"Life is tough, we wake up to new challenges each day but the mother of all is raising school fees for our children. It has given us sleepless nights since we have no regular income. We have four children who are in various secondary schools, sometimes times we are assisted by the Constituency Development Fund bursary though it is never enough. Other times we hold fundraising . We pay approximately KES 50000 per term for the 4 children, which is a tall order for us."

"My new goal is invest on livestock especially cows because I'll be able to sell dairy milk in large quantities,that way my children will never lack food or school fees."

"My daughter has been home for sometime due to school fees,I decided to invest on the money by buying livestock that way I will be using the live stock to selli eggs,meat and milk and my daughter is guaranteed of school fees."

"We rely on maize in our area as a staple food but over the past five years, we have experienced low crop production due to minimal rainfall. In my 0.5 acres of land which I used to harvest at least 10 bags of maize, this has since changed to at least one bag due to inadequate rainfall. The last planting season was worst because we harvested nothing at all. Shortly after planting, we never saw rainfall again in our area and this makes me feel sad if the condition persists, we will die of hunger. Therefore, the inadequacy of rainfall has been the biggest challenge we are currently facing."

"Lack of money is the biggest challenge that I currently face. I went to look for logs in the forest so I can burn charcoal for sale and get some money for my children's school fees arrears of 3000 KES and food because that's what is stressing me at the moment."

"I depend on casual jobs where I earn 400 KES per day to make ends meet for my family. The money is not always enough but it keeps us going and I am thankful for that. The only challenge is that the job is not consistent and this makes it difficult for me to support my family without straining. The lack of jobs is the biggest challenge that I currently face."

"I used to do fish selling business but used up the capital due to meet family basic needs. The biggest difference since i received the transfer is that i have been able to restart my fish business in which i am making at least K8,000 per order. I am now able to feed and cloth my family. Thank you for the support"

"Helped give a great kick start for life"

"I'm now planning to build a decent house because the transfer I received from give directly I have used them to settle school fees arrears for my daughter who is at maseno University Now planning to open a business with little savings I have"

"When I withdrew the money, I bought 20 pieces of iron sheets for KES 10000.00, building poles and rafters for KES2600.00 ridges for KES 1000.00 and some nails. The aim of buying these materials was to construct a house since the one I had was not in a good condition. It was leaking during rainy season and also had some cracks that may lead to collapsing. I also paid KES 11500.00 school fees for my secondary child and kept the rest for family upkeep."