"The biggest hardship that I have faced is shortage of food and other basic needs such as clothes and body lotion. I have tried to do fishing to make money and provide for my family but it is still hard."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced is shortage of food. I try to do subsistence farming to feed my family and sometimes fishing but it is still hard for me to feed my family for the whole year."

"This money will mean help to me, I already have bricks that I want to use to build a house,so this money will help me in buying iron sheet and everything to finish the house. I have not been able to build a good house because I earn less from fishing."

"The challenges that I am facing are as a result of limited finances. My husband is a fisherman working away from home while I am here at home doing casual jobs. He rarely comes home and occasionally sends me money. Fishing in the ocean depends on the season. Currently we are at the off pick season. In a week, he sends us between KES 200-500. This is barely enough to cater for all the needs here at home. I have 3 children; feeding them, clothing them and paying their school fees has been an uphill task."

"The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I have food for the family. It's not easy to have money her as sometimes my husband come back home without money when it's off season for fishing, so whenever he bring something home am happy."

"The biggest hardship that I face is difficult to find food daily. My husband relies on fishing but it does not sustain us everyday."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced is not having enough money for the family. I have 7 children but I stay with 5 of them two got married. My husband depend on fishing to source money and sometimes he comes home without money due to the bad weather."

"We depend on fishing as a source of income on daily basis, if my husband is back from the lake with some money I become happy because on that one, I am sure that we will eat on that particular day"

"The biggest hardship that I face is lack of food due to lack of money. Since I am a fisherman it is difficult for me to make money in the rainy season because this is the time that fishing is not allowed. So during that time I suffer because I can hardly make money."

"If I am eligible for this program and receive the money I am going to invest it into business, I am doing fishing business I am going to buy more market for my business. Secondly I am going to do another business which is gas business and money exchange which I was doing before, due to the lack of money I decided to come here and now I find myself in the fishing business which I understand well."