"I rely on my son, who works from one casual job to the next to make ends meet. He carries the responsibility of raising funds for food and supporting his children's education. To avoid being a burden to him, I began raising chickens that would multiply and help me fend for myself when I sold them. For this purpose, I purchased three hens worth KES 900 from the transfer. When the flock grows large enough, I plan to trade it for goats and eventually cattle. I saved KES 1,500, which I intend to supplement with future transfers to purchase a new bed and mattress to replace the old worn-out and tattered beddings. I used the remaining funds to purchase food because the household had run out the previous night."

"The most important task that Give Directly performs is the transfer of cash to individuals. I benefited from the previous two transfers by purchasing a goat and two chickens. In addition, the money has enabled me to purchase enough food for my family. I cannot think of anything that Give Directly does wrong."

"As the primary breadwinner in my family, I make and sell charcoal for a living. When things get tough, my sons, who are also casual laborers, pitch in to enable us to get through hardships. I was preparing my son for high school when I received the transfer. He needed to pick up his birth certificates in one town and drop off bursary applications in another. Because our village is quite remote, I gave him a KES 1,500 motorbike transport fare to run the errands. Also, I used KES 500 to buy food for our family of four after it ran out the night before. I saved the remaining KES 1,000 to purchase chicken later for rearing."

"When I separated from my husband a few years ago due to irreconcilable differences, my goal was to focus on educating my two children and giving them the best that I could afford. I opened a local grocery store where I have been selling roasted chicken alongside. Due to many responsibilities which came after taking my first born to high school, I have been struggling to sustain the business as 90% of the profit would go to school fees and basic needs. Ever since I started receiving the transfers, life has eased a bit for me as I committed to adding stock worth KES 1000 monthly which has lead to increased in income. For the last three months, I have been adding stock worth KES 1000 monthly and spending the balance to pay school fees. I'm nolonger straining with school fees as I used to before and my daughter has had easy time in school and she's able to concentrate and focus on her studies."

"On receiving the second transfer, our household plans were well set and we already had a fixed mind and wasn't hard for me in distributing the received amount in the projects I had. I had to set aside KES 35000 which will be useful in settling school fees for my daughter who is yet to join her 8th grade. I am thankful that I received this money when I needed it the most to facilitate the transition of my child from the free public primary school to form one where I will be required to pay a lot. In addition, I am planning to spend the remaining amount once my daughter has gone to school on the purchase of foodstuff and clothing for my family of four. Initially, I had been dependent on farming but in the recent past, farming has been unproductive forcing everyone within the village to buy all foodstuff from the nearby markets. I will also consider bringing in some chicken that will be helpful in the daily collection of eggs that will, in turn, be an additional source of income."

"I spent part of my most recent transfers on buying livestock which include a goat and a chicken. My passion is in livestock keeping which are living assets and are readily available in case of a financial need. My expectation is that they will multiply and sell the offspring to settle my financial needs. Owning livestock is one of the best investments that one can have in our poverty-stricken region. I spent the remaining amount of the transfers on buying foodstuffs such as maize flour which could take us some weeks. This ensured that my family could now take three meals a day unlike the other months when we could skip meals to save on expenditure."

"From the time I began receiving my transfer, the biggest difference in my life is having bought a chicken. The ones I previously had died and I had been wondering how I would begin raising some since I have not been able to get sufficient money to cater for my family needs as well as family development. Now I have the chicken, I look forward to raising more. In addition, I never had food, but now I have what can last my family for 5 consecutive days."

"Receiving the KES 3000 from GiveDirectly positively impacted my life and that of my family during these tough times. I am married to one lovely husband and together we have four children, two of whom are in school. I am a stay at home wife ensuring the home is tidy all day and my family is well looked after. My husband is currently employed at a nearby company where he receives monthly stipends to support us. From the amount I received, I was able to buy three chicken at KES 1500 adding to the one I previously had and now I can practice poultry farming comfortably. The remaining amount of KES 1500, I bought food for the whole house as what was earlier on there was completely finished. Thanks to the funds, we now have food for one month."

"Last year a project by a different organisation was introduced to us back on the village. The organisation wanted to help us the villagers who were interested in poultry farming to start poultry business. It included paying a certain amount of money in instalments over a period of time and they only required one to have a hen house before they gave you an amount of twenty chicken which were made of two cocktails and eighteen hens who were about two months old. I wanted to be a part of the project so after receiving the funds I went ahead and made a chicken coop so that I could finally receive the hens. I used my entire transferring trying to construct this chicken house and ended up using all the KES 3,000 that I had received."

"At the moment, I have not yet spent any coins from my recent transfer. I am planning to spend it on re-starting a poultry farming project. I am a mixed farmer and previously, I domesticated about 30 chickens. Unfortunately, most of them died due while a few who survived, I sold and generated for me KES 7,500. Poultry farming is a very lucrative business. From this project, I will be able to earn an additional income when I sell some to raise school fees for my four children who are currently in school."