I currently wish to buy additional chicken to boost my return on investment. I will not need to struggle to support my family as a result. It will be easy to convert them to cash when the time comes. I am unable to set a deadline for adding them as a result, but this will be my priority as soon as I receive financing.

We appreciate GiveDirectly's hard effort, which was fair to all the village people. We received excellent training during the first meeting that helped us understand what was required of us before registration. We were able to prepare and make judgments after reading the fly cards that we received and listening to the training during the first meetings. Every stage of the process was appreciated, and we look forward to receiving more in the future.

My greatest aspiration in life has always been to provide a respectable residence for my family. Our house was on the verge of falling apart until GiveDirectly made the transfer. I, therefore, used $300 of the most recent transfer to renovate it by paying for the personnel and buying the necessary building supplies like iron sheets and poles. For now, I'm content that we live in a better shelter, which has brought back our zest for life. In addition, I decided to invest $200 in the raising of chickens. I bought 100 chicks and built a building to house them. I learned that using the indigenous breed of chickens for poultry farming is cheap and not labor-intensive. I'm making an investment that will help me support my family.

I had taken my livestock for grazing when I got a message confirming that I had received funds from give directly. I was filled with so much gratitude for I knew the funds would help me in settling my 3children's school fees areas of KES 9000. I was also sure that I would be able to progress financially by investing in my mixed farming business.

I never used to have a comfortable life as the earnings I got from my farming business were few. Supporting the needs of my five children, my wife, and I was a challenge. For this reason, I would often be late on my children's school fee payments and thereby accruing fee arrears of KES 9000. When I started receiving funds from give directly, so much changed in my life. I was able to clear my debts and also improve my farming business by building a chicken coop. I believe this will bring in more income and thereby help me provide for my family better.

I practice mixed farming for a living. I normally specialize in coconut and cassava farming. I also have 30 indigenous chicken breeds that I rear. The chicken coup that I have for them is very squeezed as they have grown in number. To improve their living conditions and promote good health, I used the funds to build them a new one which is more spacious. I utilized the remaining amount to pay my children's school fee arrears of KES 9000 then I saved the rest. This is so I could buy some poultry feed and if there's a need to add more chicken, I will have funds for it. I focused on investing more in farming because this is where I get funds to provide for my family and also pay my 3 children's school fees which was a little challenging before as I had fewer earnings but now, I believe they will improve.