"In this village, we've experienced an elongated drought. Coupled with poor farming lands, it's difficult growing and harvest enough food. The last time we had good rains were 2 years ago. This has led to a lot of food shortages hard hitting on our family. To obtain food, we need to do manual labours paying $2.50 a day. The amount is little and at the same time difficult to get a job. It makes me sad not to be able to provide for my family. Life has been really hard because of inadequate food."

"After receiving the message of the transfer, I enjoyed and restored my happiness and thank God for the good news"

"Abana nta uniform nibikoresho byishuri, ubu mfite na mutuelle kdi nabana baza bona amata"

"I was at home and get notified by the message about the cash, I felt excited and happy"

"My main goal for the coming year is to have my own business. I have been struggling to make ends meet due to the lack of a reliable source of income, therefore my plan is to start a greengrocery business that would act as an income-generating business for my family to achieve this, I would commit myself to saving at least $10 every month with the transfers that would be receiving so that in the next few months, I shall have started the business and would later expand it."

"My main goal is to have a livestock-rearing project. I would want to start with the rearing of goats owing to the fact that they are quite cheaper as compared to cows. Later, I would sell part of them and buy cows to have the different types of livestock in the farm. So to achieve this, I would ensure that after every two months, I buy a goat worth $34 or $35 to start off the project."

"My future goal is to educate my children to a level that I would want to without being interrupted due to the lack of school fees. Therefore, I would ensure that every month, I set aside $20 for school fees payment in case there would be any amount to be settled or spent it on expanding the business and with increased profits, I would open a bank account for their education."

"My goal for the future is to ensure that I put in place an investment for my children so that they no longer struggle financially. Therefore, want to have a livestock-rearing project with as many livestock and I would achieve this by buying at least one goat every month worth $25 with the transfers that would be receiving so that by the end of one year, I would have a good number to enable me to sell some as I buy more."

"The house that I currently live in is in a dilapidated state and therefore my goal with the transfers that would receive is to build a better house that would be suitable for my family. I would achieve this by ensuring that I spent $30 of my monthly transfers to buy the roofing sheets and other materials needed and commence the construction before the end of the year."

"Currently, I am faced with financial challenges because I do not have any business or any project that would generate an income. Therefore, my main goal for the next one year and beyond is to have my own livestock-rearing project so that I no longer experience the same challenges in the future. I would want to ensure that I continue saving $10 every month and later buy the livestock by the end of the year to start off the project."