"Currently, I do carpentry work which is my main source of income. Though we all depend on this, it is not sufficient to sustain us. With Kshs.12,500 I bought thirty-two chickens which currently lay eggs and can sell them every week hence allowing me to save for other projects that I have. With Kshs.22,000 I paid college fees for my wife who is pursuing education in a Technical Institute. With the remaining amount, I used to buy food for my household members."

"My goal is to start up poultry farming especially to keep layers chicken whereby I can get eggs daily and sell to get daily cash inflow. I depend on casual jobs which I get 100 shillings per day which cannot sustain all my family's needs."

"My new goal is to construct a poultry unit and buy chickens. I want to start rearing so that they can help me in getting more income for the upkeep and for paying school fees for my grandchild who is in primary school."

"I dropped out of the catering School because I did not have the funds to continue my studies. To meet my needs, I started working as a tout. When I got my first transfer, I used KES1000 to do some farming. Unfortunately, the weather was not favorable. I hoped I would yield 5 sucks of maize grains from half an acre of land but instead, the whole plantation was destroyed. Using the remaining KES200, since it was the Christmas festive season, I bought my siblings some shoes and clothes. When I got my second transfer, I saved KES2100 to a Chama as I have plans to borrow a loan of KES100,000 in July to start up a bakery shop since I have catering skills. The remaining KES900 I have not used yet but I am thinking of using it to buy chicken."

"I spent a larger portion of my second transfer in buying food for the family. The drought menace has made us struggle so much because we heavily depended on the farm, which is currently not the case. When the drought started, I switched my energy and resources to selling charcoal in the markets to earn a living. The business is not all rosy as I have had to settle for the low earnings I get due to low charcoal demand. Besides buying food, I also purchased new clothes for myself. The clothes were worth KSH 550. I bought the clothes because mine were worn out. With the remaining KSH 1000, I bought three chickens. I bought the chicken so that I would slowly gain wealthy by having lots of livestock, sell some and eventually buy cows since they are my primary goal for me to own."

"After having great a great talk during the Baraza with the GiveDirectly officers, I decided I would buy a dairy cow when receive my transfer. When I received my first transfer, I realized the amount was not enough to buy a cow all at once. I decide to start small by buying three chickens at KSH 600. The reason I bought the chicken was to create wealth slowly, since the chicken will, in a few months, multiply in numbers. I will then sell some and buy a goat. When the goats multiply, I will again sell some to buy the Dairy cow that I want. The cow will be a smart addition in that I will sell milk to the villagers, since no one is selling milk at the moment. This will give me the opportunity to attract lots of clients. Besides buying the chicken, I spent KSH 200 to pay my grandchild’s fee as she was at home due to school fees arrears. I then spent the remaining amount of KSH 350 in buying food for the family because we didn’t have enough food to last us for long."

"I am a mother of seven. My husband, who works as a farm worker, and I, working as a charcoal manufacturer, normally work hand-in-hand to make sure our children's needs are catered for. School fees payment has always been a challenge for us. Thereby, we had accrued arrears of kes3650. So, when I received my first transfer, I reduced it to KES3150. As for the remaining amount, I used KES2100 to buy food and KES400 to purchase chickens To keep reducing the arrears, I again paid KES1000 from my second transfer and the remaining KES2000, I used to buy a goat."

"It is in my plans that I build a house for my family. so, from the transfers that have been receiving I have been saving half of it towards the project. So far, I am at KES3,000 against my main target of KES25,000. To support us, my husband, who works as a wine brewer, mainly focuses on the children's needs. Therefore, whatever earnings he gets, he uses it on food and school fees payment. Using the remaining KES1500 from the first transfer, I also bought two chickens that cost me KES1,000 and KES500. I used it to purchase food for my family. As for the remaining KES1500 on my second transfer, I covered the food budget."

"My new goal is to start a chicken business whereby I buy chicks then once they grow they lay eggs for sale hence getting additional income. I am currently a small-scale farmer and what I get is not enough to cater for school fees for my children."

"My new goal is to buy more chicken after the ones I had died due to viral infection and only remained with sixteen. I look forward to adding more so that I can sell more eggs hence being able to meet my family's daily needs since I depend on manual jobs which cannot sustain us."