"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have finished paying the water tank fully hence when it rains I will be able to fetch water and so I will not struggle fetching water in the far off places."

"This area being a dry area, we have always had alot of challenges during dry seasons since plants cannot do well . It becomes more hard rearing cows due to lack of grass and women always have to travel longer distances to fetch water. This has adversely affected the priductivity of our farms. That has been a biggest hardship to me."

"The happiest part of my day is in the afternoon when my children fetch for me water for domestic use."

"I want to buy my own house here in mathare(a semi permanent house). In addition to that, I also want to buy my own handcart for carrying water that I will be selling to Mathare residents which I consider will be a boost to my business. Lastly,I am planning on buying house goods because I stay with a friend and we currently don't have enough households item."

"First thing i do in the mornings is prepare breakfast, do house chores especially washing utensils as tea is cooking then make food for my baby. Afterwards, I fetch water for household use and rush off to my daily hustle of washing clothes. After my work, I get home, groom up and relax as I await to prepare for supper. During my free time I browse alot and hang out with my friends telking stories."

"My life has completely changed because I have to build a house and bought a dairy cow. I also hired labor for digging a well. I now have water on my compound."

"I usually do casual jobs mainly water distribution to various households in my area that I sell to them using handcart/mkokoteni,thats where my main income comes from. While in my free time I do relax in the house or watch movies. At times I go for football games in Depo Thika Road."

"Investing in my exsiting business is a priority,i sell water here at mathare, and adjacent there is room for build. My partner and I want to build a toilet and bathroom to serve the community.It will be of great help to the community around and we have an advantage since we are near a water point. Secondly i would take myself to school for driving lessons i want to know how to ride a motorbike,so that i can do some casual jobs at the side. Then lastly i would want to focus on my livestock,i have for ducks and a few chickens,getting supply of food for them will be a priority"

"I wake up and take breakfast in the morning, then I go to my place of work, where I sell water to the community. In the evening, I go back to my house, take bath then I sleep. When I am not at work, I wash clothes, arrange my house and then visit friends and relax with them."

"My top concern is security because I always want to keep my mother safe so that she can be able to see me grow into the man she wants me to be, and also because she's ageing and her overall safety is important to me. My second concern is poverty and unemployment, when one has no job then they can not afford the daily basic needs and that's something to worry about. Thirdly am concerned about my health and also my mother's, I live in an area where water and sanitation is a crisis and water borne diseases like cholera are prone and I wouldn't want to have sanitation related health problems."