"Since chicken is easy to rear, I am focusing on adding more birds so as to increase income through the sale of eggs. I believe that in the next six months I would have achieved this and catering for my family would not struggle anymore."

"I recently constructed a new house and the amount that I had was not enough to complete it. Receiving this transfer means that I will be able to use the first amount to furnish it with household items and buy water storage tank. Additionally, I will use the second transfer to pay the school fee for my wife who is in the final year at one of the leading University."

"Health challenges is the biggest hardship I have faced.First,I developed an eye problem which required urgent operation.Since I do not have any income source or savings,we had to sell a few cows we had to pay for treatment.When I recovered from this,I had a serious fall which caused a fracture on my hip bone.This too required specialized treatment and it further depleted the little resources we had.These challenges have exposed me to lack of most basic needs because I am now dependent on my children who also have other dependants."

"Receiving this money mean I will be able to own a dairy cow. I have been aspiring to own a dairy cow since I will sell milk and improve on my life (to buy household items like table, chairs, and food). I am planning to buy a dairy cow of 300 USD and the remaining 200 USD, I will use to improve my house since the one I am in, is too small."

"I have always desired to build a bigger house for my family of seven but due to financial constraints, this has not been a reality for me. Receiving this money means that my prayers have been answered since I will use the first transfers to build a bigger house so that my children will no longer go to other people's houses to sleep."

"My first plan when I receive this money from Give Directly is doing more of dairy farming. I will buy one dairy cow(350 USD) to add to the one that I have. Dairy farming will help supplement what I get from my business. Boosting milk production from 5 litres a day to 15 litres a day will help boost my income. Whenever my business is not doing well I will still get to feed my family well. I buy cattle from the village and then sell during market days at a profit. I will use the remaining money to boost this business."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is I have eight goats which I gracefully rear around the village . The fact that the goats reproduce twice a year and their offsprings mature faster . I am so sure they will multiply and increase in numbers within a short period of time . I shall sell some of the offspring to cater for some of my household's expenditures . Today, my house is secured in terms of food access since I can purchase food and compliment with the ones from my farm ."

"It was around 6 AM when I received a message notification on my phone. Upon checking its contents, I became very happy and immediately knelt down to pray thanking God for the blessing I got because I knew with the transfers I would acquire the shelter I have been longing for ."

"I am glad that I own a pair of ox because I will not only help them in ploughing my farm but also to cultivate my neighbor's farms for pay hence generating an income that shall assist in educating my children . Educating my children has been a struggle for the recent past because my spouse who is the breadwinner do get meager income out of doing manual work at the construction site . This income barely sustain most of our family's needs especially paying school fees . Therefore , with these oxen it shall server as an extra source of income which motivates me since know that educating my children shall be a walk in the park because as a parent I have always envision to provide for my children a quality education . Secondly I intend to buy dairy cow in future to source for more income through selling milk to my neighbors in order to meet my family's basic needs with ease ."

"I am happy that today I own livestock that is an ox . This is my biggest difference because I intend to acquire another ox with the upcoming transfer in order to have a pair. I am hopeful with the pair of ox , I will be able to increase the acreage of land for cultivation . Thereafter , my harvest shall double because, with the help of the oxen it ought to take less time of ploughing an acre as compared to using hoes . Before, I depend on the traditional ways of farming where I usually use the hoe and in most cases this gives me low produce that could not sustain my family for even two months. I desire to upscale my farm produce using these ox which will increase food production in my household ."