"In this country, it is said that primary education is free in public schools, but the truth is, that is not the case. I have four children in primary school and when the monies they are required to pay are combined, I pay a lot more than a highschool parent does. It has always been tough paying the required amounts due to low income which was mostly caused by the rains that were witnessed in our area months back. This is because I do water supply within my area and during the rainy season, the business stops because most people use rainwater. During those months, I could not invest my transfers on anything meaningful because my family depended solely on the transfers, including the fees, but now that I am back to business, I can set aside my transfers for other investment plans."

"Being a housewife, my daily routine involves cutting nappier grass for my cattle in the morning and fetching them enough water for the day, after which i do my household chores in the afternoon. I am always happy in the evening since its the time i take rest as i wait for my children and spouse to come back from school and work respectively."

"Two of my grandchildren reside with me a attend school from my house. While I toil during the day to look after my livestock, I am relieved in the evening when they arrive home to give me a hand with domestic chores like drawing water and cooking. This is the happiest part of my day. "

"Comparing my life currently and in the past four months, there is a really big difference. I have a cow which I purchased, bought a large water tank and a small one which I have been using to store clean water for drinking and also transferred my child from a public primary school to a private school. Apart from all that, my duty to avail food for the family has been so easy since my wife stepped in last month and took charge in ensuring that she avails most of the required goods in the household."

"Receiving this money means that I will purchase cement and sand to plaster my house. My house is built with sand and whenever it rains, the winds splash water on the wall which loosens the joints and I fear that it may collapse one day.Besides that, part of the money I will use to educate my children. My idea is that, if I educate my children, they will be able to get better employment opportunities in future."

"When drought face our region every year, we receive a below normal rainfall distribution and therefore water shortages will be aggravated by the drought. When this happen, competition for water sources between humans and animals become rife. The aftermath becomes a plummeting supply of food for livestock thus a diminishing production, whose ripple effect include malnutrition and school drop outs due to lack of funds. "

"After the children leave for school,I tend to the cows i.e feed and water then work in my farm.I work there for most part of the mornings till lunchtime.It is at this time that I am happiest because through this work and the proceeds of the farm,my family will be able to have a meal at the end of the day."

"I have already started paying for a wall unit. This assures me that I will rarely use the money to replace broken or stolen utensils. This will also ensure that I have more storage water tanks that will assist me in storing rainwater. In addition to that, I was able to purchase a sheep for rearing. By the end of the year, I'm expecting to have more sheep since it will have multiplied and increased in number."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a water tank for storing clean water. I used to walk for a long distance to fetch clean water for domestic use. This was taking much of my time because I could walk for more than four hours to get to where we fetch the water and sometimes there was a long queue of people at the river waiting to fetch water too. This was taking much of my time and it was so tiresome and I could not do any other job after carrying water. Sometimes we buy water from people who sells during the dry season and this was so costly for me because I do not have continues source of income. We majorly depend on dairy farming and we used the small money we get for food and to pay school fees. Currently, my life has changed in that I no longer walk for long-distance to fetch water like I used to do before, My family has clean water for drinking and they are no longer expose to water-borne related diseases, I have also devoted most of my time on my farm and this has led to good harvest and sufficient food for the family . I am so much grateful because our standard of living has changed."

"After my children leave for school I help my mother in law in looking after the cows.When I have no work to do in my farm,I spend the rest of the time around my compound doing cleanliness and fetching water.I enjoy my evenings when I am with my children having supper.Seeing them having food to eat is a great achievement for me."