"Our main Challenge that am currently facing is lack of money and support. Like I said I work as a bicycle taxi driver. On weekly basis it is a requirement for me to provide K3500 on weekly basis and they expect me to make my own salary. This at times left me with no money as currently customers are hard to find since we are many who are operating biscycle taxis in Mangochi Boma."

"My life long dream of expanding my tailoring business always seemed to be sleeping far away due to financial instability.Since I don't have kids and I don't plan to get married, I have always wanted to give my aged parents a better life and this would only be possible if my business grows. With this money, I will be able to add more materials to my business which will attract more customers hence increasing my income."

"Sleeping on the floor is not something that anyone would wish for but poverty has pushed us to there. Sometimes I wake up with a painful back and this has sometimes affected my concentration in class this affecting my performance."

"Food insecurity is the major problem that I'm currently facing. We mostly depend on buying food since the one acre of the land that we own produced food enough for three or four months."

"School arrears for my children is the major problem that I'm currently facing. Seeing my kids being sent home day after another breaks my heart. The thought of when will they ever settle in school and learn like their fell pupils crosses my mind nearly every day. For this reason, they are not able to attend school everyday and this has affected their performance."

"Water scarcity is the biggest hardship I am currently facing. It has been 6 months since we receive rain in our areas. Nowadays, I have to wake up at midnight every day and walk 40 minutes distance and go and wait for water as it flows out from the ground. There is a certain well that has remained the only hope for the whole village. Due to the high water demand, you have to queue and wait for your turn to fetch sometimes I spend almost 8 hours waiting which hinders me from performing other tasks such as burning charcoal to provide for my family other needs such as food."

"Receiving this money means an additional source of income. I have a cow that give me only about KES 100 per day. Adding another cow will bring my income to about KES 300 per day. This will be enough to provide for my family and to also save part of it towards school fees. I will spend about KES 50,000 on buying a dairy cow. I will further support my children in school with about KES 50,000."

"Receiving this money is an asuarance that my children will now continue with their education properly without disruption.I have a son who is about to complete his college education, pursuing computer science. It is a huge leap into the future because he will get a job and earn a descent living. My daughter in secondary school is also working hard. Any disruptions that may come if she is sent home due to lack of school fees will easily derail her. I depend on income from milk and food crops that I grow, earning only enough to meet our daily needs. I will spend about KES 50 000 on clearing school fees and another KES 50,000, to improve my house. This way, I will live more happily."

"The challenge that I have been facing is frequent sickness. I have always had leg bruises since I was three years old. I have been getting treatment for it but sometimes it affects my productivity. Whenever I experience it I am unable to go seek casual jobs which would make me provide food for my grandmother."

"I have always wanted a good house with iron sheets. Receiving this money would help me achieve this.This would make my family live a comfortable life especially during the rainy season."