"Getting daily meals is the biggest challenge for me. Getting fresh water for drinking is also a bigger challenge. The whole village relies on a borehole with salt water which is not safe for drinking. I have been sleeping on the floor for the last 4 years now. If I fall sick, I do not have anyone to take care for me nor take me to hospital. If I fail to sell my firewood, then I have to go to bed without food."

"Not having a stable source of income is the challenge I am currently facing. I am a substance farmer and with the pronged drought, I was left with nothing to do. I had to start cutting firewood and burning charcoal which I was not used to doing. This has made me sleep tired and not being productive. The revenue I used to get KES 1500 per week cannot cater to food and water. This worries me because I sometimes eat one meal per day or even sleep without eating."

"A private company by the name Mombasa cement brings water to the community every Friday. The water is free. This has really relieved us. So the free water has brought happiness to me."

"Lack of water and food is the current challenge I am facing. We last had rains in our village three years a go. That has caused drought and famine in our village. Most of the time, I do agriculture for family use. Due to lack of rains ,I do not do it again. So lack of food has made my children grow very weak. They take one meal in a day"

"That morning I had woken up very early so that I could go fetch water for domestic use in the use since we had run out and the water scarcity made me walk almost two hours to my destination where I got the drinking water. On my way back is when I saw the message and I was elated I almost dropped the water because I wanted to scream and jump with excitement because I knew with the money I would at least afford a meal."

"I felt so happy and grateful when I received the money because I knew I had gotten something that was going to help me address the pressing challenges I was facing, especially, school fees for my children. I had also been desiring to have a bed and mattress as well as find a lasting solution to the water problems we are facing which through this money, I was able to get a reservoir tank for water. I was so grateful the moment I received the money."

"I work as a casual laborer, people call me to plow their farms as they prepare for the planting seasons. This season has been very challenging since we have not had rains for the past year. This has affected my productivity. My earnings have deteriorated and providing for my family has been a challenge. Money to buy water, food, and pay school fees are my main concern."

"On a daily, I must walk more than 15 kilometers in search of water. The entire journey, my five-month-old daughter strapped to my back. Back home, I leave everything to my eight-year-old daughter. She has to ensure that her siblings are fed, washed, and the house in order. These responsibilities are too heavy for her but I have no choice."

"Draught is still the major hindrance to my progress because as a mixed farmer, I ndeed rains to be able to get pasture and water for my cattle. Most of the days I have to go to grazing fields that are about as far as five kilometres while crop farming is already completely dead."

"With the prolonged drought, everyone's priority now is to put food on the table and therefore I rarely get called to make household tools like bed and chairs as before. Since I have no other source of income, I have resulted in selling my livestock. I have depleted the strong one and the remaining ones go for a very low price which is not enough to provide for my family especially with the most basic needs such as food and water."