"Lack of school fees. I have no job and the salary of my husband is little and it cannot cater to all the expenses of the family. We are left with very little to use on school fees for our four children and of late they have been sent home for fees often."

"I struggle to hear people, at times someone is talking to me but I am not getting her well, has to raise the volume for me to get the person and mostly I hear faintly. I also have a lot of difficulties in walking and I need someone to accompany me when I want to visit any family member."

"My major challenges are first to build my house and make my farm. As soon as I get zinc for my house I will pay people to make farm I want reduce the hunger in my family, I really thinking about it and it giving me heart problem now."

"I want to enlarge my business. I don't want to materials things before the money finish but when I'm selling with the money it will help me so I can't suffer. I will also pay my children schools fees and medication with some. As my business increases and I get more money I will buy my piece of land to build on."

"My challenges are I want to buy my land and build a house. In our community if you build on a land and you don't buy it when you die people will start to talk to your children after you are no more. So I want to my land and build a house before I die."

"I have been a source of ridicule in my neighborhood due to how dilapidated my house is. People assume I am irresponsible. Nobody wishes to live in a house of such a condition. It is all about poverty. The possibility of renovating a house yet one is struggling to even buy food is very minimal. The mockery has pushed me to low self-esteem. With 10,000 KES, I will be able to renovate my house and regain my respect. Therefore, receiving this money means self-worth."

"My ambition with this money is to complete constructing my house. The house is half-roofed. In rainy seasons, the house gets filled with an intolerable cold. Misery has been my companion for years now. I am planning to use 15,000 KES to buy 10 iron sheets and complete the roof. With a complete roof, I will no longer be bothered by the rain."

"I stay in a house that is in poor condition. Holes are all over. Still, that is where I cook. Sleeping in a house that is full of smoke odor is not only uncomfortable but can also be a source of respiratory diseases. Acquiring a respiratory disease at the age of 72 years is hazardous. I intend to build a new house where I will comfortably stay. It will approximately cost me 25,000 KES. The previous one will be fully be used as a kitchen."

"Poverty made me drop out of school in 2021. My parents being jobless, were unable to support me. Since then, I have been working as a charcoal burner with the hope of making enough money and rejoin school. My efforts have been futile because the money I make is so little. I approximately make 1000 KES a month where I use it in food contribution in our household."

"Imagine spending your nights in a house that can fall at any given time. The house I sleep in is not safe for habitation. I risk my life just because I have no money for repair. This is all due to unemployment. I finished high school in 2009. I never proceeded to the next stage of education due to poverty. Without any qualification from higher learning, I struggle to find any formal employment. Working as a casual laborer at construction sites has been my occupation all along."