"I have school-going children, and paying for their school fees had been quite a challenge, a situation that makes me stressed most of the time. My main goal is, therefore, to see my children go to school without frequent interruptions of being sent home for school fees. To achieve this, I have started a chicken-rearing project that would help me to generate income that would be of help in terms of paying for their school fees. I also plan to be saving part of my monthly transfers."

"I have been spending a bulk of my transfers purchasing chicken. I now have 12 chicken since I lost two to chicken fever. I want to do poultry business as it is a lucrative business. I have been buying chicken and will continue to buy them to actualise this dream. I would like to get to a point I am earning an income fro my chicken. I also aim to clear building my mothers house. Her house was washed down during the beginning of the rain. I want her to have a more stable house and I hope to complete this sooner so she can move out of that old disheveled house."

"I completed my secondary education but I had no money to help me further my studies, and my main goal is to further my studies. I, therefore, wanted to venture into something that would help me generate income so that I enroll in the course of my dreams. I started a chicken-rearing project and I now have a total of 8 and I still want to buy more so that by September, I would sell some of them to get the money for my school fees. I also plan to be saving part of my transfers in order to achieve this goal."

"Things have been looking up since the rain began, we have now farmed maize and some green grams and other plants for food. This makes us very hopeful. If we get to harvest the plants that we planted we will have enough food and it will mean the transfers will not be used for food and hence we can now use the cash to buy animals such as chicken or goats which we will be able to rear and make an income from them. I will also be able to educate my children using the cash that I receive from Giveidrectly."

"It's really difficult for me. I have nothing to support myself, not even a chicken. This means I must do menial jobs or burn charcoal to sustain myself. Getting food is always a nightmare for me. I am always worried about my next meal. When I get a casual job, it all goes to food. I depend on farm jobs such as planting, weeding, or harvesting. One is paid $2 for half a day of hard work. It's hard buying food due to the high cost of living."

"I joined Imarika Sacco which is a formal saving society after enrollment to the Givedirectly program. I started saving then and have been saving till now $20 monthly to that account. We also started a savings group, an informal one in the village where we save $10 monthly. In April I saved to the formal savings society $20 and I also saved in the informal group $10. I also bought $4 worth of hair oil for my salon. In May, I spent another $20 in saving in the sacco, and $10 in the informal savings group, I also bought flour for $4. In June I spent $15 on school fees for my child, I sent $10 to the informal savings group and $5 on purchasing 2 chicken."

"The rains have just been a blessing to us. I am also happy to receive the transfers since they have come in handy this rainy season. I have tilled two acres of land since April. I spent $24 in April to till an acre of land and in May I used $12 to till half an acre. I bought seeds worth $8 in April and in May I got seeds worth $7. I also bought 3 chicken worth $9. I paid school fees for my eldest at $18 and my youngest at $12. I also contributed to my savings group $4."

"I would like to become a chicken farmer. I am still a student now in my form two education. I have learnt that with sacrifice I can achieve my dream and I have sacrificed in terms of how I spend my transfers to ensure my school fees is paid in full but also gotten Chicken to continue adding to the flock and now I am at 24 chicken. I would like to grow this even further to ensure this chicken business is stable. Through this transfers I hope to grow a business that will feed me until I clear school and also get something to do after I clear school fees."

"My husband and I do not make much and we have four children in school. We really thank Givedirectly because through them we are able to educate our children. I am actually on the way to pay school fees from this month's transfer. I havve used $14 to pay school fees for my 4 children. In May I spent $10 and in April I spent $15 in order to pay school fees for my four school going children. I spent, in may and June, $10 in June and $20 in May to pay my informal savings group contribution. I also bought food using this transfers, I spenty $10 on food in April, In may $10 and June $9. I also got some three chicken at $7.5."

"I had started building a house but the finances were not sufficient to put a door on the door frames I needed to find a way of getting the door. When I received the April transfers I used the cash to buy the door and put it up which has increase the safety of the house and myself as I stay there. I spent $15 purchasing the door., I used the rest of that month's transfer to buy six chicken which I have in my coup. I got a goat in may at $32 and got some food at $4 that month. I also bought food worth $3100 in the month of June. I bought one more chicken again this month at $3."