"I expect my life to change in that I will have built a house for my family."

"I expect my life to change in that my iron sheet roofed house will almost be into completion."

"I expect my life to change in that I will have bought a calf."

"I expect my life to change in that I will not be doing some casual work anymore since I will be concentrating with horticultural farming."

"I expect my life to change in that I will have constructed a chicken pen and also bought a sheep."

"Receiving this money means a lot to me. I will use it to help my wife expand her business. She sells cereals at the local market. This will help us to increase our income. "

"I lost my wife of 22 years. We were living happily until she was diagnosed with malignant uterus cancer in 2011 at the Kaplong Mission Hospital. I went from hospital to another seeking medication. I sold my properties, travelled to yonder places as far as I heard I could find cure. The height of this ordeal was when I sold our 3 acre piece of land to go see a renowned herbalist with my sickly wife in Tanzania. None of my incessant efforts bore fruit. She passed on in 2014 leaving me and my three children hopeless, poor and downtrodden. I would later recover from dementia triggered by the trauma of losing my wife. This is the biggest hardship I have faced in my life. I have since bought a half an acre land with the help of my brothers and the little dues I could get from casual jobs. "

"Receiving this money will transform my life for good. I will own a cow of my own that will feed my family and finance other household needs. I am a fruit vendor and this means I am going to improve my business in that I am planning to widen the scope of operation. I have a two-year old daughter and I want a good life for her ahead. "

"The biggest hardship is having no reliable source of income so school fees and feeding of my children has been a burden and at times my children miss classes due to late payment of school fees."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is being unable to meet medical needs of my children since most of the time they fall sick. And because of lack of finances we are not able to buy complete dose of medicine."