"The money has helped me to build a new house with new roof as well as buying cement to plaster the house."

"I am a young ambitious mother of two who primarily depends on subsistence farming to see my family through. Since we got married, we have had a dream of improving our farming to enables us to acquire more assets and get better yields to sustain my family throughout the year. To me, receiving this money means a better investment in farming since I am planning to spend KES75000 on farming. First, I will buy a dairy cow worth KES50000 because am assured this will bring to an end expensive spending on milk and instead earn extra income from surplus milk that I will be selling. In addition, I will use KES18000 to buy both goats and chickens to rear in my compound. These together with the calves from the cow will be my financial securities thus I will live a secure life unlike currently. I wish to spend KES7000 to boost my crop farming too since this will supplement my livestock produce. I am planning to spend KES25000 to build an iron-roofed house hence I will have two for my family. I will spend the remaining amount, I will spend on my family basic needs mainly daily food and clothing."

"I live in a single room old grass-thatched house that is becoming uncomfortable to live in since it needs the roof to be replaced yearly which is becoming expensive for me and tiring each time I have to do it. To be receiving this money means I will be able to construct two houses a living house and a kitchen. I am planning to spend KES50000 to build these houses thus I will leave a new life in a more comfortable house and I will be able to harvest clean rainwater a dream I have had for a long. I wish to use KES20000 to buy a heifer to add to my heard. I will be able to have more milk for my household consumption and sales for extra income besides the offspring that I will rely on any financial crisis arising in my family. I planning to spent KES35000 on my family basic needs mainly my eye medication, food and clothing."

"The biggest harship I've faced is my living conditions. I need a matress to sleep on, I also have to paint my house, buy cement for the floor and also roof my house with iron sheets."

"We should appreciate that agriculture is the back bone of our economy, and we do depend on it for our days to day life. The climatic changes have proofed otherwise for there have been adverse cases of drought and hunger in our lands.Despite cultivating the farm well, I have have been unable to harvest making food insecurity my biggest hardship.For instance,at the moment ,I have maize at the farm but it's unproductive because of the harsh climate and diseases."

"I intend to use this money for constructing a modern house as the one I currently live in is grass thatched and badly leaks during heavy rains. I believe the money from this program will help me fulfil the dream of living in an iron sheet roofed house."

"She used the cash to improve the roof of her house by buying iron sheets and cement..She also purchased fertilizer and some beddings as well as clothes"

"Lack of money has forced me and my family to live in very poor shelter. Receiving this money means that I can now build a decent house which is comfortable for my children. My plan is to build a two roomed house with an iron sheet roof at a cost of 250 USD. My current house is in a bad condition. I fear for my children's health especially during the rainy season. The leaking roof and the cold weather poses a huge health risk."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I managed to construct a very decent, spacious modern house through the transfer. Initially, I used to stay in a small traditional house with weak walls and an old roof. It had even collapsed some weeks before I was enrolled. During that period I had to seek shelter from my friends and I even had to shift all my belonging. As a result, most of them got damaged and stolen as well. Also, the stay in my friend's houses was not that good at all because I was like a burden to them. The coming of GD into my life still feels like a miracle to me because it came at the time that I needed help the most. I am glad now I am sheltering under my own house with all my family members. We no longer have to worry about the rains and the insecurity issues like before."

"As old as i am i need to have a good place to sleep but you can see i use this old mosquito net as my mat so firstly i will buy matress, blankets and bedsheets for my self so that i should sleep on a good place, also i will buy ironsheets for my house nowadays its very hard for me to go cut grass for my roof, so i cannot just depend on someone to do for me so this money will be helpful as i will buy ironsheets and other things to improve my house and lastly i will buy enough food for my self and grandchildren so that we should be on a safer side when dry spell alives."