"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying a water storage tank and the remaining amount I will used to build a new house."

"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying water tank and improving my house."

"The happiest moment is during morning hours. This is when am at the borehole fetching water while having stories with my fellow village women."

"I spent my third transfer on a donkey for 12,000 KES for the purpose of water transportation from the source. Before GD support I spent 60 minutes to fetch 20 litres of water which I carried on my and could therefore only make two trips per day and which was very straining, yet I still had to perform all the other house-hold duties because I am a woman. With GD support, currently I use the donkey I bought to fetch 80 litres within the same 60 minutes and I do not carry any weight. I plan to serve other villages for a fee once the drought situation gets worse and water sources become more scarce. I also bought two goats for 6,000 KES.I spent the balance on household furniture for 28,000 KES."

"I had constructed a house using my previous transfers but I had not cemented it so,when I received my third transfer,I plastered it, smearing with mud is not easy given that we are far away from water points. I no longer smear. I am relieved of this hard task."

"I used to have problem with issues of water since where I live, there is high level of water insecurity due to frequent draught and therefore when I received the third transfer, I spent on a 3000 L water tank that I use for storing water during rainy season and consuming during dry season for my domestic use and household production."

"I spent my third transfer on cementing my house and buying a bicycle for 10,000 KES to facilitate water transportation from the stream , which has been a very tedious activity to me . I also bought a television set for 18,000 KES for news and entertainment.The rest I spent on basic furniture(cupboard) as well as other miscellaneous needs."

"I spent my third transfer for a start -up Tree-Nursery Project for 100,000 KES (I had saved the entire second transfer with the intention of putting the moneys together for this very purpose). I bought seeds from different tree species (Gravellia 2 kg, Kaladadi 2kg, kayapo 2kg, whistling pine 1kg) and planted. To date I have 10,000 beautiful tree seedlings. I also sunk a Borehole as a source of water to support the Project fully since normally this area is rather dry.I have a corner at Bondo town where I sell the seedlings daily ,with weekly sales average of about 500 pieces. Life has changed for the better since these days my family gets food daily, unlike before when we could sleep in an empty stomach some of the time due to lack of income sources for both myself and my husband. I had started this project before but just had a few seedlings at home that whoever wanted would come to buy from there, but otherwise I mainly did odd jobs for people at a small fee. My husband’s occupation on the other hand is walking around to look for damaged plastic articles which he repairs at a small fee . I have so far saved 30,000 KES from the Project and hope to break even very soon. This is a marketable business in this part since the place is very dry and tree seedlings sell fairly well, especially in rainy seasons. I thank you very much."

"Since I live in a semi-arid land, water for domestic use has been my major problem and therefore when I received my third transfer, the first thing that I prioritized is a water tank that I am currently using for storing rain water that I use during drought season and it cost me 7000 KES. Next was school fees for my 2 children in a secondary school that I cleared with the rest of the money and this time round they were never sent home for fees."

"Initially, I lived in a grass-thatched house that looked pathetic-it was very old and leaky but when I received my second transfer, I bought 26 iron sheets and constructed a semi-permanent house where we currently live more comfortably-we are no longer rained on. The construction of the house consumed most part of the money and spent the rest on a bicycle that I can now use to ferry water over long distance during dry seasons."