"I live in a single-roomed house that cannot accommodate my entire family. The house serves as a kitchen, bedroom and at the same time living room. In our culture, it is wrong for grown children to sleep in the same house as parents. Every evening my daughters are forced to go to my neighbor's house to have sleep. Going out in the evening is often dangerous for them and at times I have to escort them to ensure that they get there safely. One day they were almost raped as they made their way and this has made me think of a way I can solve this problem but up to now I do not know how to go around this."

"The scarcity of freshwater for domestic and farming is the biggest hardship we have faced as a family. We are living at the top of a hill where there is no tap water or any water spring. As such, I have been handling the tiresome task of fetching water from a stream that is situated four kilometers from our home. Besides, we are straining to survive with the little amounts of water that I could manage to carry on my back."

"Besides subsistence farming, we burn charcoal for a living. This job earns us around 2500 shillings a month or less. The amount is so little that it cannot meet our needs fully. Food insecurity has become part and parcel of us because we do not have enough money to buy from shops when our yields run out. It is this same situation that made my children miss secondary education since I couldn't afford school fees. I can therefore say, lack of enough money is our biggest hardship."

"My current work that I can consider as a source of income is working on my neighbor's farm to get pay, usually 200 shillings per day when luck is on my side. This situation has rendered me inactive on my farm and consequently low harvest. Therefore, the amount I get on each day only provides hardly enough to my family. Hence the biggest hardships I have faced in my life is insufficient funds."

"My chicken used to stay in the kitchen and every morning when my children were preparing for school, the chicken would go out too early and they could be eaten by stray dogs. My children also can now dress decently unlike before."

"Iam very happy and i want to buy seeds"

"Receiving this money means a decent house for my family. I live in a grass thatched house together with my children and one grand child. Am planning to use 450 dollars to construct a descent house for my big family of seven."

"The biggest hardship in my life has been lack of money to cater for my children's school fees and also to buy food for my family. My children have been on and off from school because I lack the cash to pay their school fees."

"I would desire to do crop farming but the adverse climatic conditions we are experiencing attract negative impacts. Precisely, the unfavorable climatic conditions in our area act as the toughest challenge I have faced because they deter me from venturing into my dream project. Whenever I engage in crop farming, I usually realize poor yields and even losses that are very demoralizing."

"I have three kids who are still pursuing their studies. As such, receiving this money means that they shall all complete their grade 12 or even higher. As a widower, raising, feeding, and educating my children has been a challenge because I have no formal employment or any source of substantial income. I have sold all the livestock I had, hence, I will buy a cow that will mature and reproduce. So, I will get milk for sale and consumption as well as heifers that will be sold to get the needed school fees."