"I'm newly married not yet decided what I would want to do economically in the village, but I have always wanted to try out chicken business. I'm not exactly sure where the all season chicken market is and whether the traders who collect from the village offer good prices. When I get the money it will help me start an income generating venture around selling chicken. I want to keep the local breed that is somehow rare, expensive and marketable so that I would be able to make sales in this flooded market. Also there are normally big market during festive season and I can still cash in from that. It will make me extremely happy if I manage to get this off the ground."

"I live with my daughter who gave birth to a premature son, we are always in hospitals, to help him, we spend so much on transport, medicine and we hardly have anything left for food in the family. I sold all my chicken and am livestock and am left with 2 goats, all this was channelled to his medications and am grateful that he has show such a big improvement."

"Getting the funds greatly impacted livelihoods as we combined efforts with other group ladies to buy food in bulk. I was also able to buy chicken and a goat to keep up with animal farming. I plan to add to the goats with future transfers."

"The KES 3000 received from GiveDirectly really played a huge role. I was in school pursuing my high school studies. Dad is blind and unable to work whilst mum is the breadwinner for our family and this has been quite a challenge for her to also pay up my school fees. The funds received enabled me to assist in offsetting some of the fee arrears of KES 2000 so that I can be able to get my KCSE results when they are announced once the total balance of KES 18000 has been paid. The remaining KES 1000, I bought five chicken which I hope will lay eggs that I will sell to keep clearing the school fees balance."

"I burn and sell charcoal for a living. Having a consistent income from this kind of business is very hard because of the high rate of competition. This made me think of other innovative ways of earning revenues in the community and came up with chicken farming. I have been planning to keep egg laying chickens so that I can be supplying them to the shopkeepers in our village. However, lack of enough capital has hindered me from realizing this dream and this is why receiving these transfers will be a boost to my earnings from the business which will enable me to kick off the project."

"I spent part of my second transfer on buying fifty chickens and two goats at a total of KES 10000. I settled for them because their offspring mature very fast as compared to the other domestic animals. Once they multiply, I am planning to sell some and sort any arising bills such as school fees. To add to that I settled the huge school fee balance of KES 5000 for my son who is in his second year. I now have peace of mind because he is studying without any hiccups that he has been facing before. Additionally, I gave my spouse KES 5000 so that he could boost his business ( selling charcoal). In addition, I bought a bicycle which cost KES 8500 which has been of help especially in transporting water from the dams. It has always been tiresome carrying the jerrican using our hands considering the dams are 5KM away from the dams. With the remaining amount of money, I bought foodstuffs for my family and other household needs like utensils."

"I have four children, three of whom have their own homes while the last born (daughter) still lives under my roof. The house we live in has only two rooms and one bed. Since it's not recommendable for one to sleep on the floor, I normally send her to sleep at her grandmother's place. It is in my plan that I add another room and a bed. I also would like to revive my livestock farming business. Which I stopped after they all perished. I just bought two chickens. When I get more funds, I will be purchasing a goat every month until I acquire six. I will then rear them so they may reproduce and multiply numbers. After which I will sell some so, I may purchase a cow. These funds will aid me in progressing financially."

"I was very happy but in disbelief when I got the funds. I thought that it was a lie. I didn't believe that an organization could easily give out cash. All my doubts were cleared when I received the transfer. At the time, I was at home resting. So, the first thing I thought of doing was to start a poultry farming business. To actualize this, I bought a chicken the following day. This will boost my finances and aid with the provision of my family's needs."

"Upon withdrawal of my first transfer, I bought Iron sheets and nails at KES 21,000, sawed timber at KES 10,000, and paid labor at KES 11,000 that facilitated the not of a new house. I had been living in a grass-thatched house that would leak during rainy seasons which was a threat to the health of my young child.I also bought chicken at KES 3600 which will rear and later sell eggs to cater to the the family's basic needs. With the remaining amount, I bought a bicycle which we will use to go and fetch water since we normally walk long distances. I am grateful for the transformation that the first transfer had brought in my family so far."

"GiveDirectly came through in a mighty way as I have been able to buy food and take care of my baby. I am also planning to add more chicken to enhance my poultry farming skills and more to that, I have saved up to start my own business."