"My desire has always been to buy a water tank for my family. We always go past three kilometres to fetch water which is always contaminated and in turn affect us healthwise. However, the Kenya Red cross has come in hand to ensure that we get supplied with water in our village. I will use the money from GD to buy a 4000 litres water tank and buy pipes to supply water direct to my homestead."

"My normal day starts by waking up at 6.00am and prepare my children for School who leaves at around 7.00am. After which I start my normal household chores such as fetching firewood and water, washing utensils and at times I am forced to do any other casual work within the neighborhood such as digging other people's farms. It is only at the evening that I feel relieved after my husband is back from his casual work where he normally comes with food. This therefore, makes my evening the happiest part of my day."

"I wake up early at 6am I prepare for tea and then take it. I then go to sell water at our group center where we have a water point, as I await to hear from one of my friends if they have information concerning a chance of casual labor work that occurs in the morning and if their isn't any I sell water until lunch time. I then go back to my house prepare and take lunch. I then come back at the water point sell water until 8pm then I go back to my house take dinner watch movies and sleep. On my free time I play soccer with my friends."

"My ambition is to be a successful business man in future. I would want to open a distilling company and buy equipments that I will use to sell packed mineral water that is pure, clean and safe to drink. I would also want to start a business of importing clothes and shoe and sell them in our local market. The demand of clothes and shoes is high and therefore hope to make a lot of profit in return. I would also want to give back to the society, to the less fortunate because there are many people who are needy."

"My usual day starts at 6:00am when I wake up early in the morning. I prepare myself and take breakfast in a nearby kiosk before I embark on my work of collecting garbage in Mlango Kubwa village, in Mathare. I do my work until 1:00pm then I return back to my house. I take a shower and have lunch at a nearby kiosk. I then leave to where our group is located, where we have income generating activities such as selling water, laundry and barber shop where we work in shifts. I return back in the house at 9:00 pm and retire to bed. On Sundays I go to church and in my free time, I relax at home, watch movies, listen to music or visit friends."

"My ambition is to get money and start up an agribusiness in our rural home by breeding dairy cows and selling their milk to our local shops and homestead. I will also be engaging in farming especially of maize,Tomatoes and water melon and sell them.This will bring me good income and enhance my lifestyle and of my family. "

"I spent my first transfer to sand at 100,000ugx, aggravate stones at 200,000ugx, cement at 240,000ugx, a window at 90,000ugx, mattress at 115,000ugx ,bed sheets at 32000, curtains at 15,000ugx, sauce pan at 20,000ugx, plates at 170,000ugx, agricultural labor at 40,000ugx, basin at 45,000ugx, water jag at 2,500ugx, medicine 15,000ugx, food at 35,000ugx and savings worth 627,500ugx"

"I spent my first transfer to buy bricks at 440,000ugx,clothes at 68,000ugx, cups at 8,000ugx ,plates at 40,000ugx, timber at 228,000ugx,nails at 81,000ugx, table at 20,000ugx, tuckey at 43,000ugx,food at 29,000ugx, water jag at 2,000ugx, construction labor at 430,000ugx, medical bills at 28,000ugx, and savings worth 283,000ugx"

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a water tank and I no longer walk for a long distance to look for water, this has given me enough time to concentrate on my farm."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a sky blast for storing clear water and I no longer walk for a long distance to look for water for domestic use and also for my livestock."