"Our reliance on subsistence farming has been worth the effort, but I hope to do much better in the coming year by expanding the land under plantations to ensure optimal harvest. This will be useful as we plan to buy a piece of land as a family in the future. To ensure consistent food availability, I am currently working on my current free-range chicken farm, where eggs are collected and sold every day to make income. I currently have 47 chicks and hope that they will multiply and help my family with future projects."

"We currently face a problem of flash floods which affect the house whenever it rains. As result we lack where to sleep sometimes dueto too much water in the house."

"The biggest problem we are facing is poverty which doesn't enable us to meet good treatment when we fall sick and we cannot even have good feeling where by we only have meals a day. Another challenge we encounter is lack of school fees for children which makes them study irregularly and register poor performance."

"The biggest problem we face is hunger as a result of poverty and inadequate land which hinders us from planting crops on a large scale to get enough food hence sturving sometimes. Another challenge we facing is inadequate shelter which cannot accommodate us well which at times bring about bad sleeping."

"Since I received my transfer, there has been a positive change in my life. Before I did not have a stable source of income, I could occasionally skip some meals during the day. I am glad that since that time, I have not missed a meal. In addition, I have acquired new solar energy for lighting. This situation has given my children a better opportunity to focus on their studies at night with fewer struggles. Lastly, I am more at peace because, with the transfer, I can pay a dowry and remarry to have someone who can me help since I am advancing in age."

"Food shortage is the challenge I am currently facing. I have a family of six members and on an ideal situation we use 3kg of maize flour per day. This is not the case now due to famine I use 2kg per day or go without food. I do casual jobs earning $30 per month which caters for food only and it is not sufficient to sustain the family for the whole month. My children have grown weak due to lack of food."

"Drought has hit us hard in our area and this has made farming unreliable. This has pushed me to venture into charcoal burning and aloe vera extraction as my main sources of income. The nature of these activities are so tiresome and time-consuming yet the income is usually very low; say, $35 per month. This can not fully cater to our basic needs and sometimes my children lack school fees. The feeling of watching them helplessly at home pains me most as a mother since their future life is at stake. What a worrying life!"

"By the end of the year, I hope to have purchased more livestock, particularly goats that can withstand the harsh climatic conditions. My goal is to increase wealth by raising livestock. As the goats conceive, my initial small number will eventually grow. By doing so, I will achieve financial stability when I sell the goats in the market at a good profit and lessen the strain on my grandchildren, who go above and beyond to see that I have access to my basic needs."

"The house I live in with my aunt needed repairs, and that was my biggest accomplishment this year. Large cracks have begun to form on the mud walls as a result of the weakening of the poles. This alone is sufficient evidence that the house needs to be renovated as soon as possible. Around the two-room house, I want to erect stone walls and pillars. This will strengthen it and make it habitation-safe."

"Before receiving my GD transfer, I had always wanted to buy and own land so I bought a field 150 $, a mattress worth 40 $, clothes for my children worth 45 $ and a fair amount of food worth 69 $. I had never owned a land but always dreamed of owning one some day."