this money is quite a huge relief as I will get to build a new house for my children to sleep in and as a decent host for my guests. This structure will cost about $250 to completion. My children and guests will sleep comfortably devoid of the bracing night cold and occasional rain fall."