"In 2016, the roof of my house was brought down by a heavy whirlwind. I had no option but to rebuild the rooftop. This caused damage to my newly bought iron sheets. So, receiving this money means repairing my rooftop which usually leaks whenever it heavily rains."

"Receiving this money means better Education for my children. Currently my children are out of school because I can't mange to pay for their school fees, I don't have a job and my husband only depends on casual jobs and the little we get goes for foodstuffs and clothing's. I feel very disturb seeing my children at home and I don't have anything to do. When I receive this money ksh 60,000 will go to school fees and the remaining I will build a house for the children since we are still under one roof."

"To me, receiving this money means a chance for a better life. I have had a dream to buy a cow after selling the two I had five years ago to take care of my father's medication but I couldn't due to scarce resources. I am a masonry earning KES600 a day when I get some work and this isn't enough to take care of my personal basic needs and support my siblings. I believe having one again will mean an increase in my assets and I will rely on it for milk for my household consumption and sales to make an extra income thus I am planning to buy a cow worth KES30000 to start with. I wish to spend KES40000 to build an iron-roofed house and fully furnished. When I complete it I will be ready to marry and this will be my happiness since I will have a place to call home and share the comfort with my family. I am planning to invest KES20000 to invest in poultry farming since with egg production I will be able to meet my daily household needs thus save my earning for other incoming generating activities. I am planning to spend KES20000 on my personal basic needs mainly food and clothing."

"For a long time, I have wanted to build a house with an iron sheets roof. This will enable us to collect rainwater and also reduces the burden for my wife going to fetch water over long distances and also I can save at least Sh 600 a month which I always use to buy water.I have also sold most of my livestock to gather for my kids school fees .Therefore this transfer will help me acquire some other cattle and hence I can sell their young ones in future for my kids fee again."

"I have been replacing the roof of my house regularly, say after every 1 year because it's grass-thatched. This is so costly and I have wished to replace it with some iron sheets but this has never been possible due to lack of money. My children has been suffering from frequent colds since they are rained on especially during the rainy season. Receiving this money will mean good health to my family since I intend to spend utmost $400 of my transfers to have the roof replaced. The remaining amount will help me to buy oxen and an ox-plough to upscale my farming because as of now, I use a hoe. This will guarantee me more harvest and hence, food security to my household."

"The house that i am living in is very old,it has a leaked roof that cannot be repaired. When it rains it is very cold and uncomfortable to stay and sleep inside.Receiving this money would mean very soon i will have a good and safe house for my family. I am currently halfway building a permanent house but the money i get from my dairy farming is not enough hence i cannot buy all the building materials needed at once.I still need $1800 to finish the house.40 bags of cement at $250, sand costing$100and 40 pieces of iron sheets at $250 and $400 will cater for labour. It will be of great help to me."

"I have always wanted to put up an iron sheet roofed house but have always been constrained by monetary issues"

"I believe this money will help me to build a decent house and put an iron sheet roofed house as I do not a proper house. I will also use the money for buying enough food for my household as my household always lacks money for food since I do not work and I do not do any business"

"Receiving this money will be means to end most of my financial problems. I need to buy iron sheets and roof my house. I need to buy blankets for my family and have enough food for every day consumption and not depend on piece work to put food on my table"

"I am so grateful for considering me in this program. As you can see, the roof of my house got carried away because of wind. I have been looking forward to have money so that I can renovate my house. I will also use the money to buy fertilizer, cooking utensils and beddings."