"After receiving the money I consulted two of my relatives and suggested that we start a savings committee where we contributed money and distributed it monthly to a particular person so as we would have a larger amount of cash compared to the one we had and could invest it in individual projects that needed large sums of money. Fortunately they were down for it and I was the first person to receive the money that month so I contributed KES 2,000 on the money I had and plus what I got from the others I received KES 6,000 in total. My initial plan was to renovate my house with money but due to drought, water has been a predicament and so I decided to put the money away until the rainy seasons come or when I have enough money to buy water in order to finance the project. I was left with about KES 1,000 from the funds received from GiveDirectly so I took KES 300 and bought a chicken, then used KES 300 and paid tuition fee for my grandchild who was in kindergarten since at the time the parents had no finances. I was left with about KES 400 where I used KES 300 and bought maize flour and sugar then the balance KES 100 I took it as offering to church ."

"Give directly has done well. Thanks to the funds, I now own a goat and some chickens. I have not seen anywhere it has done badly."

"After spending all the money I had received according to the plans that my household had, I have a new goal of establishing a poultry project. I have been rearing some chicken but the lack of a well-constructed coop and a poor feeding program has led to their unproductivity. I hope to soon construct a good chicken house and usher in better layers that can I can collect eggs daily that will, in turn, pay household bills."

"With a family of six, my priority had been to clear school fees for our three children who are currently schooling. part of the first transfer cleared some arrears and had to spend another chunk of the second transfer on the current term's requirements. I deposited KES 20000 towards school fees and spent KES 8000 on buying new pairs of school uniforms to replace the old ones that they had been wearing. I also bought a sheep worth KES 5000 with part of the remaining amount, three sacks of maize that we are still using as a foodstuff with my family, and also bought some chickens to add to the preexisting brood as a way of expanding the source of income through the same of the daily collected eggs. It is with great joy that we are already enjoying the outcome of the project as more than six chickens are currently laying every day."

"I am an agribusiness woman and a mother of five; three boys and two girls. I majorly focus on maize and sukuma wiki farming to feed my family. On the other hand, to pay school fees, I have been relying on my husband who works as a motorcycle taxi. In addition, we have also been investing in a savings group. Recently, GiveDirectly transfers came, I spent KES 5000 on school fees payment for my daughter in high school. I also spent KES7500 on a goat and it's a young one. And right now the mother goat has given birth to twins and I can't be grateful. I also spent KES 1100 on three chicken layers as a quick income source majorly for household expenditures. Lastly, KES 8000 was spent on a cupboard for the storage of my valuable items and accessories. KES 4800 was used on one and a half bags of maize to ensure the availability of adequate food for my family. Then the rest of KES 5000 was used on the latest clothing fashion."

"No. I do not have any new additional goals that I did not have before receiving the transfers. One of my initial goals was to start up a poultry project. Since I have 3 children in college and 2 in secondary school, I ended up spending a bigger portion of my transfers on their school fees. The KES 20000 that I had left could only afford 15 chickens. I am, therefore, planning to raise more money so that I can expand my poultry project. Poultry reproduces faster to multiple young ones and if well taken care of then they can be highly profitable. The income from the project will be a huge boost in paying for my children's school fees."

"I spent most of my transfer on purchasing food for the family, clothes, livestock, and paying hospital bill. Specifically, I used KES 840 on seven packets of maize flour, KES 300 on two packets of wheat flour, KES 140 on a kilo of sugar, and KES 50 for tea leaves. Additionally, I acquired two pieces of clothes at KES 330, two chicken at KES 1000, and settled my hospital bill of KES 650."

"Give Directly assist the needy in improving their status in life, but they never accept gifts from us. In the African certain, when you have done good for people, they too in return come up to appreciate you by give you live chicken or something to say thanks. Give Directly does not accept it."

"Even though I already have more than 10 chickens at home, I still feel that this is a new goal to establish a well-constructed coop that accommodates them all since we had been sharing the kitchen with them all along. This will as well allow me to expand and grow the hatched chicks within the coop unlike now where I keep selling them out to keep the number low. It is a beneficial project to me that I hope to see it help in raising school fees, and also settling other household bills."

"Being unemployed has been hard, especially when it comes to meeting the family's bills. I have four children and one of whom is in school. My husband is the sole provider for the family and has been struggling with getting casual jobs to do. So, when I received the funds, I focused on starting some livestock farming. With the first transfer, I bought four chickens at KES1,200. As for my second transfer, I bought a goat at KES2,000, and the remaining KES1,000, I spent on food purchases."