"For over eight years now, we have had to contend with a terminal illness that has drained off our finances. Our son suffered a complex limb condition that has not only left him paralysed but continues to consume every little resources that we acquire. This has made it difficult for us to cater for other needs such as food and education for his other siblings. Life has been so tough."

"My new goal is to buy vegetable seeds, plant and later sell them in order to get money. I will use this money to cater for my children's education and save some of it. I am also planning to use my next transfer to start a new business where I buy and sell maize. I settled on this business because maize is a basic need for every family and they cannot do without it hence I am assured that I will get customers on a daily basis. This will therefore boost my daily income."

"Four months ago, it was a real struggle to provide basic needs such as food to my family and my kids also used to go to a public school with a very low quality of education. Today I can say I am a proud parent since the business I had started is generating some income to feed for family and also provide the best education for them."

"My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because my daughter is no longer being sent back home from school. Before, my child was being sent home after every two weeks to collect school fees and would at times stay at home for a whole week before going back to school. This had affected her studies so much and she had started lagging behind in class. I am now glad because she has started improving in her performance at school as she now gets enough time to dedicate to her studies because I am now able to pay her school fees on time. I use part of my transfers and the money I get from the sale of milk to gather for her educational needs."

"The next six months, I believe I will have bought the land. This will help me do extensive farming and get enough food that will last my family for long and also save the money I would have been using to buy the food to use it to provide the best education to my children in the future."

"The biggest difference in my life since I started receiving these transfers is that my granddaughter whom I have been taking care of since the death of her parents is rarely sent home for school fees. This has been my biggest worry because it was her desire to get to secondary school and finish her education. I was so worried I would not help her achieve her dreams due to my financial status. I depend on casual work which does not give much and is inconsistent. I am glad because I feel relieved I will help her fulfil her dreams through GD transfers."

"I spent my second transfer on leasing a piece of land for food crop planting, I also bought sofa set, food items and remaining amount I saved for my children's education in the near future. I opted for farming as the first priority because as a family, we don't have a piece of land to farm on and this has resulted to food insecurity in the family Sometimes we go without taking any meal in several occasions. I did not also have a chair of any type and this has generated a lot gossip amongst the community members. I used to borrow plastic chairs from my neighbours and this made me to feel ashamed. At this moment, my sitting room is well furnished with comfortable sitting materials. I also have enough food that could take the family up to harvesting season."

"My new life goal in the next four months is to hire a mechanic to assist in my garage. I find it growing much more hence I plan to keep the existing client as well as the new one. This will earn me more profits for family basic needs, give my better education to my children by taking them to a better institution and meet other financial needs."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I have invested heavily in potato farming. I have spent KES 35000 in investing in potato farming. I have leased land for over 2 years and will be planting potatoes along that period. I expect to harvest potatoes from this farm for over 4 times. It is a very fertile land and I expect a great harvest for sale. The money I will get from it will go towards paying school fees for my children as soon as they join secondary school. It really gives me the joy to do such an investment that has been tested and verified to give lots of returns. More importantly is that my kid's future is secured as far as educational needs are concerned."

"In the next six months, I want to ensure I pay school fees for my children in time. I would want to give my children the besty in terms of education so that when they are finanlly through with education, thjey will get well paying jobs and bnot live the kind of life I have lived."