"My accomplishment from July to December this year is to ensure that I save enough money and buy the necessary materials required to repair my house, which is currently in a dilapidated state. The savings group I joined will help me save towards attaining this goal. Besides repairing and expanding the house, I also want to purchase new beddings: a comfortable mattress and a wooden bed, which will ensure my comfort as I sleep. I am very happy and content with the financial support from Give Directly."

"My next course of action in the coming year and beyond is to purchase hens. The hens multiply quickly, and once they do, I will sell them and use the money to purchase more goats. This plan ensures that even after the financial aid comes to an end, I will have something to fall back on in case I need money. I really appreciate the financial support I have received thus far."

"I work as a mechanic in Mombasa where I earn between $2 to $5. I use this money to try and settle my rent, buy food and take care of my wife and mother. I do not make much from my work. This means I need to think about how best I can raise more money to take care of my family. I have had plans of rearing animals as a way of increasing my income. I have $15 goats and about $20 chicken. This come in handy as they can be sold to to make some extra cash for my family. I plan tho increase this animals by buying more to also allow them to breed and reproduce even more animals to ensure the success of this business."

"I had six goats the last time we spoke, however I lost one to a disease that affected our entire area and sold another to pay school fees and feed the children since my family at the time was starving. I still aim at building the numbers of animals I have. The last two purchases have my goats up to 6 again and the two chicken has 11 chicks. I believe with this trend their is a very high likelihood I will have 10 goats by this time next year. This will allow us to continue working on animal rearing as an alter native source of income to charcoal burning that we currently depend on."

"I have been working on starting an animal rearing and selling business. Currently I have 10 chicken each with about five or more chicks, I also have goats and sheep which now amount to 25 in number. My plan is to have more animals that the ones I have by breeding this ones as well as buying more. This was I will be able to get an income to feed and educate my six school going children."

"I have started a small animal farm. I now have chicken, sheep and Goats. I have 7 goats , 3 sheep and 12 chicken. My goats have had children as well as the chicken. This is the plan for me. I have a young child of two years, she is yet to start school but I know I will need cash when she does, so my plan is to ensure that I have a big herd that can allow me to sell animals to ensure she gets into school and finishes her education even when the Givediretly program comes to an end."

"I aspire to have an animal farm. I now own 7 goats and 9 chicken. This were all purchased by the transfers sent to me by Givedirectly. I am able to plan and dream of owning an animal farm because the transfers have this far facilitated the process of beginning this journey. My plan is to continue purchasing goats and chicken until they are many enough to sell them off and but cows. I see a future for me and my family thanks to this treansfers."

"Last we spoke we spoke I had plans to buy animals, now I own those animals. I have bought 5 goats, 3 sheep and 15 chicken. This a big step for me towards that goal. I have sold a number of chicken which has allowed me and my family to eat and educate my child. I would like to do more in this direction. I want to add more animals to allow them to keep reproducing and keep growing in number for me to sell when need arises."

"I moved in the city for search of greener pastures. I was able to secure work as a cook and attendant at a local food Kiosk here. Through this work I have discovered my passion for the food business by seeing how clients enjoy the food and their encouragement for me to open a spot of my own to ensure we meet most of their food requests that we are currently unable to working for my employer. Through my transfers that I have saved in a local savings group I plan to use the $190 that I anticipate I will be receiving in August to start purchase of the necessary things and then start the business. This move will allow me to earn more as I now earn $2 per day and running my own business will allow me to make up to $5 on a bad day and $10 in profit daily. This will give me more muscle to feed my children and educate them."

"My goal from quite some time back was to move from hawking clothes on the street to selling from a shop. I joined a village savings and loans association which has allowed me to save over a period of time and I soon see my dream becoming a reality. In October I will be receiving $100 which I plan to use to rent a shop in our busy shopping centre. This I believe will translate to more sales in my business as the shopping centre hosts a bus stop which sees drives of people arriving and leaving the village. An increase in my income will ensure my daughter in form one can finish Secondary school and have a chance for a better tomorrow."