"In the year 2022, I used to actively engage in the mining of magnesium which is the main activity in our area. This job was very reliable but it affected me health-wise since I am currently experiencing chest pains. For this reason, I had to abandon this job and at the moment, I am jobless. The burden of providing for our family of 9 is now on my husband whose monthly income is $180. This income is hardly enough to sustain us since it mainly supports us with food. The most affected ones are my children who sometimes miss classes due to lack of fees. As a mother, I have felt the pain of watching the desperately at home. Hence, the financial crisis stands out as the main challenge that I am currently facing."

"In the coming year, I want to focus on renovating my house. The roof is badly damaged and perforated, which allows rainwater to enter the space and expose my family to cold infections. Before I can start the procedure, I want to assemble the building materials first and then hire someone to revamp the roof. Particularly, I need at least ten pieces of iron sheets. Since I do not have a stable source of income, I hope that the coming cash transfers will enable me to complete this exercise so that my family can have a safe shelter. Right now, am just banking on the rains to continue so that I can grow food crops. This will allow me to save enough funds from the transfers."

"My priority is providing for the basic needs of my mother and I. Given that we are both advanced in age, with no one to actively provide for us, we constantly lack food in the household which leaves us starving for days. If it were not for the cash transfers, am not sure of how much my mother and I would be suffering. The rains just began and I wish they never stopped anytime soon so that I can finally cultivate and harvest some maize. With enough food in the house, I could spend some of the cash transfers to start buying goats to start building some wealth."

"As a single parent, providing for my three children is becoming harder by the day, especially with the rising cost of living. Although I run a business selling coconuts, the low returns barely keep us fed for the entire week, which calls for an additional source of income. Am happy that the cash transfers have proven useful in providing for most of our basic needs. Since the transfers will one day cease, I wish to have established some wealth by the time they end. Particularly, am invested in rearing goats. This is what I want to focus on in the coming years."

"Ever since my house collapsed, my family occupied my mother-in-law’s space, which motivates me to build a new structure. In fact, I wish to build a more spacious one with three rooms that will accommodate my growing family of five children, my husband, and me. As my husband supports the daily basic needs of our family such as school fees and food, I on the other hand assemble the building materials for the new house. So far, I have bought 30 pieces of iron sheets. Once I have acquired enough, I will start buying bricks and then later hire someone to build the shelter to completion. I plan to spend my next cash transfers on this project to completion."

"Even though I just completed building my new house, the one room is not enough for my two grandchildren, my herdsman, and me. I wish to expand one more room, which the three will be occupying. To accomplish this, I wish to set aside some of the upcoming cash transfers to start buying building materials. I will be happy if this is completed within the next year to give room for other goals as well."

"Apart from buying food, I cannot think of a pressing goal that I wish to accomplish in the coming years. Hunger is a major concern in my household, which can only be alleviated by my contributing towards the purchase of food. If only the rains would persist so that I could grow and harvest food from my farm, I could spend my cash transfers on other things like starting a business. However, right now my focus is more on buying food for my five grandchildren."

"In the coming four years, I wish to support the education of my grandson Robert. He recently joined high school where he pays at least $50 in tuition every term and $10 in accommodation. Since his father is mentally challenged and can barely work to support him, am left with the responsibility to take care of him and his five younger sisters. Sadly, my charcoal-burning practice cannot cover all of his expenses. This makes me turn to cash transfers as the main source of funds that will pay for Robert's education until he graduates from secondary school."

"I would have loved to start and operate a vegetable-selling business as a means of income, but that would leave my herd of at least 20 goats with no one to attend to them. Since running the business seems challenging as of now, I wish to continue raising my livestock and growing the herd by buying more goats. Just as the business could bring me an income, am certain that rearing goats will build me more wealth which I could sell and make an income to settle the needs of my wife and me. So, this is what I want to focus on in the coming years."

"I am happy that the previous cash transfers allowed me to build a new one-room house after the old one collapsed. However, during construction, I transferred some of the old iron sheets to the new structure. When the rains started, I found that the roof was letting in water through the old iron sheets, which dampened my room. My focus is renovating that side of the house by installing a new tin roof. Despite the tight financial constraints in my household, I hope to be able to save some money to start buying the roofing materials and seal the damage."