"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is inability to raise enough school fees for my children. And this frustrates me so much as a parent." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I face in my life is lack of beddings (such as mattress and blankets) as I sleep in the cold during chilly nights." (Country: Kenya)

"The new goal that I have is to start a hardware business of house construction materials. This is my specialty. My profession is masonry. I will be able to generate an income from the business and I will run it well because I understand the field quite well." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship am facing is feeding the family owing to the poor harvest and dry season that we are currently facing." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement was buying my children new clothes after selling farm proceeds." (Country: Kenya)

"My new goals are; building my house (simba) since I currently stay at my grandmothers place which is uncomfortable and the next one is joining college." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough food. In my village we don't have fertile soils so whenever we till the land we usually get to harvest very little. This often means that we have to really struggle to obtain food." (Country: Kenya)

"I spent my third transfer on 2 bulls to support land preparation and hopefully increased food production at family level. I also bought a heifer that we hope will provide our milk in the near future and save us from buying all the time." (Country: Kenya)

"My new goal is to buy a water tank. We are currently suffering water shortage due to drought in our area. We walk for up to 4 km a day to fetch water. Once we have the tank, we will be able to store water for use and our lives will be better and easier." (Country: Kenya)

"My new goal receiving these payment from GD is to start a poultry farming which will supplement my income to from my tailoring business. I intend to start this so that it can help me generate income through sale of eggs thereafter use the money for buying food for my family." (Country: Kenya)