"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"

"I was so happy"

"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."

"My life has changed because most of the things which seemed impossible for me I can do now"

"When I received the money I bought fertilizer, iron sheets for my house and also for the one I'm building, paid workers to mould bricks, poles for my house and mattress"

"Food insecurity has been my biggest hardship.The harsh climate has made my farm so unproductive therefore less food for my household. We at times stay without food or eat less than usual."

"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 ."

"Lack of a reliable source of income is my biggest hardship. I depend on my elder son who works in town as a casual laborer. His wages are not enough to sustain all our needs such as food for all of us 3, because he has his own family to provide for."

"My ambition is to ownn a piece of land. Our extended family land is small yet there are many male adults in the family. My husband and I were given a part of the land which we have build on our house, but it is not enough for farming. Receiving this money will mean a lot to us because we will be able to buy land worth $500 that can be use for subsistence farming and accommodate our housing situation. The remaining amount of money will aid me in paying for my Diploma certificate and in purchasing a dairy cow worth $200."