"My goal was to buy chicken and start poutry farming and since this was achieved, my new goal is to look for market whereby I can start selling eggs."

"At first, I had a goal of buying a piece of land that I shall use for farming. Although I have not yet accomplished this goal, I have saved some money, KES 50,000 for that purpose. In addition, I developed a new goal of raising chicken through poultry farming. This is a very lucrative venture that can help me raise some money for supporting my family of 3. At the moment I have about 15 fully grown hens that are yet to begin laying eggs. I am grateful to GiveDirectly for the financial support."

"My new goal is to buy more chickens for rearing. I currently have ten chickens and I would like to add more so that I can get more income that can support my family. I want to stop going to my place of work which is very far away to do casual work of farming. I am at times sickly and I am no longer able to walk long distances or do heavy work. I usually wake up at 4 am and leave my house for work at 5 am. I usually reach there at 7:30 am and I leave at 5 pm. I plan to start with 30 chickens but I currently do not have the money to buy them."

"My new goal is to enroll in a Teachers Training College. Currently, I do a small business selling eggs and have been saving towards college enrollment. I look forward to having more chicken hence get more eggs to sell and get money."

"I depend on dairy farming and I sometimes sell eggs from the chicken that I keep to get money for our basic needs since I am growing old each day and I do not have the energy for doing casual jobs. My house was made of mud and due to my age, I was unable to walk for a long distance looking for clay to use in repairing it. Because of this, my house was always dusty since I had to wait till school closes so that my grandchildren would help me. Upon receiving my transfer, I spent KES 49000 on the purchase of gravel, cement, sand, ballast and paid for the labor of cementing the floors, and used the remaining KES 3200 on one sack of maize for our consumption. I am happy that cleaning this house has become easy and my clothes are no longer dusty."

"We used to sleep in the same room with my chickens since the house we had was one room and I did not have a chicken coop. Due to this, we always had to wake up very early in the morning to avoid chickens from walking on our beddings. I am happy that I was able to build a chicken coop worth KES 10000 upon receiving my transfer, spent KES 30000 to buy a dairy cow and KES 9000 on three goats. I will be using money from the sale of milk when it calves to pay school fees for my three children in school. The goats are the live assets that I will sell when faced with financial constraints. I spent the rest of the amount on foodstuffs."

"This came as a warm welcome as I received KES 55000 from GiveDirectly. I was able to split up the amount in purchasing a milking cow worth KES 40000 and a further KES 5000 on getting chicken thereby enhancing my poultry and dairy farming skills. I was also able to get some new furniture for the house improving the look at KES 8000. The remaining balance of KES 2000 was spent on purchasing clothes for my children in addition to what they have."

"I used KES 38000 to buy all the materials we needed to build our new home, we decided to do this because our family is growing and the single roomed thatched house is too small and od and uncomfortable for us. Secondly, I used KES 10000 to buy enough food for the family and got new clothes for six of us in the family and I also managed to buy two chickens."

"Ten years ago, my late mother-in-law got severely sick from a strange growth in her stomach. We were then forced to sell our only source of livelihood, a dairy cow and her calf to cater for her medication but she later succumbed. Since then, it has been a struggle fending for my five kids. But when GiveDirectly transfers came, I spent KES 30,000 on a dairy cow which is now due. This will not only act as a source of milk but also as an income source for my family. Maize farming has been a major source of food and income in our locality for a long time. But for the past five years, this has proved otherwise because since the outbreak of the maize disease and long dry spells there has been low or no product at all in severe cases. This led to food insecurity and as a result, I resorted to chicken keeping to pay school fees and feed my family as well. But when GiveDirectly transfers came, I spent KES 15,000 on payment of my daughter's school fees and the remainder on the purchase of food and clothing for my family."

"I spent my recent transfer by paying KES 200 for each of my 6 children as part of their schoolfees. I also needed to buy food and so I took KES 1300 which I bought food that can last for 1week and 3days for my family.The remaining KES 500 I bought 2 chicken because I want to start chicken rearing business."