"Seeing my girls happy warms my heart. At least now they have the basics every other teenage girl would wish for. Nice clothes,nice underpants, sanitary towels and to make it best,they did not drop out of school. When I watch them when they are from taking a bath,and they have changed to clean nice clothes, my heart melts. I feel like a parent who has achieved something in my daughter's lives. I feel so bad that poverty made me fail them and failed on my parental duties."

"My life will change because I will be able to expand my business and make more money that basically translates to a more stable economic life in the future. I want to make sure that by the time the organization stops sending me cash, I should be able to keep myself going."

"I had a hotel in my area which I had been operating for the last one year, unfortunately, it caught fire a month ago and that is how I lost everything. I was forced to stay at home because I had no money to restart the business as I had lost all my equipment in the fire. When I received money from GD, I decided to use most of it to start a second-hand clothes business because the money was not enough to revive the hotel business which needed quite a huge capital. I spent the remaining amount on foodstuff because it had been a while before we had any decent meals due to lack of money as my husband also depends on casual jobs which are very irregular."

"The biggest hardship is lack of enough land for farming and the long droghts that always hit hence affecting crop yields."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of oxen to open up fields for cultivation."

"Receiving this money to me means that I can support my family by hiring more land for farming and buying domestic animals that can help improve on my income."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of a good sleeping house. The one that I currently occupy leaks."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I am happy because I acquired two cows that I observe everyday when I wake up. I feel so much joy because I so not have to beg for money to buy clothes and other necessities."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have acquired money to construct my house. I am happy and stress free because I can now afford to buy whatever I need."

"I was happy because I knew this money was going to offset my problems. I was too miserable and I was helpless but I felt relieved when I rece3ived the transfer."