"Receiving this money means food security to my household .I depend on casual labour to buy food for my family. I am planning to spend twenty thousand shillings to buy food, thirty thousand kenya shillings to start a hair salon business because I am a compitent hair dresser and also buy two bulls to use them in ploughing my one acre piece of land which I was given by my parents . The bulls together with the plough will cost me roughly thirty thousand shillings. The remaining twenty thousand shillings will be my savings for my children for their education and future emergency cases."

"I depend on my farm to get food for consumption and for sale. However,my biggest challenge as a farmer is the little harvest attributed to prolonged drought and unfertile land. This has led to low income since my farm is all what I can depend on. For many years, I have struggled to get the basic needs and educate my children due to low crop production. Financial struggles is therefore my biggest hardship."

"The area that I live has scarce water. We buy water for use from a water vendor for at an average of 500 shillings a month which is costly. The cause of us buying water is because we receive less rainfall. I will use this money to buy a water tank at a cost of 22,000 shillings to help me store rainwater and reduce the cost of buying water. I will also buy a cow at a cost of 30,000 shillings for milk, improve my house by buying seats and the remaining amount used to stock cereals."

"Having a family of six children without a stable source of income is making life more difficult for me. My children need to access basic education, food, clothing and shelter. It has been difficult to meet these needs because there are no reliable Jobs. What is even more worrying is the condition of my house that poses a threat to the lives of my children. The biggest hardship that I have ever faced therefore is unemployment."

"The biggest hardship is job security. I am currently a teacher but not employed fully and the money I earn is too little to cater for my family's needs with the rising cost of living."

"This is a huge blessing in my life,I'm super excited for getting enrolled in the programme and i truly can't wait to receive the first transfer."

"Receiving this money really means so much to me,I'm really grateful to this organisation for giving me a chance to use this transfer in a way i see that it will fit."

"I am happy to be enrolled in this program. Receiving this money means a lot for me because I will use this money to fix my house. I will also use the money to buy food and matress."

"I struggle to find money to buy food and fertilizer in my household."

"Receiving this money will help me to purchase iron sheets and build a way much decent house as the one I currently live in is old, dilapidated and in bad shape. I will also use the money for purchasing enough fertilizers for my garden for the next growing season"