"I would like to buy a mattress for myself. My current mattress is so old and is totally worn out you can feel the ground. It is so uncomfortable to sleep on this mattress due to this issue. I want to make sure that when I get some money I can buy a new mattress at $36. I also want to add another room to my house. My house is currently one roomed. My wish is when I get money i may buy iron sheets, at least 2 sheets when I can, so I can add that room. I want to buy goats too when things get better. If my husbands gets jobs at a better rate, It will take care of the needs at home and so I can buy goats and chicken."

"I am a married woman who has no stable job at the moment. I have five children and two of them are in school and the rest are not of age yet. The only thing that gives me joy is seeing my children being in school working hard towards all their goals in life. The moment I received my transfers, the first thing that really came to my mind was paying fees for my primary school children. I took $10 and paid their fees and since I had no chicken I used $20 to buy 5 chicken and each chicken cost $5.The remaining amount of $4 I used to buy food for my family and it made them happy to have a balanced diet for that day."

"I am really doing my best at school so that I can graduate with a very good grade and be able to join a good university where I will be taking engineering as my dream course. Most of my cousins have studied engineering and they are really doing well in life. I also want to save enough to buy more chicken and sell so that I can have more to invest and save."

"Before I could barely afford even to buy food but now I have gone an extra mile and bought chicken. I was even able to sell one of my chick and added some money and bought one goat that gave me joy and hope that my future is bright."

"In the coming year and beyond, I plan to buy livestock. My greatest plan is to buy livestock (chicken and goats), rear them till they reach a certain stage and look for a market, I would be doing this on a continuous basis; I will be buying as I also sell and I believe that this type of project would generate a good income to help cater for my family. To achieve this, I plan to start saving a portion of my transfers on a monthly basis so that at the end of a certain period, I would have enough money to start the project."

"To provide for my family of ten members(wife and children), I run a small vegetable-selling business in my village. Sometimes, the strain from the financial obligations forces me to dig into the capital to buy food and pay tuition for three of my children, who are still in school. As a result, growing the business is quite challenging. Gladly, the cash transfers have constantly revived and brought life to the business by allowing me to obtain more stock. I spent $20 from each of January’s and February’s transfers specifically for this purpose. Am happy that I have started to realize a monthly revenue increment of at least $25. From the remaining funds, I bought three chickens worth $9 and secured food with the rest. The aim of keeping chickens is to easily sell them in the future and raise money for emergencies. In December, I spent every penny on Christmas shopping, particularly foodstuff. At least my family enjoyed their festivities courtesy of the cash transfers. "

"The funds from GiveDirectly found me at a most opportune time. I had been wanting to expand my poultry farming, and the transfers allowed me to do so. I added 5 chickens to my coup. With these new additions, I will have more produce to take to market and, as such, earn more revenue. I then proceeded to finally construct my two-bedroom house. I had long wanted to do so but had always been short of funds. Having built the house, the next big step was getting a 3,000-liter water tank and fitting it to the existing water supply at the new house. I also planned on stocking up on food. I bought a lot of maize grain to last us for awhile, despite growing some on my own farm. Despite having a two-acre farm, the drought had left little maize for harvesting. My husband, who works casual jobs on construction sites, earns $6 per day, when he can get one, and it hasn't been easy making ends meet on that. As such, the funds were a great blessing to us, even allowing me to pay in advance the $10 for lunch that is needed for our son, who just started PP1."

"I would love to keep animals. cattle, goats, and some chickens. Sell the meat, milk, and eggs for profit. Aside from that, it would be quite the upgrade to have some of the same products for domestic use as well as to serve guests when they visit. I pray this will come to fruition one day."

"I am currently thinking about starting a chicken farming company. I created this objective after observing how quickly they mature and how ready markets are. In addition, starting this business doesn't demand a lot of money and it is manageable. I intend to achieve my goal once I have some money, so."

"On December 12th last year, I married a stunning woman, and I was beyond happy. All of the objectives I had set for myself before marrying I had at least achieved but there were still some that I had not. Despite the fact that I have constructed more rooms for myself, I have not installed new doors, and I would like to do so as soon as I have enough money since the door is so old. I formerly worked at a gas station, but I lost my job due to the economic crisis the country is currently undergoing.I currently work as a farmer as I sell chicken and I am really planning to work hard to make a lot of profit so I can start Mpesa shop. I will also be selling food stuff in my shop."