"l spend the transfer to plaster my house so l bought 12 bags of cements at 9000 kshs, sand at 8000 kshs, l spend 5000 kshs to pay for labor, l also spend 12000 kshs to buy iron-sheets, l also bought 2 windows at 5000 kshs, l spend 2000 kshs to pay school fees for my child in school, l gave my wife 2000 kshs to add into her business , l also spend 2000 kshs to weed, l bought 1 sack of maize at 2000 kshs the remaining balance l spend to buy foodstuffs."

"GD is more reliable than other Ngos working in our community since others will never act according to their pledge." (Occupation: Small business)

"Thanks to GD for bringing a difference in my life. I remember there was a time I lost my son and when my friends came to console me, I did not manage to accommodate them well since the room was too small to accommodate more than 3 people, however GD enabled me to have a bigger room and I am now confident that it can accommodate my visitors." (Occupation: Small business)

"My proudest achievement is when i am able to work in my farm and yield produce enough to put up for sale at the lake shore. " (Occupation: Small business)

"We are planning to put up a bigger house than this one, buy livestock, start up a small business and spend rest the on furniture, food, clothing and school fees. "

"The proudest achievement that we have is being able to own and work on our farm to have produce at the end of it." (Occupation: Small business)

"The biggest harship the we have is not being able to pay school fees for our children to go to school so sometimes they just stay at home while their fellow schoolmates continue learning and also at times it's challenging to get money at the end of the day business is sometimes low." (Occupation: Small business)

"My proudest achievement is that I have struggled as a business lady to keep my children in school."

"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying eighteen bags of cement that I will use in plastering my house, I will spend part of the transfer on building a toilet, I will also start a small business of fish selling and part of it also I will spend on paying school fees for my children."

"The achievement that I am proudest of is that we were able to save cash through our farming business of selling cattle which enabled us to buy a piece of land that we build our house on."