"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is getting enough money to buy food for my family because the little that I get from farm produce, I use in paying school fees for my children." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is providing my children with adequate basic needs especially when I am sick.This is due to inability to do casual jobs." (Country: Kenya)

"Since I depend so much on farming but lacks modern farm equipment , I find it so hard to meet my family responsibilities such as provision of better health care and clothing." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is getting a sustainable job because I am unable to provide adequate food to my family." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of school fees, since my father had died and my mother has also been sick, this situation forced me to drop out of school and start selling vegetables in order to get what to eat." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I have faced is taking care of my sickly wife for the past five years. Her illness has been expensive and therefore straining on the little income that I make." (Country: Kenya)

"The recipient used the whole transfer for constructing a commercial house in Sironko district" (Country: Uganda)

"I spent 10000000ugx on school fees; 200000ugx on agriculture; 200000ugx on households and rest savings" (Country: Uganda)

"I spent 801000ugx on school fees and school requirements , 700000ugx on bricks; 600000ugx on cement. I saved 708000ugx for paying the builders and 500000ugx for next term's tuition." (Country: Uganda)

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of enough money to pay fees for my six children.Seing four of them through college was so stressful." (Country: Kenya)