"Having not received rain for a while, there was a major issue with water in our home. I therefore on receiving the 3rd transfer of KES 3000, spent KES 500 on purchasing water gallons to sustain us. The remainder of the amount which was KES 2500, I used to purchase food products for the Christmas and New year holiday."

"I spent KES 35000 of my transfer on a two roomed 24 Iron-roofed house because I used to live in a tiny room with four Ironsheets and had leaking roofs. I spent KES10000 on beddings and clothing. I also spent KES10000 on payment of school fees for my son in high school. I normally rely on beans farming to pay school fees. I spent KES5000 on a goat for milk because I don't have a dairy cow. I spent KES 1500 on water container and KES 3000 on a sack of maize.We normally rely on charcoal burning in order to feed my family."

"Receiving this money means a better and spacious house for my family of 8. I live in a one- roomed grass thatched house which acts as the kitchen, living and sleeping area. It is very uncomfortable sleeping in the same room with my grown up children and also they have no enough space to do their evening studies or homework. This forces them to go to their cousins place when they need to study and I find it shameful. I plan on building a three- roomed iron roofed house with KES 30,000. My children will then sleep and study without straining also I will be fetching rain water saving me the agony of using unclean water from the river."

"Receiving this money means self reliance. I am 75 years old and my husband is 87 years old, at this old age we can no longer go to work nor do strenious work. I live in a semi-arid area and I go 2 kilometers away to fetch water from the river for domestic use and at the same time for livestock to drink. During the dry season ,the river dries up forcing us to walk another 3 kilometers or buy water from vendor which is expensive. I am happy because from the transfers I will buy 5,000 litres water storage tank with KES 25,000 .This will enable me harvest enough clean rain water during the rainy season to use during the dry season."

"I am a very happy person to receive this money. I want to use this money to buy a water pump. I want a water pump so that I can use it for farming and earn more money so that I can support my family. It will also benefit my children because they will be able to use the same pump in future."

"Building a permanent house for my family and having an extra source of income are my two priorities when I receive this money. I have a mud walled house which stresses me because of the frequent repairs needed. I have a little money that I have saved from my motorcycle taxi business which I will top up KES 30,000 and start the construction of a stone walled house. For the extra source of income, I plan to buy a donkey for transportation purposes; both personal and commercial. This will earn me money within the village. Transportation of tents during functions, water, building materials among other goods will earn me some income."

"I used the first transfer of kshs 1200 on the various items. I used kshs 500 to pay examinations fees for my 4 children who are in grade 3, pp2, pp1 and pp1 respectively. I'm planning to build my own house since I do not have one, so I used kshs 300 to buy construction poles. I used kshs 300 to buy 4 packets of 2kg maize flour. I used the remaining kshs 100 to buy soap, paraffin and water. I have no job and mostly its difficult to afford such things. Thank you so much and God bless you."

"First of all i intend to use this money to fix my house. During the rainy season as it rains, water pours into my house and it gets soaked. At times i even have to seek shelter at my relatives home. Therefore, i will buy iron sheets to get ride of this problem. I will also use this money to purchase fertiliser so that i can harvest maize. I will also buy maize for food."

"I am aged and sickly most times, hence I cannot go on casual jobs to sustain my family of 2. My household fetches water from the silango's within the village which is nonetheless distant. Furthermore, I consume most of the time fetching water and at the end of it, I am very tired considering I have to fetch round trips to get enough to last the household the entire day. I have been yearning for a tank for the past 3 years, but sadly finances could not allow me. When I receive these transfers, I intend to use KES 30000 to purchase a 2500 litres tank that I will be able to fetch and store rainwater for use in the household. I will be very happy that my energy is reserved and the time reserved for further household chores."

"When I withdrew the money, I bought 20 pieces of iron sheets for KES 20000.00. The aim of buying the iron sheets is that I wanted to construct a new house because the one I had was very small and old thus not secured to live in. I also bought a bicycle for KES 15000.00 for fetching some water because the water points were very scare and far from our home due to the drought that had stroke our area. I also paid KES 8000.00 school fees for my children so that they are retained in school and have proper learning environment. Since I was relying on making and selling charcoals which is not a guaranteed business for generating income, I had borrowed some food items from different shops and I saw it prudent to settle the bills so that if need arises I could have the guts to borrow again."