"I had always wanted to have livestock i.e cows that will be of help during farming, but due to the lack if finances, I have never been able to. My plan was to save part of my monthly transfers so that one day I would have the required amount to purchase the cows. With the animals in place, I would also be hiring them out at a certain amount to those who might require the services."

"I had wanted to start a shop business before GD came in. I had saved up around $30 which I used to start the business but the shop was very low on stock, when GD came in I added to this stock and started bringing in things like flour, oil, rice and added the vegetables. I have been stocking up monthly as I receive transfers depending on what state the shop is in. So this year my hope is to expand the shop to a point we have all the essentials more than what we have in our stocks now. I want to marry and so I want to be in a good financial state when I do so. I also want to buy some animals. I mentioned that I want to marry, so this animals will reproduce and over time my flock will grow and I can be able to sell the animals to pay my children's school fees when I get them."

"I am a casual worker and I do not make much from casual work. I can make $5 a day and spend the rest of the week without work and that makes it difficult to pay school fees for my children. I have seven children in school who depend on me and my husband who does a small business of selling groundnuts in the city to take care of their education. My plan this year is to use this transfers to ensure my children get an education. I also want to buy a number of chicken that I can sell and afford to buy goats. I also want to ensure my family is well fed this year which I hope to achieve by this transfers."

"Now that I have a better house that I can live in I would like to build and investment. I would like to buy animals. I want to buy animals so that I can have them have young ones which when they grow I can sell and make some money. My end goal is to be able to afford a business. Only animals are a growing capital that can allow me achieve this. I am also experience in this as my work from day to day is raising livestock and so it will be good as I will be able to manage it."

"I live by the path of water as it comes downhill which means that when its raining water passes through my house and has been washing it away slowly over the years. Now my house is a shell, it is almost crumbling, it is also small hence is not sufficient for my family. I want t build my family a house. I want to by building materials over the year using this money. I will buy some more Iron sheets and poles until they are sufficient to build a house. I also want to venture into livestock farming. This is a very profitable business that can help me take care of my family as currently my income is not sufficient to do so."

"I used to ride a motorcycle taxi but I got into an accident and broke one my arms which is not working even now. I am doing casual jobs to survive. I am a father of four and my family depends on me since I am the first born. I would like this year to become an animal keeper since for me animals are a profitable business. I want to buy goats and chicken that will reproduce and increase in number so I can sell them and take care of my family. I will also be able to sustain myself even with my broken arm if I get this animals."

"I am jobless, I used to be a trader, I used up my whole stock and ate up into my business earnings due to family needs that I had to stop doing the business. I have been depending on my husband for cash and he is a construction worker who does not always secure employment and on days that he does he makes a maximum of $7. I want to be able to contribute to the family finances and that's why I am going to tailoring school to learn how to make clothes. I had started but due to an overwhelming amount of needs I decided to stop as my kid's schooling was much important. Once I am done training I will buy a sewing machine that I will use to make clothes and make money. If Givedirectly continues sending finances, I will rebuild my house. My house was blown away by a strong wind which forced us to move to our kitchen. I want to be able to afford to buy raw materials for construction so I can start up on it."

"I used to collect stumps and burn them for charcoal but in December I got an accident that has one of arms in constant pain. I was hit buy a cow which also tramped on me, my hand was in a cast for months but even after the cast was removed I still feel a lot of ain that means I am taking pain killers all the time. I am now unable to engage in this and so I do not have an income. I had hoped to use this money to help improve my house but since I have children in school and a form four who will be finishing school this year I have that plan on pause. I however want to use this money to buy animals such as goats which can reproduce and give more animals that I can sell for money so that I am able to educate my children especially the one in form four."

"I am an animal herder for our family flocks. I do not make any money herding and hence I do not have an income. When I heard I will be receiving money from Givedirectly I decided that I wanted to start something that could help me earn. I have a goal of venturing into chicken business. I want to use some of my transfers to build a chicken coup and then buy chicken and keep them their. I know this is a good business since the chicken I bought in February has already hatched and has 10 chicks now. I want that this chicken can grow in number and I am able to sell them and get profits. This will make me financially independent since all the money I use I keep asking my husband who works in a bakery in the city. I also want to be able to educate my children through this business."

"My spouse and I can barely fit in the tiny grass home where we currently reside. My spouse is a barber and he hardly gets enough money to even put food on the table. In order to make ends meet, I burn and sell charcoal but at times I would go home empty handed. Ever since I started receiving my transfers, I have had the idea of joining a merry go round and save enough money to build my family a big house. In my extended family, we are the only ones who do not have a good house and it is really giving us some sleepless night. I believe I will save enough and before the end of the year, we will have started the process of building our own home. I would also want to go back to school and study hairdressing. With all the passion I have of twisting and styling hair, I will flourish and make it in that field."