"Besides securing food for my family, my focus is currently on renovating the roof of my house. Over the period, the iron sheets have rusted and developed perforations, which am afraid may allow water into the space when it rains. Therefore, in the next year, I plan to have revamped the roof. I started by buying an iron sheet using part of a recent cash transfer. Since I do not have any other stable source of income, I plan to continue securing at least a piece every month until I have 22 pieces, then hire someone to install them. "

"My greatest fear is to spend the rest of my life without a substantial source of income. I would not wish to make charcoal for my entire lifetime; I want to do something more concrete, like starting a kiosk business. I believe I have enough skills and experience to run a shop since I used to work in one back in the day. However, right now it is challenging to establish and run this venture because of the overwhelming financial obligations on my shoulders. Regardless of the constraints, I hope that the cash transfers will allow me to start the business and stand a better chance of supporting my family. "

"I want to start a vegetable/sardine-selling business but my lack of the necessary resources is challenging me. My husband does not make much from charcoal burning, which means his hands are tied when it comes to supporting me in establishing the business. The motivation for owning this business is so that I can finance the treatment for my son, who has been physically impaired since he was born nine months ago. Apart from that, I want to be able to contribute to the household’s needs and support my spouse in providing for our seven children. "

"I bought a big cow because It produce milk and also fertilisers to put in my land"

"While I was heading to the shop, I heard the news of receiving the first transfer within my neighborhood. After quickly completing my shopping, I excitedly rushed back home to check my phone for any related information since I had left it in the house. I arrived home and discovered a message confirming the receipt of $550 from Segovia Technology. As I was alone at the time, I had to contain my excitement and wait until my husband returned home later that evening to share the news with him."

"Upon receiving the funds, I refrained from making any withdrawals on the same day as I wanted to inform my family first. I returned home and celebrated the good news with them. During the enrollment process, I had an trustee who also acted as my helper since I lacked the national identification number which is required during SIM registration. Unfortunately, this individual had malicious intentions and transferred $400 as soon as the money was in to a different account, leaving me with only $150. I have been attempting to locate the individual as I had previously cared for him when he was younger. Out of the remaining funds, I spent $50 on my son's school fees and $20 on a school uniform. The rest of the money was used to enhance my grocery business and to purchase household supplies for my family of four. Unfortunately, due to the loss of funds, I was unable to pursue other projects I had planned, such as completing payment for the piece of land I currently reside on. Nonetheless, I remain optimistic that my dreams will come true as I still have one more payment to make."

"Though I have had several goals, I have singled out to pursue a driving course this year. It is a work in progress, and I hope to accomplish it before the year ends. I consider undertaking this course because it will help me acquire skills that can help to secure a job in a transport company. As a result, I will have an opportunity to work and supplement our household's income. Since it is the first course I have taken since completing my primary education, I am looking forward to its completion."

"My main goal is to be a driver and have an additional income to support my growing family, therefore, I plan to join a driving school to enable me to attain a truck driving license that would open for me doors of opportunities in the driving field. To achieve my goal, I would be selling and buying more poultry where I plan to sell one at $13 so that the proceeds that I would be getting would be of help in terms of facilitating my driving fees."

"My future goal is to have a better house. The house that I am currently living in is a bit small considering that I have a bigger family of 8, I find it very difficult to have my children sleep comfortably because most times they are forced to share the small space since it is a one-roomed house. I would therefore want to build a bigger house with different rooms to allow them to have a good space, and to achieve this, I would be saving $10 every month from the transfers that I would be receiving to enable me to achieve my goal."

"The challenge I'm faced with at the moment is the lack of food and other basic needs. It has been 3 years since we had enough rain which have led to a lack of food and also livestock deaths. Because of the drought, I have not been able to plant my farm and therefore I don't have food. In addition to this, because of the drought life has become hard and I don't get casual work that I depend on to purchase basic needs. This has made my life difficult since I cannot meet all my needs and sometimes I'm forced to go hungry due to lack of food."