"We have been living in abject poverty for along time now. Poverty is the worst thing it can happen to anybody,it derives someone the peace of mind. Give Directly could not have come at a better time than this. It means alot to us ,the small hut we stay at the moment was made possible from the help of neighbours and relatives. We were at the verge of staying at the open since our house was old and the walls had started to cave in. It is against this backdrop that we intend to build another house , an iron sheet roofed house, it will cost approximately KES 20000. We will use the rest of the money to buy a dairy cow."

"We have a house but it is not in a good condition. The walls have been washed of by the rain while floor is all dust, some of the room do not have doors and whenever it rains the house gets flooded. We have saved KES 50000 of the first transfer which is planning to use to purchase cement, sand, and bricks for plastering the house. The walls have been weakened by the rain, and we would not want the house to fall down because it will be more expensive to construct a new one. Plastering makes the house stronger which is a long-term solution."

"Rhe biggest challenge in my house is money to help ourselves buy food"

"My challenge is money, especially this farming season its hard to find money to buy fertilizer."

"Having enough food for my family is what receiving this money means to me, iam able to farm but the produces are very little not enough for my famiy so i would like to buy food and if some money remains i would like to buy ironsheet t improve the roof of our house."

"Have poor access to farm inputs like fertilizer and seeds is the biggest challenge iam currently facing, some times my husband has to spend days in tow. Waiting for cheap fertilizer because we can't afford the expensive one."

"Financial instability is the biggest challenge am currently facing.I lost my job last year at Tea estate due to retrenchment. Finding another job at this time of the pandemic has been hectic for me to an extend that I have to engage in casual jobs within the village.This jobs include digging up of boreholes ,fencing and doing farm activities.These activities are seasonal and therefore I earn an average of KES 500 a day.This amount is insufficient to meet my family and sometimes we forego lunch in order to have a good meal at super."

"With the fact that I got into an accident that led to losing some parts of my body, I cannot continue working as a casual labourer. I had started repairing shoes but I don't have the capital to buy some of the materials such as shoe soles, gums, tough bond, Shoe polish etc. It was my wish that if I could get at least 15000 KES I could open a shoe repair shop. I can slowly expand my business through the small profits I will be making. Now that I am part of this programme I see my wishes come through."

"Currently, I am facing a lot challenges but my biggest one is money. As you know these days everything depends on money, without it you cannot survive so at the moment it is very hard for me to find money because I do not have a proper source of income."

"My wife is a class five dropout and she is so passionate about dairy farming because she feels that it is an easy job she can do now that she did not get the best education. I am employed as a truck driver and I earn KES 10000 which I spend on my children's school fees. I plan to surprise my wife by buying her two quality Friesian cows each worth KES 25000. These cows will give us an additional source of income because they will produce 6-8 liters of milk every day which we will sell at KES 40 per liter. My children will also get milk to their satisfaction because right now I buy 1-liter daily which is hardly enough for a family of 5"