"Receiving this money will help in so many ways first and foremost getting my house fixed is my main focus once that is done I plan on buying livestock (animal husbandry) to keep and sell in the near future"

"I reside alone with my son. The man who impregnated me left me and life is not really satisfying. I will use this money to buy food because we lack food at times, some of this money will be used to buy clothes for my son, his school fees and to renovate my house."

"The main challenge is financial constraints. My shop business was greatly affected by Covid-19 which made the profits go down. Having children in school and having to meet their needs and pay for school is a great financial challenge. The profit from the shop goes to these needs hence we do not get a chance to meet other needs."

"Having a good house has been the greatest dream I have ever dreamt of. I have raised my eleven children in one small grass-thatched house which has been extremely uncomfortable. My older children are forced to sleep at neighbors' houses which is unsafe and makes me sad as a mother. I'm usually ashamed when I have visitors around as we have nowhere to welcome them. Receiving this money, therefore, means better housing for my family. I plan to use KES 30,000 to construct a two-roomed, iron-roofed house. For the rest of the amount, I will purchase two cows to feed my young children and earn me an income through the sale of milk."

"Lack of income is a very big challenge for my household with this we tend not to have basic things like food which we mostly skip meals to save up the little we have as a household , soap and clothes."

"I do not have enough food and I am starving. I believe this money has come at the right time as I will use the money to buy some food"

"most of my money I spent it on buying food for my family."

"I am so grateful to GD for having enrolled me into their program. I am hopeful that through this program, I will be able to construct a proper house as the one I currently live in is in dilapidated state and it badly leaks during heavy rains making living in it very difficult."

"I am starving and do not have enough food because last year I didn't grow and harvest enough food due to lack of money for fertilizers which affected my maize yields"

"The biggest challenge is health problems. It has been 3 years now suffering from a throat problem. With this problem, I cannot do heavy tasks like going to the farm. This has rendered me dependent on my children who does casual job in a hotel to fend for me and their siblings. This is something I am not proud of as a parent now that am a widow and I was supposed to be providing for them."