"As a head of family I'm not employed and sometimes back I had opened up businesses but ended up closing them for lack of customers and at the moment, it is tough to get daily meal for my family so most times we sleep hungry hopping the next day we will get a single meal. Our family is facing water scarcity that demands a lot of money 1 jerrican goes for 50 bob and a day we use over 5 jerricans for cooking, washing, and even feeding our animals. So having over 300 a day just for water is very hard, because we still have to cater for other needs like having emergency money set aside."

"I have to wake up early as 2pm to walk long distances like 10 km from kanyalani to mwapala carrying 1jerrican of water, which cannot sustain the family because it's all used up, in cooking, washing utensils and bathing kids. I have resorted to washing clothes once a month because I don't have washing soap and water is scarce, so my family are forced to live in unhygienic conditions and it's risky for my kids below 5 years as they are at risk of infections."

"I have stayed in this village for 14 years, I have a family of 7 kids, where I lost 5 kids to malaria, due to the current issues that our family is living in. I lack proper housing, I previously have moved from 4 different areas where I was living in shacks and my houses didn't survive the strong winds and the rains, and at now when it rains, we have to stay awake or children sleep while standing as the sleeping area gets muddy.this makes me fear fear more that our children to be at risk of contracting more water borne diseases. I am struggling to make my family live in a more comfortable way, at aleat a spacious house , this one doesn't have any privacy and I cannot even host other family members or friends. Another challenge is the drought we are currently facing, I cannot afford 3 meals a day, so as parents we have to sacrifice for our kids to get at least one meal a day, we lost all our livestock and currently we have nothing to depend on."

"I have been suffering from chest problems and severe fever for almost a month now. Since I separated with my husband, I got engaged in fetching water for a pay. The job is energy demanding. It takes almost two hours walking a distance of over 4km to make 50KES. I have to make four trips in a day, two for selling and the rest for my domestic use. This job has greatly contributed to my ill health. Since I have no other source of income, I have been taking natural herbs for my medication."

"Drought worsened things in my village, I used to be a subsistence farmer, and back then food was easy to get but since the begging of the drought, food and water has been scarce. I have to buy everything but the money is also a problem to get."

"That would be food. When it rained yesterday, we were hopeful it would continue. We're still hopeful. The drought has affected in terms of food and water. I hope the narrative changes for the better."

"At my old age, I can't manage to walk for more than 30 kilometers to look for water. I have been left at the mercy of depending on my daughter in law who can only manage to get a 20 liters jerrican per day. I have not bathed for quite a while and now that the rains are back, I hope I will get enough water to bathe and clean my clothes."

"I don't know the amount I am to receive, but if I am to be awarded any amount that will enable me buy two - three bundles of iron roof I will surely do. Most of my friends are now fighting to build a very big house with iron roof, no one wants to ever live in thatch houses again. So my plans is to get zinc and cement to plaster my house. The reason is just easy during the rainy season we have to place buckets and pans around just to keep the water away from our things."

"I don't have any new goals at the moment. I have been able to achieve the ones that I had set before. I was able to buy a water tank, a cow, pay school fees for my two grandchildren, and repay a loan of KES 10000 that I had taken from someone. Apart from the above, I was also able to buy food and clothes for my children. My grandchildren are still studying and hence I have to struggle to get money to pay for their school fees. I am casually employed at a school as a watchman where I am paid KES 5000 per month. I plan to use most of the money that I get from my job on paying for their school fees."

"It was on the eleventh of November when I was out busy taking the livestock to a neighboring watering point. I heard my phone beep and checked to see that I had received the money. I was so happy even though part of the money was cut to pay off the debt I had borrowed. Thank you Give directly this chance."