"I have really been looking forward into investing more and growing my farm especially through buying livestock and poultry. I definitely would want to buy a cow but unfortunately they're quite costly and that is why I decided to spend KES 2,800 out of the money I received and buy a goat instead. The balance left was KES 600 which I proceeded to spend it on purchasing three packets of maize flour because at the time we were also struggling in the nutrition department."

"We intend to use the transfer to build a better house, a timber walled and cemented floor. At my age, I am not able to smear the floor of our house with mud and so it is not in good shape and not comfortable to even host guests whenever they come to visit. Our house is old and dilapidated, we have lived in it for more than 30 years. We have never had the means to build a better one, but this help has come at a perfect time and we are glad that finally, we will have a better house. We plan to use $400 for household construction and use the rest of the money to purchase a dairy cow and to seek medication."

"Investing in crop farming is the goal that I have. I intend to save some amount from milk vending to boost it. This will ensure that I can hire a tractor on time to assist me in plowing the farm. Achieving this means that I will produce enough food for the family as well as animal feeds for my dairy cow."

"I raise livestock like goats, cows, chicken and sheep to earn a living although in small quantity. In the coming year and beyond, I will be adding more livestock. Since I still have young children in Primary School, I will be practising subsistence farming like maize, beans, potatoes, cabbages and onions. I will be selling some of the farm produce to get money for my kids school fees. Currently their performance have been affected by them missing classes due to lack of school fees. I am looking forward to have a long term saving plan which will be catering for the school fees till end of college. I will be topping it up with the profits from the groceries shop which I have been running since I got my last transfers."

"I think of this money and I am excited that we will be able to revive our dairy business. My husband and I sell milk but the drought has affected our business. We have lost cattle and only a few farmers have been able to sustain their animals. I will buy a dairy cow with this transfer as I work on buying milk from other farmers to restore my business. Once my business is up and running, I will renovate my house, buy new iron sheets, and plaster it. My husband and I are old and it would be nice to live in a beautiful, permanent house, not one that pours and wears off after a while from being eaten by termites."

"In the coming years, I wish to rear goats as well as purchase a cow. This is because of the ease of managing and rearing them in semi-arid areas. To achieve this, I plan on getting a goat every month at $25 from the support of cash I receive every month. This is the only assurance I will have of meeting my children's school fees."

"I bought a cow worth kshs 15,000. This is because all my 4 children really love milk. So I prefer to have the cow than to be buy milk. Incase of excess milk, I can also sell some. My 2 children had a school fees balance of kshs 10,000 and so, I cleared it. My house needed repair. I bought 7 bags of cement @ kshs 700. I bought sand worth kshs 2,000 ,floor tiles worth kshs 3,400 and paid kshs 3,000 for labour. My husband is a casual worker and recently he has not been lucky to be called for any job. So I was the one buying food mostly but in small portions. I would buy maize flour, vegetables and water using this money. Approximately, I spent kshs 16,800 on food."

"I spent kes. 33000 in paying school fees for a whole year for my two sons who are currently in form one. I save kes. 20000 in my Mpesa account in waiting to settle their next term school fees. With the second transfer, I managed to buy two bulls for plowing my farm at kes. 30000. Before I started receiving these transfers, I used to till my farm with my hands and it was hard, time-consuming, and cumbersome. I do maize. Beans, peace, and vegetable farming. I also do casual work on a construction site. My husband is very old and can’t work. He always takes care of our cows by grazing them around our home. Thank you so much GiveDirectly, indeed you have changed my life and my family’s life for the best."

"I own a small shop. I had planned with the money earlier on even before I received it because I had heard about GiveDirectly money from our neighboring village which had received this form of aid. It came at the right time and my plans for using the money went so well. I managed to buy two bulls at kes. 19500 each totaling to kes. 39000. The remaining kes. 10000 I bought food for my family and kes. 4000 paid school for my children. I am a father of four. My wife has no any other job but helps the shop, farming and cattle keeping. Before the transfer came, I had three bulls but now I have five bulls’ curtesy of GiveDirectly. I choose bulls because it’s for business purposes, its sells at higher price that female cows, I’ll feed them well until next year when I will sell them at a higher price and buy more bulls again. My goal is to have at least 50 or more bulls in my compound."

"My family of five consists of three children who are now enrolled in different schools. I am happy that I have been gaining a sizable amount when my two cows are lactating even since I do not currently have a steady employment that can generate a constant income. I invested $250 on a second cow when I got the second transfer, which significantly boosted the amount of milk we are currently getting. We can now sell at least five liters and perhaps eight liters per day, up from the three liters we were selling everyday, depending on the daily production. Additionally, I spent $100 on foodstuffs that we are currently eating, as well as $100 on clothes for my three children, my spouse, and a pair for myself. I am happy that each member of the family was able to get some new clothing. My wife had to save the remaining money throughout this time because she was not feeling well in order to pay her medical bill when she went for a checkup later."