"My first priority is to expand my current business.I make and sell beaded shoe materials then sell them at kariokor. I will buy more beads and already made bead neck pieces to sell to my clients in Mathare. Also I will be buying beads in bulk then sell to my friends who also have to go to Kariokor Market to purchase the beads. They will save on transport money if the beads are readily available here in Mathare. With an increase in my income from selling the bead products I can improve my life and sustain my familiys' daily needs. Secondly I will pay school fees for my children. Lately it has been a struggle for me to carter for their education and so paying their school fees will mean they don't get sent home for school fee arrears. Lastly I would save the remaining money, so that whenever I have an emergency it will be easier to carter for it, rather than always borrowing from friends."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is poverty. I have children that are of school going age but getting money to take care of their education needs is not easy. In most cases, I sell food crops to raise money to pay school fees. This has always resulted into food shortage because what remains usually is less the fact that I also produce less based on the limitations of land."

"The biggest hardship that I face is taking care of my children alone as a single parent. I have to struggle to provide their needs. Education, medication, feeding and all other needs are taken care of by me. What really worsens it is the fact that I do not have land that I can cultivate."

"The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding my current transfer is the two goats that I have added to my farm. Even though I have a business, my household daily expenditure and children education is too high that I spent all the profits on these needs. I see my two goats to be the biggest difference since I would not have bought if it was not for GD. I am happy and hopeful that I will soon get milk from them for household consumption and young ones to sell in case of emergencies requiring money."

"I primarily depend on casual jobs to provide for my family. The daily household needs and education for my children being major demands in my day to day life, meeting them is so challenging to me since I have scarce resources and too expensive. I had to overwork myself each day with little time to spend with my family or relax. The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding my current transfer is the humble minds and less casual jobs that I do since I have an income from GD that I spend on my family daily needs unlike before. I am happy I can provide for my family with ease each day and also have time to stay with my family unlike before when I used to be out looking for casual jobs most of the time."

"My life is currently difference from how it was because I would never have afforded school fees for my college. I knew that secondary school was supposed to be the highest level of education I would ever reach but when GD came I knew I was going to dream."

"My top concern is unemployment because, both I and my husband do not have technical skills, this has led to us working odd jobs in the casual sector to meet our daily needs . My husband works at a car wash in Eastleigh while I wash clothes for people. These gives us no job security and our daily income is not sustainable. I have to always worry if by the end of the evening I will be able to put food on our table and if I can meet my children's daily needs such as education, good health and clothing."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to take care of the education needs of my children. I have been trying to raise money by way of planting rice but now government has frustrated that. A rulling has been passed that farming in wet lands must stop. Now I have to find an alternative but which is not easy. "

"I have a passion for giving my children a better education and I have considered their education to be the most important thing to give them. I always struggle to meet their school fees, needed materials for their studies and also their daily upkeep in school. I am a farmer and businessman but my income is not astable hence making it unreliable for my family basic needs. I had most of the time my children being sent home due to lack of fees and could stay at home for long until I raise money through either selling of my assets or borrowing whenever my business is not doing well. In the last four months, the biggest difference in my daily life is the fee clearance I made on time hence giving my children humble time to study and also get humble mind and time to look to get more resources for future needs. I am currently not selling my assets or borrowing money too much like before. I am happy that my big dream of giving my children a better future is well taken care of through education."

"Before I started receiving these transfers, I experienced a lot of challenges trying to balance between meeting my family's basic needs such as food and clothing for my children with payment of school fees. This was particularly hard for me because I entirely depend on casual labour to be able to raise income and the money that I get is barely enough to buy food. With the desire to give my children the best in terms of education, I often ended up working for long hours trying to get that extra income. This often left me exhausted and I still could not afford to raise enough. My children could often be sent home for school fees. Receiving this money has enabled me to keep my children in school all the time of the term and at the same time afford to provide the basic needs for them. This has been the biggest difference in my daily life over the last four months."