"Currently, I am like living in a new world. I can't believe the life I am living. So much has changed. I have enough food for the year bought using the money I received. I have also managed to pay Escom bills which I couldn't have managed on my own. I am so grateful for this."

"GD has changed my circumstances. My life has changed for the better. I have managed to buy some bags of maize which will carry me to the next transfer. I have also found an opportunity to improve my house. I am so grateful for the transfer. I now live a happy life. No worries at all."

"Recipient this money would mean a new business venture to help me provide for myself. I current have fishing boats and nets which enabled me to employ fishermen to use to catch fish. The business that I want to venture into is a grocery shop which I will be selling most of the basic needs that people need everyday such as soap, food stuffs, body lotions."

"The main challenge i am facing is lack of food. I am just a young man and i only married a few months ago. It is not easy to take care of a woman when you are not doing anything. I have to struggle to find food to make sure my wife does not stay without food."

"The challenge I am facing currently is Food insecurity. I am a farmer and Maize is a staple food in the region, since 2015 production has seriously gone down due to the outbreak of maize disease in the region. I used to harvest 25 bags of maize in one acre, Currently, the production of an acre is less than 4bags. This has affected the budgets and number of meals we should be having in a day as a family."

"I am very excited to receive this money because it will help me improve the standard of my house. I want to use the money to buy furniture such as chair and a table. I also want to use the money to buy a few bags of maize. I belive k100000 will be enough to carter for these. The remaining part of the money will be saved to be used for other necessities which may arise"

"Receiving this money is a blessing to me because i believe i will now be able torenovate my house which is in a very bad state. My house has grass thatched roof and it gives me so much troubles during rainy season as it leaks. I want to use the money to buy iron sheets to roof the house. I also would like to use the money to buy some bags of maize for food. I believe K50000 will be enough to enough food which can take me to the next harvesting season"

"One of my greatest wishes as a father is that my children get a good education so they can build good quality lives for themselves. So I spent KES 20,000 on paying school fees for three of my children. I work as a taxi driver to earn a living and my car had broken down. So I spent the remaining amount to get it fixed so that I can keep my business going."

"I was working on the farm when at 9.28 a.m, I received a message notification. I checked my phone and saw that I had received KES 55,000. My eyes could not believe it as I had never received such a huge amount of money."

"My family lived in a small, grass-thatched house, until a few weeks ago. We wished that we could build a more modern and spacious house, but I am unemployed and therefore could not afford to do so. So I was happy to spend KES 50,000 on construction material and labour costs for our new home. I also spent KES 6,000 to buy a bed since we didn't have any, and KES 2,000 on clothes to replace the old, tattered ones."