"It means a lot. I have heard of people who have received this money and I have seen the things that they have done with this money at their homes. My husband died long ago and I have no one to support me. With this money, I intend to buy a cow and sheep with 38,000 shillings of my first transfer, use 5,000 shillings to pay school fees for my granddaughter who is in grade three and use the amount from the second transfer to upgrade my house since it leaks when it rains."

"I am an old woman aged 76 and to make the situation worse I am sick and unable to do anything. My main challenge is to get safe drinking water because of the persistent drought that is often witnessed in this region. I plan to buy a big water tank of approximately 3000litres. This will cost me Ksh20000. Receiving this money will mean so much to me as it will solve my perennial water problem."

"Receiving this money means getting a decent house for my family. Currently I am living in a small grass touched house, the house can't accommodate me and my family. I want to build a bigger decent house which can accommodate my family and when my relatives come they will have a place to spend a night. Every time my relatives come, I am forced to ask neighbor's to accommodate them because we cannot spend in the same house. I will use ksh 50,000 to build an iron sheet roof house of 3 room's. I will spent ksh 30,000 to buy a Dairy cow since I don't have one and the remaining amount will use it to buy foodstuffs for the family."

"The biggest hardship we have faced in our daily life is unstable source of income. Our main source of income before was either subsistence farming or dairy farming but due to unfavorable climatic conditions it is no longer productive. We opt to continue dairy farming and casual jobs but it not enough to raise a family of around seven people."

"The biggest hardship is lack of finances. I'm a construction worker earning at most 18 dollars a month. This work is not sustainable as it's not every day that I get some work to do. This money goes to school fee for my 3 children in school. It gets depleted hence I remain with nothing to meet other basic needs including food. My wife has to work extra hard to cater for other needs like cereals since my farm doesn't produce much due it being a semi arid area."

"My dream is to have a permanent house. We currently live in an unfinished house, with poor roofing and soiled floor. Our priority is to finish the house by using $100 for cement and have a cemented floor. Secondly we want our kids to have the best education and so $300 will be for their school fees. The remaining amount of money will be used to finish paying for a piece of land I had bought and for food and clothing."

"My ambition is to own a cow in my compound for two reasons, one for a sense of belonging within the community and for milk production.Each day my family uses a litre of milk which accumulates to $1.8 a month. Buying a dairy cow will help us cub spending money on buying milk and instead get it from our own cow. A good dairy cow costs $400, the remaining amount will be used in paying school fees for our daughter, for food and clothing."

"My biggest hardship is a lack of funds. I work as a construction worker earning at most 20 dollars a month. This work is not stable as not everyday that I get to find a construction job. This goes to school fees for my three children and other basic including like food. I'm the breadwinner meaning I'm the one to meet all my family's needs. This strains me a lot and has seen most of my plans stall including a house I started constructing two years ago."

"Milk is in high demand therefore I will budget $500 in buying two cows to enable me tap income through sell of milk, this will make me provide to my family without big struggle. I will also set a side $200 to support my farming activities as well as introduce fruits farming in my farm. $200 will also go to buying food and clothings and I will give my wife $100 to start her poultry farming."

"Lack of finance has been my big challenge, I usually rely on casual jobs(herding) which gives me little money to support myself. This also led to separation with my wife since I was not able to raise and provide for them."