"Taking care of my two kids is really breaking me down. For the past five months my spouse left me with the pregnancy of my last son, I haven't seen him up to the time I delivered. I am struggling with them alone. Although, at time his family help me, but it can't be sufficient. Getting food for them is also a challenge for me."

"Being sick from the year 2014 has been one of the biggest challenges I have faced. I suffered a stroke and the condition has affected my mobility. This has caused my children to drop out of school because I can not engage in anything productive to earn money that can keep them in school. My situation is deteriorating because I have not sought proper medication due to lack of money. All that there is to do right now is to sit and wait for help from well-wishers to get me out of this helpless state."

"Receiving this money means investment to me. Currently, I do not have any investment. Upon receiving the money, I will buy 20 goats at a cost of KES 75000. I will use KES 25000 for medication because I have a growth in my stomach and I will go for operation. The remaining KES 10000 will be used for food."

"Receiving this money means building a three bedroom house for my family. I have a family of nine members and we are all living in the same one bedroom house. It is not spacious and there is no privacy. I will build a three bedroom house at a cost of KES 90000. I will also use KES 20000 to pay school fees for my children who are in primary school."

"Receiving this money means my family will be food secure henceforth. At the moment, providing food is challenging as I am a casual laborer and the sole provider. My husband has been unwell for a year now, therefore not productive because he can not work. We are a family of six, five of us are my orphaned grandchildren under my care. I plan to purchase a dairy cow which will earn me an income through the sale of milk. It will cost me KES 30,000. For the rest of the amount, I will buy clothes and food for my family."

"I ran a bycycle transportation business but I still do not make enough money to care for my family. I end up buying food on a daily basis because the money I make is so little."

"I want to build a new house with iron sheets and buy a bed for my children since right now we share a sleeping place."

"Receiving this money means food security for my family will improve. Three years ago we used to depend on maize as our stable food but it has since then been affected by diseases and no longer does well. I have a cow that produces two liters a day. I sell one liter of it so that I can buy maize. I am old and have become less productive. One tin of maize is sold at KES 100 so that means I have to accumulate my sales from milk for three days so that I can buy maize. When I get this money I will buy three bags of maize costing KES 3000 each and purchase one cow costing KES 20000 so as increase milk production."

"The challenges that I am facing right now is sickness. I have problems with my legs. I spend a lot of money buying pain killers so that I can feel better. This problem also affects how I earn money. I am not able to work properly due to pain so I earn little money. That is why I will use some of the money to buy food."

"I have children in various schools and farming is my main source of income, it is challenging to settle their fees at once. I prioritize my daily household need mainly food. Financial instability is the biggest challenge I am currently facing."