"The biggest difference in my life now is that, I was able to complete my house with the transfer money that I had received, It came as a very big relief, am happy to have accomplished this wonderful house courtesy of the transfer, I no longer worry on selling any of my properties to complete the main house. I am grateful for the support I received which has changed my living standards, My confidence is back."

"I was my married by my late husband in the year 1989. I happened to be the last wife to my polygamous husband, considering that we were 7 co-wives. During that time, my husband owned a very large herd of cattle. This gives our big family a respectable name in the village. However, in 1997 my husband's sickness began. He suffered heart problems. He was admitted in Coast General hospital, and due to the huge medical bills, it forced us to sell almost all the livestock in bid to save his life. Unfortunately, my husband kicked the bucket. Since his demise, things have never been the same because of the high dependency ratio in the family. To survive, we shared the remaining few cows and due to high cost of living, I was obligated to sell all my share of the number of cows. Ever since, as a family, we have lost the long earned dignity in the village. We are now the laughing stock in the village because we no longer own livestock. This brings shame to me and that's why receiving this money will mean to reinstate my position as a family to own livestock."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of a reliable source of income to meet my family's basic necessities of life such as food , education, water and a decent shelter. I am really struggling to raise my two daughters. Sometimes I even lack money to pay for their school fees and they end up missing important sessions with their teachers in school."

"I was so excited about the whole project and even went straight away to collect"

"Now I have things that I didn't have in the past"

"The biggest hardship I have ever faced is food insecurity.This is because the charcoal business is tiresome so when I rest I find it hard to provide food for my family.Sometime I am forced to sleep without food, Situation that is embarrassing."

"At first I bought matress, 4 bags of maize. I also bought cement for plastering the house"

"In my opinion I think you do not have to change anything but continue with the work you're doing because it has helped me so much"

"Receiving this money means a financial stability for my family for I will purchase a dairy cow (usd 200).I will used some of the milk for the household and the rest in generating extra income . My husband is disable (deaf) and I am left as the bread winner . Albeit this,I am aged and not able to fend for the family as I depend on subsistence farming for a living.I intent to use 100usd of the transfers to attend to the farm, 200usd to cement the floor of my living room and the rest of the transfers on purchasing food for the household ."

"Receiving this money means better education for my children. I depend on subsistence farming for a living but unfortunately due to the unpredictable climatic changes, I haven't had enough produce in a couple of months to sustain my family , thus I resolved to casual laboring. I usually earn 20$ biweekly ,which is shared between household sustainance and paying school fees. I will use 200usd to facilitate their fees and 400usd to purchase a dairy cow .The milk produced will be used for the household and the extra to earn income as well.I will spend the rest of the transfers nonetheless on food ."