"A decent shelter for my family of 4 members is what receiving this money means to me. Currently, we are living in a small, leaking roof house. I am planning to spend 250 USD to construct a nice iron-roofed house."

"Lack of adequate financial resources to educate my children has been my biggest challenge in my life. I am a casual laborer building houses, this activity earns me less than two dollars per day, which is hardly enough to meet their educational needs."

"Lack of a reliable source of income has been my biggest hardship. With this menace, most of the time, our children are sent out of school due to lack of fees something that has affected their performances."

"Lack of a reliable source of income to support my child in school and my other basic needs is my biggest hardship. This has forced me to opt charcoal burning as my job to cater for my needs but this work is low paying and energy draining."

"My younger sister is currently in her final year of high school and will soon be out looking for a job because our mother is unable to pay her college fees due to low income. I am still not in a position to pay her college fees as well, so I am planning to leave her my business to run once she completes high school so that I can look for another job in driving. Leaving the business for my sister will make her busy leaving her no time to engage in inappropriate activities that may lead to early pregnancy as it happens with most young girls in this slum. I also want her to be financially independent and responsible so that she be able to provide for herself."

"My greatest desire has been to have a sustainable source of income. I intend to start a poultry business that will earn us an additional income using the first transfers. For the second transfers, I will use it to repair the leaking roof of our house."

"Receiving this money means a better future for children. At the moment, my husband and I have been struggling to keep them in school because the little money we get from manual jobs and sale of farm produce is hardly enough to cater for all the needs."

"Lack of alternative employment opportunities has been the biggest hardship in my life. My husband used to operate a motorcycle taxi, and after being involved in an accident, we do not have any other source of income since we solely depended on him."

"Having a stable source of income has been my greatest desire, however, financial constraints have limited this from achieving its full realization. I intend to empower my daughter by setting up a tailoring business for her at Bamba center."

"Lack of adequate finances has been the biggest hardship in life. This was necessitated by the demise of my husband which occurred 2 years ago whom we solely depended on. Ever since I've been struggling to adequately meet the needs of the family."