"I have always wanted to start a business but lacked the capacity and thanks to GD for this chance"

"I will use the money to build a better house as I live in a dilapidated house. I will buy food as I am starving as well"

"I am a single mother of 1. I do not have a source of income except for casual jobs I do within the village. The 1-acre piece of land that my parents gave me to till does not produce enough to feed my family due to prolong draught we experience in our region. Last year I harvest 2 bags of maize that takes us through 3 months only in a year.Receiving this money will enable me to start a retail business in this I am sure of stable income to sustain my family."

"Starvation hits me all the time because I do not harvest much due to lack of fertilizers"

"I find it very hard to feed my family since I dont have enough money"

"Receiving this money will help us pay school fees for our children, buy an additional dairy cow to help us sustain our family better. The remaining amount shall be used to improve our current house."

"Receiving this money means a lot to us. We are entirely dependent on farming as a family and the money will help us improve our farming practices. The money will greatly improve our profit margin and thus improve our living standards as a family. I also run a small shop keeping business and I intend to channel some of the money to improve the business."

"Receive this money mean increased income for my family. I am a carpenter within the village and on a normal day, I earn approximately Ksh 500 a day. I have been aspiring to open a bigger workshop in the nearby town and thus increasing my income. My intention is to use Ksh 30,000 of my transfer to start me off and my projection is to earn Ksh 2,000 per day since I am the only doing carpentry in the village. This will mark a stepping stone to my financial stability and thus improving the living standards of my family."

"This money mean a lot to me because I have been wanting to build a house for long but the money I get from casual labour is not enough to save. It is only used for food and other current expenditures. Building the house is my first priority and buying a cow is the second. This is because we are currently buying milk from a neighbour."

"My father got a stroke in early 2018. It came at a time when we did not have any money to pay for his medical bills. The medical insurance we had did not honor their responsibility and we were left at the mercy of my fellow villagers who fundraised for us."