"The biggest hardship I am facing currently is lack of money to cultivate my Shamba, I lost my livestock due to drought and I am not able to use oxen plough for farming anymore. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life was losing my husband, raising my children as a single parent is not easy. "

"Paying school fees has been the biggest hardship. Basically, because I don't have a stable form of income."

"It would improve greatly my social status because I'm going to build a new house and pay school fees for my grandchildren."

"My husband is normally sickly. Doing casual labour to provide for his medication and food for the family has been the greatest challenge."

"The biggest hardship that i face is feeding my children.For a long time now, farming has not been so fruitful due to the severe drought being experienced in the region."

"My biggest hardship is having many dependants, without a stable income."

"Receiving this money means a great boost to my business of selling fish. I plan to invest my transfer in the purchase of my own boat and all the fishing equipments so that I will be able to get constant and assured supply. "

"My biggest challenge so far is feeding my family with my little income as a casual labourer."

"Receiving this money makes me very happy because I'll be able to build an iron roofed house that does not leak during rainy seasons and educate my children."