"My desire has been to provide my child with quality education up to the university level so that he may be of good help to me and my society. Investing on his educational needs is what deceiving this money means to me. Currently, he is in form 2 and my plan is to spend USD 300 to clear his form 2 fee arrears and start paying is form 3 term one fees. I will use the remaining amount to construct an decent house for my family since the one I have is very small and I use it as a kitchen and gallery for the same time. This will be a great transformation something that I have longed for."

"My spouse and I bought a piece of land in a neighbouring village about five years ago.We had hoped to establish our family there since the family land here is quite small and congested.Little did we know of the bad eventualities that would follow that.Once we had built and settled in it,there came very heavy rains that caused flooding and destruction of our household items.We then had to move back home and reconstruct houses.This cost us money which we would have used to meet other needs.Since then,we have never fully recovered from that especially because that piece of land is not viable for farming hence it cannot generate any other income.We have since had to depend on casual jobs to provide for the family needs."

"Since I am a relatively aged person with grandchildren and many relatives and visitors, I should be having a larger house that can accommodate anyone who visits me. Currently I am residing in a small house whose sitting room is hardly enough for five people. Hence, receiving this money means that I shall manage to expand my room, especially the sitting room. Accordingly, I will be able to welcome and host more visitors."

"We reside and do crop farming in only 0.4 acres of land yet we are aspiring farmers. We usually attain little income from our casual jobs, an amount that could barely meet our basic needs. As such, we cannot afford to lease or but more land for farming. Consequently, we usually experience shortage of foodstuffs in our house since the casual jobs are unreliable. Also, the little crops we harvest from our farm could hardly last for a month."

"Many people in our village have transformed into an iron-roofed house, but this has remained an unfulfilled dream to me due to the financial challenge that I face in life. I am forced to live in a small structure that is not worthy for a human being to live in because it even lacks a door and I am always worried that I risk my life to wild animals. My plan once I receive this money is to spend utmost $300 to construct a spacious house for me and also that can spare me from any danger of animals at night. On the other hand, I intend to buy 10 goats with my second transfer to start livestock keeping that will act as my long-term investment project. This will change my life for the better and hence a transformed livelihood."

"I share the same house with my mother because she lacks a separate structure something that forces me to seek shelter from my neighbours when my father is around. This has turned me into a laughing stock and sometimes I feel ashamed even walking around the village. Receiving this money means a great relief to me since I plan to construct a separate house for me and shift with my children. This will guarantees the joy that I have lost for a long time, and to ensure this is possible, I intend to spend a big proportion of the first transfer ($400) to do this. On the other hand, I also plan to spend the entire second transfer ($550) to start livestock keeping that will enable me to sustain my family's basic needs like school fees and food. This is very possible because goats multiply fast."

"Being a single parent and the only breadwinner to my family has always have negative effects to me. I depend on selling vegetables. In a day I can make 300 shillings as profit which is not enough to cater for all our needs such as food."

"Since I already started buying construction material with the first transfer, I used the second transfer for all the remaining materials that needed to be available for the project to commence. I intend to build myself and my family a bigger house that will have reliable doors and generally secure because it will also be roofed with iron sheets. Our initial house is grass thatched and not spacious enough to accommodate my family comfortably"

"Everything is good now because of the assistance given to me."

"When I recieved the money i bought 25 bags of cement and bricks to start building a house of my own as I love in a borrowed house. I spared some money aside for the builders. I also bought 3 bags maize so that i have food ."