"I spent most of the money on medical expenses, poultry, food, and school. When the transfers came in, my leg was in severe pain following an earlier accident; so my first transaction, KES 450, took care of the hospital bill and medication. I allocated the remaining cash to settle my children’s school fees amounting to KES 500 and secure food worth KES 690 since we had taken no meal the previous night. Additionally, I purchased 5 chickens at KES 660, with intentions of rearing and letting them reproduce to eventually obtain an income from selling them."

"Poultry farming has been one of my desires ever since I got married in the year 2012. I had a flock of 100 chicken but last year, they all died of infectious disease because I never followed the vaccination schedule to the later. Losing the entire flock was a painful experience and given another chance I will not repeat the mistake I made. I intend to spend KES 10000 to buy 100 chicks each costing KES 100. I also plan to use another KES 10000 to put up a modern spacious structure for the same. Receiving this money will give me another opportunity to start a poultry farming business once again."

"I am Planning to buy 5 bags of 25kg rice and buy one bag on onions, chicken soup and other food stuffs materials to start selling in this village. Thanks to Givedirectly for the cash support. Givedirectly cash support to me is still unbelievable . Since birth, this is my very first time to benefit such huge money from from NGO as free gift. I believe that with my transfer, My dreamed to become a successful business woman will soon come to pass."

"I do not have any new goals at the moment. I plan to continue struggling to get money for educating my children so that they can have a better life in the future. I am a single mother and I still have two children who are in secondary school. I have been practicing mixed farming where I usually grow maize, keep some cows and some poultry. I usually sell milk and when the cow is dry, I usually sell the calf and some chickens to get money for paying school fees for the children. I plan to continue with the same way of getting money and that is why I bought another calf with part of the second transfer so that it can help me in the future when it calves."

"After the completion of the projects I had with the received transfers, I have a new goal of constructing a modern chicken coop after the purchase of an additional brood of 10 chickens. Alongside the construction of a chicken coop is the initiation of a small cereals business that I had been hoping to start at the immediate shopping center. I have always seen a need of creating a one-stop shopping point for all cereals that are in high demand within the village."

"I am a housewife and my husband is the breadwinner of the family. Since we cannot depend on crop farming because our land is small, it had always been my prayer to start a poultry-keeping project but I had not been able to due to lack of finances. When I received my transfer, I spent KES 30000 to build a chicken pen, KES 10000 to buy 20 chickens, and KES 7000 on food and clothes. I still have KES 8000 that I am using in buying chicken whenever I find them. I am glad that I have a project that keeps me busy most of the time apart from the house chores."

"January we celebrated new year. We ate chicken with rice, food which is eaten in special occasions. It brought joy and happiness because we were all at home as a family and therefore we celebrated together."

"I am happy that after very many years I can sleep comfortably in a bed. Lying on the ground for those years affected my health. Back pains and chest pains are some of the health effects that affected me during that period. For the few days that I have slept in the bed, I feel much better. The chest pains are slowly going away and I hope I will soon be in good health. Besides buying the bed, I bought two chickens to start the poultry project that I have always wanted to have. I then spent the remaining amount of money in buying food and water. Because of the drought, finding water has become very hard. We have to buy water at very high prices. Food prices are very high and with nothing coming out of our farms, we have to buy the food or else we starve to death."

"I spent half of my transfer of KSH 1500 on starting a business of selling Omena. Since I am not employed and do not have a job, I have struggled a lot to make ends meet. The hot and dry weather has hindered me from working on my farm, and the solution to that is to venture into business. I am happy that the business is picking well and I can cater to my basic needs. Besides starting the business, I also bought two ducks and one chicken at a total price of KSH 1150. I have always dreamt of owning livestock. Buy buying the ducks and the chicken, I fulfilled one of my life’s wishes. Once they multiply in numbers, I will sell some and buy another type of livestock. With the remaining amount, I bought three packets of maize flour to add to the dwindling stock food in my house."

"I started the business of keeping and rear Chicken for sale. The proceeds I earn from this business have helped me support my husband to provide for the family. This is what makes me happy."