"For several years, I have been having a dream of running a poultry project. However, I have not been able to execute this project because I did not have adequate funds. Despite the fact that I have not yet spent my recent transfer, I am hopeful that once I stabilize after child bearing, I shall be able to implement this project with the transfer I received. From the sale of my chicken, I shall be able to raise additional money to support my family."

"For the past 10 years, I have been raising livestock to earn a living. Before the drought, I would get more than 10 liters of milk from the cows, sell and earn some money from it. The situation has since changed due to the prolonged effects of the drought and I no longer harvest any milk from the cows. Because of this, I have struggled a lot in providing essential basic needs for myself such as food and buying clothes. The situation has worsened to a point where I go more than 2 days without eating food. It is for this reason that I spent KES 1300 to buy some stock of food that would last me for two weeks. Besides buying food, I spent the rest of the money on buying 3 chickens for rearing. As a start towards creating wealth, the chicken will serve the purpose right. Once they multiply in numbers, I will use the money after selling some in solving problems that I will have in the future."

"After I was married 10 years ago, I used to be a full-time housewife but later my husband advised me to start broiler farming in the village. I saw it as a good idea and immediately I invested in it. The new business was performing well until when I took my child to secondary school. The cash demand was high and It reached a point the business collapsed. I have desired to restart it again because it is a source of income. I am planning to spend KES 60,000 to purchase 300 chickens and feedings. In 6 weeks I can sell them and make approximately KES 6000. Other than that, I will spend the remaining amount to pay for school fees for my son who is in high school."

"Being a dairy and chicken farmer, I have a new goal of adding more stock to my livestock. Although, I still have one project ongoing I am happy that it is almost complete. After its completion, I will be able to save all the earnings from my farm outputs towards adding more livestock."

"My new goal is to expand the chicken house and to place a wire mesh around the chicken house so that the chickens can be well looked after and will be free from being attacked by their predators. I want to expand the chicken house so that I can increase the number of chickens that I am rearing and also so that the chicks will have somewhere that they can be alone, away from the big chickens. I have a few chickens that I am rearing and I have seen how beneficial they are. I usually sell the eggs at KES 400 per tray. The money that I get from the sales, has been helping me in buying chicken feeds and vaccinating them. I also usually use part of it in buying the small essential household goods such as sugar, soap, etc. So with the increase in the number of chickens that I will rear, I will be able to get more income that will enable me make other developments."

"Receiving this money means improved living standards. We will start a poultry keeping farming which we were unable because of financial constraints. I opted to provide for the family's basic needs from casual jobs. With the current tough economy, this is the easiest investment compared to subsistence farming because it does not require a lot of resources. Having KES30,000 is enough to set up a poultry house and purchase 20 chicken at KES 300 each. I am happy because receiving this money will actualize my dreams of being a poultry farmer."

"Three months ago, I had some money that allowed me to buy three chicks. My brother had given me his motorbike to use, I used to make KES 2000 a week, which helped me meet daily needs as well as a small investment of three chicken."

"The main challenge is insufficient finances. I used to depend on my chicken, selling eggs and earning an income. Of late there has not been much egg production due to poor feeding. This means I lost my sources of income and life has been so hard for my family."

"While I was still at home early that faithful morning, I heard some of the town people rejoicing and shouting that they have received transfer from GiveDirectly. I immediately ran in search of network to check my phone. Suddenly, I saw a text from GD stating that I had received transfer as well. Hence, I decided to set up my frozen food (chicken, pig foot, pig tail etc..)business and also rebuild my kitchen that was destroyed by storm few days ago."

"Before receiving the second transfer, I had already planned how I was going to utilize it. While accomplishing my set plans for the second transfer, I developed another goal that I desire to accomplish once I get some money. I aim to buy more goats and add some chicken. I prefer goats over cows because goats are drought resistant compared to cows and also they have ready markets."