"My husband going to South Africa and about forget me is the biggest hardship i have faced in my life when i was moving from my mothers house i felt like i have grown up and its time for me to now start looking after my mother but just after my husband left alot of things changed and when things got worse i decided to go back home"

"Its been difficult for us as a family because i work as a labourer and most of the times it is difficult to find work which brings us money for food."

"The means alot to me and my wife, i have always wanted to build a decent house because i admire some other people who live in their decent houses. I will also buy beddings and food, i would like to buy bags of maize because we did not harvest enough maize during last year's growing season because our farm was flooded so the maize did not do well."

"I bought maize (3bags), matress, clothes for myself, my daughter and my grandson, kitchen utensils and a hoe.i also use the money to access medical care."

"I'm planning to use 600 dollars from this donation to start a clothes selling business. I'll be purchasing second hand clothes from Mombasa's Kongowea market and selling them in the village at a fair and profitable price. As a single mother relying on subsistence farming to sustain my family, this will be an opportunity to sustain my family. I'll further use 300 dollars to construct a two room house, one room for my family and the other room for visitors especially relatives who visit me."

"The death of my first child affected me a lot. I am yet to recover from it for now. Hence,I took in my other siblings to be living with so as to feel am not alone."

"Thi smomey has given me confidence to look into my capabilities as i have never received such money before. For the first payment i shall start by renovating the house by doing plastering inside and outside as well as buying iron sheets so that the rainy season shouldn't be a challenge for us like before. The remainder will go towards food and clothes and the second payment will go towards starting a business."

"This money means a good and comfortable house with iron sheets as we struggle every season to replace the grass when it rots and the plastic sheet when it gets damaged. We shall also renovate the house by doing plastering inside and outside as well as cement for the floor. We also look forward to a comfortable sleeping by buying mattress as well as clothes. Hence overall our livelihood will change for the better."

"I spent 150USD of my transfer on a 14 Iron roofed singlebhouse for my son who just completed his male passage of of rite and now considered a grown up in the community. Another 150 USD was spent on payment of school fees for my daughter in her fourth form. I also spent 150USD on three goats because they grow quickly and I intend to sell in future for school fees. I also spent 84USD on three maize sacks as food for my family because maize hasn't been doing well for the past seven years in our area and we've been relying on sweet potatoes."

"The biggest hardship I face is shortage of food. This problem affect all aspects of my life. My children fail to go school if they have not eaten. I fail to go to the farm when I have not eaten anything."