"I bought 30 iron sheets that costed 28,000 KES, nails costed me 5,000 KES, timber for roofing that costed me 5,000 KES. The remaining amount was spent on labor 7,000 KES and their keep. This transfer helped me put up a house."

"The biggest hardship we have faced in life is our leaking grass-thatched house. Whenever rain approaches, we are worried, especially at night. We always move kids and belongings from one coner of the house to the other to avoid dripping water."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is that my husband is a motorcycle rider and in the past weeks it has been raining heavily and the roads are impassable hence he could come home with little money and can not afford to provide enough food for our family."

"Receiving this money means that I shall be able to raise more cash that I shall use to construct a semi permanent house at home. This will relieve me from the burden of renting a house."

"The biggest hardship I am facing is difficulty in paying school fee for my youngest son who is currently studying in a high school since I do not have stable sources of income."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is being unable to pay school fees for my children. I usually plant vegetables and beans and latter sell the harvest in order to cater for school fees but due to prolonged drought and heavy rainfall, i was unable to harvest anything from my farm."

"The biggest hardship that i have faced is the constant shortage of food for my family.We have a very small piece of land which cannot produce enough to feed us therefore i have to do alot of casual jobs to meet my family's needs."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is being unable to provide food adequately for my family due to the past drought and the current rainy season. I have harvested nothing in my farm due to the natural calamities and as a result my children are starving."

"The biggest hardship I am facing in life is lack of enough food. I am unable maintain my farm properly due to lack of money to buy certified seeds and fertilizer. I usually get poor harvest that cannot feed us year long. "

"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that my husband does not have a stable source of income and at times we are not able to take our child to hospital when he is sick. "