"The biggest hardship i have faced is the problem of my in-laws demanding for bride price and in my current condition, i cant afford it. This bothers me quite often."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life was losing all my children. I do not have anybody to share my feelings, problems and needs with. Losing my Shamba to the land grabbers in this area has also affected my ways of getting food through farming, right now I have to lease a Shamba for me to do farming. "

"My biggest hardship is lack of oxen for ploughing and this has made me to always have poor harvests "

"My biggest hardship is lack of household items especially bedings and this really perturbs my mind."

"The biggest hardship currently is lack of oxen for ploughing and has made me only cultivate for home consumption not commercial farming "

"Receiving this money means I will be able to buy cattle for marrying my wife and starting up a small business for maintaining my family ."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in life is hunger due to poverty. Due to our old age, my wife and i ain't strong enough to work in our farm thus this forces us to depend on our children for food and other needs. "

"Receiving this money is a great blessing to me.i have never received such an amount of non refundable cash.It will really help me in buying inputs for my farm as well as buying a cow which I don't currently have"

"Since separating with my wife about a year ago, our family has been experiencing tough challenges. Being the only breadwinner and caring for my four kids has been a great challenge. Besides, I feel that my kids may not attain quality parenting because I spend most of my time doing casual tasks to sustain my family."

"In the next six months, I expect to have started up a tailoring school so that I can train other people too."