"I used my last transfer to build a house. I have been desiring to build a bigger and a better house. I bought all needed materials such as iron sheets, wires and timber. I also bought 5 bags of maize for food processing. I have been struggling with hunger in the past. I also did have enough kitchen utensils such that I could borrow to my neighbor whenever I receive a visitor. When I received my transfer, I bought enough pots, plates, spoons and water buckets. I also used the money to start livestock production and I bought 2 goats. I also have saved part of the money to pay a carpenter who will do the roofing of my house."

"I will be able to pay school fees for my children. I have been struggling to pay school fees for my two children who are in primary school. This past year they have been sent back home countless times. I am a farmer but for the past two years, I have not been able to farm or earn. I have ulcers and the doctors advised that I take a break from work. My husband has had to chip in and pay their school fees but his income is not sufficient. He fetches and sells water in Mombasa using his cart. I plan to use these transfers in paying their school fees to avoid them being sent back for school fees and ensure that they get to high school and get their certificates."

"This year has been tough on us farmers, we usually expect rains the last four to three months. It has not rained and this has affected our productivity. We have no water and food is scarce, especially vegetables. We have to walk for kilometers to get water and this is time-consuming and tiresome. I have five children and it is hard finding time to go to the stream to fetch water. I have to ask for assistance from other people in the compound. We no longer have a variety of vegetables to choose from, we eat silver cyprinid regularly. This is not nutritious, especially for young children."

"This money will be meaningful as i will buy ironsheets so that in the near future we should no longer worry about rains because whenever it's a rainy season our house its always in water due to leaks from the roof (grass thatched), on our own we couldn't manage because we don't have a fixed source of income as a husband i go fishing and i sell some of the fish which is less 2000 and i use that to buy maize for us to be eating but we couldn't afford to build a beautiful house"

"Drought has brought many challenges in our lives and with the poor economy, things are getting tougher. Food and water are like gold nowadays because getting them is not easy as before."

"Unemployment makes it really difficult for me to afford normal life in this village. We have to buy nearly everything since the onset of this prolonged draught ranging from water, food to hay for our animals. This condition has overly inflated the cost of living to an extent that I can't afford it anymore. I just wish I could go back to my teaching job but the school still owes me a lot."

"I am a farmer dealing majorly in crop farming of kales, cabbages, and tomatoes. Our region at times experiences prolonged drought seasons and my farm is located in an area full of stones. Due to this, water retention is low and I am forced to practice irrigation most of the time. Because of this, I have been hiring a water pump from one of my neighbors and it is costly and upon receiving my transfer, we decided to purchase one worth KES 22000. In addition, I spent KES 15000 to buy 20 pieces of iron sheets that I am planning to use in building a more decent iron-roofed house for my family since the one we live in is grass thatched and the roof has to be changed every two years. I used the remaining KES 15000 on clothes and foodstuffs for my family."

"Taking care of a family of 11 is not easy especially when you don't have a stable job. For the longest time, I have been working as a casual laborer on construction sites to provide for my family. Previously, I never used to struggle as I do nowadays because jobs were not scarce as they are now. I would earn Ksh800 a day and I would divide the amount for some to cater to basic needs and pay school fees with the balance. The prolonged drought has made it difficult for people to build houses due to water scarcity. Life has become tough on my side because I can even go for a whole month without a job, this has led me to sell almost all the livestock that I had. This got me thinking if I had a business, life would not be the same as it is. With this money, I'm planning to save ish 2000 for the first five months to open a local green grocery store."

"Accessing clean water in our area is the main challenge that I am currently facing in my life. This is because we depend on water pans which of now have dried up. To get 20 liters, I am forced to walk a distance of 7 kilometers where I also have to queue for about 2 hours before my 1 jerrycan gets filled."

"Lately, there's hasn't been anything to be joyful about. Every day, life is a constant reminder of the basic things we should have but we don't. If we're not battling our children being sent home for arrears, we're battling lack of food or something else like walking long distances to fetch water that's not clean, to begin with."