"This program is very welcome in my household. Receiving this money means that a lot of things will change in my household. I will be able to buy food and fix my house."

"The biggest hardship that I face is lack of food. As a single parent I have to find piece work so that I can find food for my family. I do not have a child old enough to help me in finding food this makes it very difficult because sometimes we have little or no food at all."

"The biggest hardship that I face is lack of a source of income. In this area, it is only profitable to rear livestock. With a small piece of land like mine, this becomes a burden instead because I have to spend a lot of money to get their feeds. It is therefore, difficult to rely on this activity to provide for my family, especially food. This situation is worsened by the fact that maize do not do well here due to the poor weather conditions."

"I never managed to proceed with my education and this has left me depending on farming and casual jobs to feed my family. With the casual jobs I earn little money usually about $2 daily, this is not enough and makes me struggle financially. At times we run short of food and basic needs."

"The main challenge is source of income. I don't have a reliable source of income."

"I never expected to receive such amount of money. This is a blessing to me and my family. I have been desiring to build a house but I have been failing because of lack of money. Now that I will have money, my first plan is to build a house. I have been struggling interms of farming. I will use the money to buy farm inputs such as seedlings, hoes and fertilizer."

"The main problem now is food. I don't have food in my house. I have to do a piece work and use the money from piece work to buy food."

"Hunger is the main challenge here. The food we have is not enough."

"The biggest hardship we have faced in our family is lack of stable income. The farm we inherit from our parents is quite small hence cannot produce enough for family consumption and surplus. So the income from the casual jobs we do goes to purchasing food mainly."

"Before the passing on of my mother in law, I use to get more time to work and get more income. She passed on one year ago. She used to help me take care of my five children as I fend for them. I have young children whom I cannot leave alone forcing me to spend most of my time in the compound. I had to close down my shop back in town. This has greatly affected my income. I now fully depend on my husband who does casual jobs in town. Lack of enough money to cater for the family's needs is therefore what has been my biggest hardship."