"Like I have explained to you, I have a problem with my right leg making it hard for me to comfortably walk long distances hence has an impact on my source of livelihood; selling peanut through hawking. I therefore want to get another way of generating income that is somehow passive. So far, I have been considering poultry farming. My main reasons being that it's not expensive to start and the chicken are easy to sell when need be. Among the few things I need to start are just a chicken coop, one sac of starter feeds, some medications and one hundred chicks. All that plus construction cost I have estimated to be $500."

"After graduating from college few years ago, I have not been able to secure a job as a teacher and I decided to concentrate on farming. My interest has been poultry and dairy farming but I couldn't afford to buy a Friesian cow and build structures for the chicken. With my second transfer, I was able to buy a Friesian calf worth $200, buy 15 chicken worth $60 and spend the balance to build chicken coops. I am grateful to GiveDirectly for the financial support since I couldn't have afforded all this on my own."

"With the cows I already have, my plan is to rear them then sell them in the next one year to venture into chicken business with my partner because chicken business seems to be more reliable now than livestock due to recurring droughts."

"I bought some few chicken and I'm looking forward to buy more so that I can start a poultry farming. This means that I will be able to sell the chicken in future and help my husband in paying school fees for our children and other family responsibilities. Watching him carry all the family responsibility by his own has been tough and I know he will be grateful if we help each other."

"Ever since I began receiving the transfers, my prayer was to build my own house since I don't have one. I was accommodated by my brother for some time and when he got married, I had to seek shelter from a neighbor. Though he accepted to accommodate me, I was not at peace at all as I couldn't enjoy any privacy. I am glad that through the recent transfers, I have been saving to enable me to purchase building poles and iron sheets. I am targeting 25 pieces of iron sheets and now I am at 20. I am grateful to GiveDirectly since this is a great step towards achieving my dream. In addition to this, I also spent a portion of the recent transfers on buying chickens and currently, I own twelve which I believe will continue multiplying. I can readily sell them to take care of my financial needs. Lastly, I bought maize flour for my family's provision and paid debts that had accumulated as a result of buying food on credit for some weeks that we lacked."

"Because I don't currently have a job that provides adequate income for my family, I plan to use the transfers to create a dairy farm, chicken farm, and horticulture farm. Since this farming enterprise will enable me to earn the money I need to support my family, I will allocate most of the transfers to it. With what's left over, I'll buy some clothes and food for my family and our newborn baby."

"My husband and I dropped out of school at a young age to start up a family. Due to financial constraints, our parents could not raise school fees for us to continue with our education. We depend on casual jobs to earn a living but considering it is unsustainable, we cannot save or invest in anything. Receiving this money means a reliable source of income for my family. Since there is high demand for eggs and chicken meat, I plan on starting up a poultry farming business. This will cost me $50,000 to build up a chicken house and purchase 200 chicks for a start. I am excited because my family will never lack any basic needs once it yields profits."

"I am living alone in my family and I depend on agriculture for survival. I have been hiring pipes and sprayer for around $100 every for every season. This reduces the profit I make every season. I normally get $ 200 in a very productive season. I will use $500 to buy pipes, sprayer, fertilizer and other farm inputs. This will boost my profit to $300 every season. I will also use $300 to boost my poultry-rearing work and ensure that I get a good harvest of approximately $150 after making sell of the poultry. I have a wider market at Matanomane where I will be supplying chicken to the food kiosks. I am grateful for the program."

"Since then, I've had little success looking for work. I've chosen to start farming, therefore I'm going to utilize the transfers to buy supplies that will cost me roughly $500. I will be able to get some money as a result, which I will spend for my basic needs. Additionally, I'll purchase a cow whose milk I'll sell in the shopping center. I would have to pay roughly $250 for the cow. I want to build a chicken farm with the money that would be left over. My primary source of income would come from all of these farming activities, so I would no longer need to look for employment."

"Receiving this money means that I will buy 6 bags of maize of food for me and my family. I will be saving some money for daily relish, my favourites are chicken, fish and beef. Then I plan on buying a mattress for a comfortable sleeping place. Back in the days when my husband, Sanderson Jowadi, God rest his soul, was alive I used to sleep on mattresses and I miss that so I would like to relive those moments. These I plan on initiating the same day I receive the funds from GD."