"In addition to the sisal business, I'm involved in charcoal burning business. With the extra capital injected into my sisal business, I'm confident that the increased returns will sustain our family's needs, including my daughter's school fees. This ensures her education completion and securing a brighter future for her."

"With the transfers from GiveDirectly, I invested in four goats and revived my vegetable business, aiming for growth to better support my family. I'm optimistic that the goats will multiply, allowing me to sell some later on. Alongside this, I plan to continue doing casual farm labor to ensure ongoing support for my family."

"As I said earlier my ultimate dream is to become a driver. I have seen people drive and I like it when I see them drive. I believe I have my heart set on this dream and it is the right dream for me to achieve my goal. I want to reach about $150 so I can make enquiries on prices for training before I pursue this goal. I know that if I get a job as a driver I will make enough money to educate my children and provide a good life for them as well."

"I am a single mother of four school going children. I burn and sell charcoal as my source of livelihood. I do not make much and more so now with the rains being at their highest. I now rely on casual jobs for cash. The rains have led my house to fall and now we live in a house that is falling apart. I would want to repair the house but my earnings are low and their are other pressing needs such as school fees. I hope this year to save a considerable amount of money to ensure I can repair my house and ensure we live in much better conditions."

"I have a small stall selling regular household items, I also rear animals which we take care of with my husband. My goal is to continue growing my animal numbers. I now stand at 40 cows and goats notwithstanding the chicken we have that are over 20 as at now. I was able to sell chicken an goats in December to buy clothes for my 5 children during the festivities other than the two whose clothes I got using my transfers. Animals reproduce and multiply in number which makes them a great investment from my experience I aim to build further with this especially now that I have a child joining secondary school and others still in school."

"I was a charcoal seller but I have not sold charcoal for a while now, I have some land in the bush where I would collect stamps and burn them for charcoal but recently Elephants came from the forest in search of water and I was forced to abandon my work and move back to the village. I still need to make an income as my family is still young and my child will need to one day go to school. My plan is to get into the business of chicken rearing and grow the numbers of this chicken to large flocks that I can sell and buy goats which I can later sell and buy cows or even land."

"I am the second of three children, I was lucky to get a chance to go through with education until I completed form four. However things got bleak as my mother is a single mother who was taking care of all her three children and so couldn't pay for me to further my education. I wanted to attend nursing school and become a qualified nurse which I believe would give me a lot of prospects for work. I plan to rear goats which will reproduce and increase in number, I will be able to sell some of them and put myself through school."

"I joined my local village savings group once the other members had already saved for a year. We have a village savings group of 12 members where we give $10 monthly. Each month a member is given 12 months worth of contribution. This is usually a significantly large amount of money which we would have otherwise not had. My house has fallen apart after years of being eaten into by termites. I have been unable to raise enough money to ensure we have a good house to live in. My being in the savings group will help me achieve this as I expect to get my cash next month. I plan to use this money to buy iron sheets and start building a new house for my family."

"I have had a dream of being an animal rearer. I now have chicken. I never thought I would own animals until I received Givedirectly transfers which ensured that I had the money to purchase the animals. My plan is to continue building on the chicken reserves and once the numbers are significantly large I will sell of a number chicken and get goats. The goats will later be sold off to buy cows, I plan to continue this until I have enough animals to take my child through school."

"As I said earlier I am the only breadwinner in my house. My husband has not had a job in years. I am still running my business in the city thanks to Givedirectly transfers which I use to add to the business as well as helped me start the business. I however have interests that I hope to fulfill in the new year that I haven't done as much. I got 4 chicken using part of my November transfers. I would want to add more animals such as goats which will multiply when they give birth and I can sell them and use the proceeds from the sell to buy cows that I can use to rent out during tilling season and also use it on my own farm cutting down on planting costs. This will help me save money to help me buy a plot of land and educate my children."