"I spent my first transfer buying a sofa set seat which I didn't have.I paid school fees for my son who is in a vocational training institution carryout a tailoring course . I bought nails and 20 pieces of iron sheets which I am planning to use on expanding my house into a decent spacious house since the house I am staying in at the moment is small and not fitting my family members comfortably .I bought two bags of maize for my family's consumption and water container ( super drum).I have remained with 5000 KES."

"I spent my first transfer on purchasing a cellphone for my husband to use in communication , bought decent clothes for the whole family members and food for the family consumption. I also fixed a verandar to prevent water from entering in my house and used the larger percentage of the amount on purchasing a television so as to be at per with the local news ."

"I now have a reliable means of transport since I bought a bicycle. Being a business woman I do not spend any coin on transporting my goods. The bicycle too helps me in fetching water from the lake so I do not have to walk for a long distance to the river. I'm proud too I now have furniture of my own so I do not borrow anymore from neighbors."

"I spent my first transfer on buying bedding and a water pump to facilitate my husband's commercial tomatoes business . I bought 10 pieces of iron sheets which I am planning to construct a decent spacious three roomed house since at the moment I am staying at my co- wife's house who is away for work."

"The happiest part of my day is in the evening.This is the time when my step children return back from school. This children relieve me from fetching water and firewood. This brings joy and happiness to me."

"I'm now at peace for owning a cow so I believe I'll soon be having enough supply of milk without spending any money after the cow has given birth. I also find it easy to fetch water from the lake since I have my own bicycle thus I do not have to borrow bicycle anymore from my neighbors. This is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"The biggest hardship in my life is my wife's disability.This makes it hard for her to fully contribute in other households responsibilities such fetching water and firewood when am not there at home."

"I used a portion of the transfer to buy building materials(35 pieces of iron sheets, and nails). Purchased a mattress for myself. Bought water containers. I also purchased corns for family consumption with the rest of the money."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that currently, I live in an improved sanitation. This is after acquiring a water tank for storing rain water for domestic use and constructing a latrine for our use. Before then, we never had a latrine but instead we could depend on open defecation and again, we could walk longer distances to fetch water both combined could interfere with our lives."

"I used a portion of the transfer to buy a metallic box and a bag for keeping family clothes. Bought 20 pieces of iron sheets which I'll use to build an iron roofed house since I'm still living in a leaking grass thatched house. Purchased water containers and cooking utensils. Purchased family clothes with a portion of the transfer. Besides, I bought family foodstuffs with the rest of the transfer."