"The biggest hardship we have faced in our family lack of stable source of income. We having been depending mainly on subsistence farming but we started experiencing prolonged drought life became difficult. Sometimes we could harvest none from our farm, it force us to starting doing casual jobs at least raise some money to buy food. It was not enough to sustain my family of six for food and school fees thus sometimes we could forgo some meals in a day."

"Payment of school fees has been a great challenge ,I retired early to do farming but as you can see crops do not do so well due to diseases and weather. Since then I have sold most of our livestock and also fundraised a lot from the community to pay my kid's school fees."

"I have always wanted to cement the floor of my houses and also buy a big storage tank. I am now getting old and I can't bend a lot to sweep and clean the floor more often. Therefore with these grants, I shall be able to renovate the floors of my house for sh 20000 and buy a 2300 litre storage tank worth sh 17000.At the moment I and my husband are getting old and we are unable to run around with our livestock therefore we need to buy 6 rolls of barbed wire to fence the compound . This will ensure the safety of the crops and livestock as well."

"After teaching for the longest time,i went on retirement seven years ago and my children were still young and in school.i had not invested enough and now i am still struggling to get enough money to pay for their school fees.Two of my sons are still in university and tertiary college and their school fees totals upto Ksh 180,000 per year.I get stressed up when i see them staying at home for lack of school fees because it means they lag behind in schooling."

"Receiving this money mean better housing to my household.This is because I am now sharing one bedroom house with my children which does not give me privacy.I am planning to spend Kshs.30,000 to build a two bedroom house that will be enough for all of us.I will also use Ksh 21,000 to clear fee balance and also spend Kshs.38,500- of second transfer to pay school fees for my daughter who is in form four.The remaining amount will cater for other basic needs such as food."

"The biggest hardship is financial constraints. I'm a farmer and for the last few years amount of rainfall in the area has been very low hence no production from the farm. The little I havest goes for food and I don't get surplus to sell hence doesn't allow me to save or cater for other family needs like better housing and clothing's."

"Receiving this money means good shelter for my family. I have 3 children and the bigger child is 10 years old, I sleep with them under small room and there is no privacy at all. When I receive this money, my plan is to spend ksh 50,000 on building a 3 bedroom house that will accommodate my family and relatives when they visit my house. By doing that I will have my privacy and my children will have theirs as well. The remaining amount will go for school fees for the children and foodstuffs."

"Receiving this money will make me happy because I will be able to improve my house, buy cement and a mattress for me to live comfortably"

"I have had a problem with my toe for a while, it gives me so much pain"

"Receiving the money will allow me to improve my house, i want to buy cement and plasta my house. I also need to buy more blankets for my family."