"My three children have been frequently sent home for school fees because I was not able to pay for them on time. I am happy that through the transfers, I was able to clear the fee arrears which amounted to Ksh.2000. They are now continuing with their studies without interruptions on fees. In addition to this, I also spent the transfers on doing a shopping on foodstuffs for my family. I am glad that we have not lacked food in my house for the past two months. Lastly, I have been saving some money to revive a poultry project that had collapsed due to inadequate capital. Thus I spent KES 1000 on buying some building materials to construct a structure for this project. I am planning to buy the chickens soon and rear them. I believe that this project will generate some cash to cater for my financial needs."

"After spending both the first and the second transfer on all the goals that I had set aside, I am glad that all went through and have brought great transformation in my household. The whole process made me believe that all can be possible and at the moment I am doing everything with an open mind. Currently, I have a new goal to venture into poultry farming as an income source. I had been doing a small scale but the outcome has never been impressive as I had been selling a few eggs at a time. I now have a plan to construct a better chicken coop design with better space even though will limit their stray movement as well as having a designed structure to lay eggs on, waterers and feeders installed, chicken wire all around, corrugated tin roof, and also a raised chicken wire floors that ease cleaning by letting the chicken droppings fall onto the foldable and mobile floor covers. Even though its establishment might be expensive, I am positive that the outcome will be easier to manage and profitable once I usher in all the chickens that have been sleeping in my small kitchen."

"Food insecurity has been the biggest challenge.My first transfer of KES 1200 was mainly spent on food and I bought two chicken to start chicken rearing business. My recent transfer came and my son who finished his secondary school had not picked his certificate due to school fees arrears. I used KES 1000 so as to pick the documents because they are highly required for his college application, used KES 600 to buy 5 packets of 2kg maize flour.I started vegetable business using KES 1000 which has been earning a minimum of between KES 50 and 100 profit which is enough to buy other things on daily basis in order to have a simple meal.My KES 400 was spent in buying medicine because I was unwell."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving money from GiveDirectly is that I was able to add two mature chickens to the number that I was already having which wasn't as large as I desired. This is something I am very grateful for, since it wasn't possible to add mature chickens to the ones I had before but it was only made possible by GiveDirectly. I am so grateful."

"I am the bread winner of my family and most financial matters fall on me, which at times is very stressful and hard because I have a couple of mouths to feed, clothe and cater for in matters of education. GiveDirectly has really come through for me because I feel the load is less heavy as compared to before and I even managed to start my project of rearing chicken which would have probably taken me a while to start."

"I spent KES28800 on a heifer because it will grow and multiply as an addition to dairy cow I had. I spent KES2100 on sofa set cushions, KES 3000 on a sack of maize, KES3600 on my kids clothing, and KES 4000 on 10 chicken layers and a cock. I also spent KES12000 on a generator for water irrigation and KES 2000 on household utensils and the rest on savings."

"I have always dreamt to diversify and have several sources of income to supplement the small retail shop business that I run. I have a small family of us three, which in future I look forward to my family expanding, so responsibilities may increase too. I have plans of having several dairy cows as they really help by providing milk for domestic use as well as income through the sale of milk. I already have two, one of my own and one that I borrowed from a friend. I plan to purchase one for KES 35 000. For the rest of the amount, I plan to start poultry farming, constructing poultry houses, buying chicks and chicken feed."

"Farming is the main economic activity in our area . Unlike crop and livestock farming which has been greatly affected by diseases and droughts, poultry farming has been a source of food and income during these difficult times. Receiving this money means expansion of poultry farming and hence more revenues.This money will facilitate the purchase of 15 hens , a wire mesh and other building materials for the chicken coop.With KES 30000 I will be able to do this."

"We spent the first transfer money on various things that are important to us. I have been suffering from tooth cavities and hence we had agreed that upon getting the transfers, I was going to seek medical attention. So, we took out KES 15000 that I used in doing so. Apart from the health expenses, we also took out KES 7000 that we used in buying food, and some KES 2000 that we used in buying clothes for the children. The remaining amount of money, we added to the little that we still had from a loan that we had borrowed from a SACCO. We then used the money to buy a piece of land. We bought a point of an acre. We live near a town center and we usually rear chickens. There is too much theft of chickens and other things going on in the place. The theft has become a menace, I hence thought that it is better to buy a piece of land in the rural area where there is not much theft. Also, the area that we live in has no title deed, it is a place that the government moved us to since they wanted to construct a hospital in the place where we used to live in. We hence fear that we might be chased away one day. We didn't have money to buy the piece of land. I practice subsistence small-scale farming while my husband has a small electronics business. The money that we make most of it usually goes to the payment of school fees for our three children and two in secondary school. We are hence so much thankful to GiveDirectly for their help."

"After the receipt of the first transfer, I had a lot of plans lined up that I needed to accomplish. At the top of my list was the establishment of a poultry farming that I needed to start small - first by constructing a chicken coop. I spent KES 6000 on the purchase of the construction materials, paid the labor charges, and later brought in three chickens that are currently laying eggs that in turn are sold to pay for other small household goods. I also obtained a piece of furniture that came with the sitting cushions at KES 3200 to replace the wooden bench that we had been using. I also added some food to the foods baskets worth KES 6000, repaid a KES 12000 loan that I had with then shopkeeper, tilled and planted my piece of land with a total cost of KES 1000, bought a sheep that came with a lamp, and saved the remaining that I had been using to replenish any household good whenever we run short of."