"The house I am currently living, is about to fall down because of the weakening poles. The roof is also leaking since it was made of Makuti, which was partly blown away by the strong wind. I heavily depend on the farm to earn a living and because of the drought in our area, I no longer work on the farm. Upon receiving my recent transfer, I spent KSH 1300 in buying cement and continue building my house. Since I do not have a job, I spend part of the money towards building the house and the other in buying food for the family. Besides buying cement and food for my family, I also spent KSH 1000 in buying four chicken. Because I am currently jobless, I ventured into poultry farming as an alternative way of earning an income. Once the chicken multiplies in numbers, I will sell the eggs and also the chicken and earn from that."

"We still have two children who are in school. As my husband focuses on paying the school fees, I will use my transfers to buy food and some livestock. I intend to buy one chicken at a time. Once I have ten, I will then buy one goat at a time until I acquire ten. This will help me keep busy and also get some profit once I start selling them off after a while."

"At my old age, have nothing to my name. I only wake up to sit around, eat and sleep. I get bored. I would like to buy some chicken and goats so that they keep me busy. This livestock will be bought in bits because of the nature of how the money streams in. I will start with two chickens and then some goats. Some of the money will be used to buy food. I could add more goats with time."

"I spend my transfer on purchasing a bag of coal, dry fish chicken season, rice for the home. I will use other money to buy materials for the renovation of the two houses."

"I am planning to venture into chicken layers rearing. This will be an additional income source for my family majorly to supplement household expenditures."

"The biggest difference that the transfer has brought into our lives is that we managed to add two more cows to the ones that we have and we bought more chickens. The cows that we bought when they calve are going to be a great help to us since we will be able to get more milk for sale hence more income. The chickens that we bought have started laying eggs and hence my egg production has increased thus more income that is helping in meeting the small household needs like buying sugar, salt, etc."

"I currently do not have a job and depend fully on my husband, who is the sole breadwinner of the family. I previously worked on other people’s farms to earn a living. Since the commencement of the drought, it has been very difficult for me to get such a job. My husband too was among victims of the corona pandemic as he lost his job. Since then, he is working on manual jobs in construction, lifting bulky goods for pay and also as a Matatu conductor just to earn a living and support his family. The jobs he does are subject to availability, meaning he does not work daily. With the earnings he gets from the jobs, we can afford one meal a day. This has made it very challenging to even pay school fees for our children. Upon receiving my fifth transfer, I spent KSH 900 to pay off a debt for my three children for them to go back and continue with their studies and sit for their exams. Besides paying school fees, I spent KSH 1500 to pay for medical expenses for my youngest child who was unwell. I then spent the remaining KSH 1000 in buying two chickens. I have always wanted to rear chicken, and this proved to be the right opportunity to do so."

"I spent my money from my last transfer to start a business. For many years, I depended heavily on my farm, growing different crops for my use and sell in the market. Since the drought begun, I lost everything, including the harvest I was expecting during that time. Since then I have struggled to make end meet since I did not have a job. Recently, I started a small business where I sell different fish. The business has picked well and immediately after I received my fifth transfer; I opted to add more stock to into the business to boost my revenue. Besides adding more stock to my business, I also bought two chickens. Once these chickens multiply in numbers, it will be a splendid avenue for me to venture into poultry farming and earn an income from it too."

"The transfers motivated and materialized my long-term dream of poultry farming. For the past three months, I have solely used my transfers to support this venture. I bought six chicks worth KES 1500, chicken feed for KES 4000, and insecticides at KES 500. I saved the remaining money, KES 3000, which I aim to either channel towards a piece of land or a cow. I am immensely excited that the chicken project is progressing well and serving as a significant income source."

"Since I suffered a loss of the entire flock of chicken I was rearing to poultry disease, life has hit me hard. I was deprived of my only source of income, could no longer fend for myself, and constantly starved. Therefore, my priority when I received the transfer was buying two bales of maize flour worth KES 2200 as food. Also, I bought a chicken for KES 300 as I intend to dive back into poultry keeping. Additionally, I had earlier bought a goat worth KES 3000 using the transfers, which I am hoping will multiply to increase my income sources."