"I spent my first transfer on buying a bag of maize 4,500 KES for my family's consumption. I bought shoes and clothes for my children 2,300 KES.I also bought fishing nets with the aim of adding stock onto my fish vending business but unfortunately the nets were stolen. a"

"I spent my first transfer on purchasing fishing nets to help my spouse conduct well his fishing activities which is the only source of hope for the family."

"I spent my first transfer on payment of Secondary school fee for my child (5,000 KES) to enable her learn consistently, and also bought new fishing nets to replace my previous ones that got stolen (5,000 KES)."

"I spent my first transfer on purchasing fishing nets and placed at the lake to facilitate my fishing activities that brought some daily income for the family's survival."

"I spent my first transfer on buying a solar lamp 2,000 KES. I bought a fishing nets 4,000 KES since I do fish vending business. I also paid labour 4,000 KES for smearing my house."

"When I received the first transfer, I used it to buy fishing nets for my personal fishing business."

"I spent most of my transfer to dig a pit latrine in my compound. I bought 15 tins of maize at 2,000 KES and bought fishing ropes because the ones I had were old and worn out."

"I spent my first transfer on buying a mattress and medicinal drugs for my son who has been ailing for a while now.I also bought four fishing nets and eight tins of maize."

"My bigggest hardship in life is taking care of my big family with low income.My husband is a fisherman. We depend on fishing to get money to buy food for our family."

"Receiving this money means my liberation from poverty.I plan to repair my broken boat and engage in fishing in large scale since currently I am sourcing from suppliers in order to sell and this is very costly."