"Give-directly do well by giving me transfer fund to enable me build my house and to send my children to school."

"I spend my recent transfer on buying zinc nails, food and to pay the workers to roof our house."

"I spend my recent transfer on buying zinc nails,sticks and added my business."

"I have four children who are in school and raising their school fees is not an easy job for me. My firstborn daughter is a form 1 at Kong'otik Girls High School and I pay KES 40000 every year towards her school fees. The other 3 children are in Tabarosho Primary School where I spend an extra KES 6000 buying school items like books and uniforms. My husband is a car mechanic at Chebunyo market a job that earns him an average amount of KES 300 per day. The amount is not enough to cater for the school needs of all our 4-children. I have been receiving numerous calls from the school heads reminding me to clear an outstanding balance of KES 10000 and this has been a constant source of stress. Receiving this money means that my children will have ample time in school because they will not be sent away due to unpaid arrears."

"Financial instability is the biggest challenge that I face at the moment. I am a vegetable vendor at Chebunyo market and these days customers are not visiting as they used to, before covid. We used to have customers who come from as far as Nakuru to take our vegetables but they stopped coming and this has subjected us to a financial crisis. I am considering moving on to other things like being a farmer because as things stands we are able to pay school fees for my children from what I am currently doing"

"Receiving this money means access to education for my children. I am a mother of four children. Two of them are currently in primary school while the other two are still young. My family depend on casual jobs like working in construction sites. These jobs are not reliable and earns me less than KES 2000 in a week. This money is not enough to take care of food and education for the children. Sometimes I feel sad when they are sent home due to lack of school fees. This makes me feel that the dream of seeing them transition to institutions of higher learning is at stake. My ambition is to be self employed. I intend to use the cash transfer to buy a sewing machine and cloth materials that will cost KES 20000. I will then build a stall near the road where I will make and sell clothes to the people in the village. This will help me earn some profit that I will save for my children education."

"Lack of a source of income is the main challenge that I am facing at the moment. I have a family of one child that needs to eat and access basic education. However, due to financial challenges, my child stays home alone and sometimes cry when he sees his friends going to school in the morning. It breaks my heart to see him cry and having nothing to do about it. I depend on fetching water for other people especially in building sites which is not reliable and pays very little. In a week I can earn at most KES 800. This money is not enough to meet the basic needs. My desire is to be self employed where I will be making my own money. I intend to use the cash transfers to buy a sewing machine which will help me earn an income from repairing other peoples clothes in the village. This way, my child will be able to join school and fulfill his dreams."

"At my old age, my health is compromised. I suffer from high blood pressure and I am on drugs to check on it. I have been attending Tenwek hospital on a monthly basis for checkups and to replenish the drugs I am using. I was told that it must be on check so that it does not trigger diabetes. I thank God that there is a lot of improvement."

"I have always dreamt to diversify and have several sources of income to supplement the small retail shop business that I run. I have a small family of us three, which in future I look forward to my family expanding, so responsibilities may increase too. I have plans of having several dairy cows as they really help by providing milk for domestic use as well as income through the sale of milk. I already have two, one of my own and one that I borrowed from a friend. I plan to purchase one for KES 35 000. For the rest of the amount, I plan to start poultry farming, constructing poultry houses, buying chicks and chicken feed."

"Due to rains my house partly fell, so this is one of the challenges that we are facing here. Another challenge is that we do not have fertiliser, so I worry that my crops won't do well."