"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that getting food, safe drinking water and school fees for our children is a challenge for us as a family as our income is very low."

"The happiest part of my day is when I wake up in the morning and go out to fetch water at the nearby water pan. This makes me happy as getting water in our village is a challenge especially during this dry season."

"I am planning to spend my transfer on building a bigger house, build a latrine, put up a water tank and spend the rest on livestock. "

"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying a bull to help me in farming, build a bigger shelter, paying my kids' school fees, buy a donkey to help fetch water from long distance since we have water scarcity in this area and boost my business. "

"My proudest achievement is that I have managed to sink a borehole and I am happy of constant water supply for household use and for horticultural farming. "

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that our land is experiencing drought and this at times forces us to walk for over 3 hours in search of water."

"I used to fetch water over long distance and carry it on my back something that could make me susceptible to frequent backaches but since I got transfers from GD, I managed to buy a donkey that helps me carry water over long distance a big difference in my life."

"I bought 26 iron sheets at 18,700KES, one still door at 7,700KES, 10 fisher boards at 4,700KES, 21 wall poles at 4,000KES, one solar lamp at 4,900KES, used 500KES on fetching water, paid 5,000KES school fee for my daughter in high school, gave 2,000KES to my mother and 2,000KES to my son,"

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that we experience water shortage in our area and even if we plant crops on our land it does not do well due to drought."

"I bought cement (15000 KES) sand (8000 KES) ballast (5000 KES) water for building (5000 KES) and labor (15000 KES) and school fees (6000 KES)"