"The biggest hardship I've faced in life is lack of adequate resources to provide basic education to my children. As a polygamous household, things are tough and it always affect Children in a negative way. I struggle a lot to pay school fees for my first born child Irene, who's in secondary school."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to start a grocery business that will generate sufficient income to enable me take care of my family's needs. "

"The biggest hardship that I have faced was inability to have a stable source of income to enable me to provide for my family's needs while we were staying in Mombasa. As a result, my husband and I were forced to relocate back to the village when we could not even afford to pay rent nor even afford to provide food consistently for our children."

"My life is different in that my family now sleeps in agood house and we eat well."

"My life is different in that I'm happy because I was able to buy a cow which will produce milk for me in the near future and also I'm planning to build a good house for my family. This would not be possible if I had not received money from GD."

"The biggest hardship is being not able to pay medical bills for my children's treatment."

"Receiving this money means that I will be in position to educate my children, purchase a plot of land and construct a house."

"The biggest hardship is that my household doesn't have enough food to feed on. "

"Receiving this money means improvement in my living standards. I plan to buy iron sheets, timber and pay labor for building my house. I also plan to invest in sugar cane farming. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life was losing my husband. I have to play both roles of being a mother and a father. At times making decisions becomes difficult since there is nobody to consult. "