"Receiving this money means that I will spend for building an iron-iron-roofed house. My grass thatched house gets spoilt at atime I do not have money for repairing , so we are forced to stay under unbearable conditions. When it rains our property and ourselves become wet due to rain drops from the roof. This house onces complete will provide a conducive shelter fir both my property and the family members."

"The biggest hardship I face is sickness. I under went an operation in my stomach. This does not permit digging yet it's the only way I survive. Iam therefore facing serious danger of hunger since I do not have any other reliable source of earning."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to pay bride price to my parents-in-law. I got engaged with some lady and we actually settled as husband and wife but her parents took her a way from me because I did not fulfil the requirement. I am trying my best to find ways of bringing her back home so that she can support me in some domestic roles but money is not yet there."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with lack of money to pay school fees for my children. Some of them have had to drop out of school because I failed to raise money that could take care of their education needs. I still have a number of children going to school at the primary level but providing for them is not easy. Some times they are sent out of school for failure to pay fees in time. "

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house, take care of the education needs of my child and buy a cow that can provide milk for my household. I believe I will be healthier by taking milk. "

"I shall have set up the business for my wife by the end of the six months. She is a new wife and needs something to fall back to in times of financial constraints. She is capable of providing for the family equally. This will help her generate income to help take care of our family."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy food and other basic needs.At my age,I am no longer able to work in the farm and therefore I fully depend on my children.I was also diagnosed with hypertension and this means that I am always on medication which is quite costly.With this money at hand,I will be less dependent on my children who also have their own families to fend for since I will buy foodstuff,medicine and clothes"

"The biggest hardship I have faced is raising school fees for my children.My son recently completed University where he had been enrolled as a self sponsored student.The fees were very high and this forced us to sell most of our cows in order to manage as well as pay for the other children.This was with the hope that once he completes,he will secure a job and in turn assist us with paying for his siblings' fees.With the current unemployment crisis,he has not gotten one and we have therefore had to keep struggling more especially because we fully depend on farming which sometimes fails us."

"I overheard people jubilating that night. Unfortunately, I did not know what it was. Not until the next morning when my helper requested to check the phone. I was filled with joy at that moment. "

"The moment I received the money I felt very happy. I remember it was very early in the morning when I heard my phone ring. On checking to see the content of the message, I could not believe what my eyes saw. Never before had I received such an amount of money in my life. From then on, we hardly had any sleep as we celebrated till morning. The fact that I was finally going to be able to buy a chaff cutter machine could not allow me to be calm. I just felt so happy."