"My main challenge that I am facing right now is about my house. It is a challenge for me because, for each time the rain falls and I am not home, the water wets my bed and it makes my room cold and it is affecting me. I always have to set a coal pot in my room to warm myself before I go to be because of the coldness of the room."

"One of my sons is graduating from the 12th Grade class this year. I really want him to be happy because he will be making me a proud father. Now, my biggest challenge is to get money for his graduation program and the only way I can get money is through doing so many hard work like burning coal and making corn farm at the same time."

"Due to my current condition as a pregnant woman, I find it very difficult to get to the nearest clinic. especially when I have to cross the Manzen creek in this rainy season where there is no good bridge."

""As you can see, I've been facing serious problem with my eyes since 2018 that is leading me to blandness gradually. Since I got ill, I've not been able to go to hospital for checkup because of lack of money. My partner abandoned me with the children in this condition. The only person that I have to help me with little garden inorder to get food is my son Sekou."

""My children education is very important to me so what I plan to do when the money is transfer to me is to register my children in school and buy their school uniform and invest in my farming inorder to keep the family up"."

""Since the death of my wife, I have to ask people to cook for me or sometime I do it for myself. I have to burn charcoal and have it sold inorder to Carter for my children."

"Receiving this money is one of the most exciting opportunity for me. This money will help me buy food and renovate my home."

"With the dry nature of our region, farming has never been that promising as dry seasons have always cut our hopes of a good harvest short. Even though there had been a government initiative to introduce irrigation farming through the country governments it was so unfortunate that it stopped a kilometer away from our village. For several months now, we had been buying fresh farm produce that we can't produce on our dry pieces of farms. With the first transfer, I saw an opportunity to establish my own by obtaining a generator and pipes that I am currently installing. The cost of the project is so far at KES31000 and now looking forward to soon start the production of short-seasoned crops that are in high demand in the market. I also obtained a solar panel and pieces of lighting equipment worth KES2500 to replace the kerosene lamp that had been producing a lot of fumes unconducive for my 9 children who had been struggling to complete their school assignments every evening under it. I am glad that the lamps are now illuminating a wider space making it easier for everyone to complete any assigned task. With the remaining KES20000, we have a plan to add a heifer to the two indigenous breeds we had been having as we need more milk enough for our family of 11."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the currently flourishing livestock project that I established. Looking at the ongoing construction of a spacious, secure, and strong poultry coop that will soon be ushering in some chicks and the five sheep I bought brings not only joy but also pushing me to work harder in ensuring that I achieve the desired outcome. I am grateful to have been one of the recipients as this chance came when I really needed to fix a lot in my family."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced is that I have been constantly getting sick , they diagnosed me with stroke on one side of my body and I been taking medicine for hypertension"