"I have longed and desired to have something that I can rely on when an emergency happens especially with my children who are prone to diseases and at times are sent back home due to a lack of school fees. There is no other project I can do other than keeping the local breed chicken. Receiving this money means spending 1000KES for the first three months to buy chicks and rear them till they start laying eggs and hatching."

"I have a dream of being a doctor but I have been having deep thoughts of how my parents will support me in realizing my dream.The ability of my parents paying my school fees is very little as they do not have jobs that are reliable.On a good day my dad can earn 400 KES which is only enough for food. Receiving this money is like a catalyst towards realizing my dream as I will be using the transfers to pay school fees,buy books and I will also start a chicken and goat keeping project that will help in raising my schools fees in future."

"I have been seeking refuge in my brother's house for almost two years now. All my plans and efforts were fruitless as I was not having a reliable source of funds. Receiving this money means buying one iron sheet every month till I get the right number needed to build a single room house. I will also start keeping chickens so that I will depend on them when the five years end."

"I used KES 12500 to start a poultry keeping project. With this money I was able to buy 13 egg laying chicken and bought a chicken wire that was meant to enclose a place that would be used by the chicken. The project of keeping poultry was one that had been in my mind fir the longest time but which I had not the capacity to implement more especially after I lost my job due to covid 19 and it's effects that left me jobless .I used another KES 13000 to buy goats for keeping and another KES 5000 to take buy beddings and clothes. I saved another KES 15000 to be used to gradually improve my poultry keeping project. I feel happy that my wife and my kid will finally have a project to run at home and that which will give us more income and make us stable even as I pursue my studies once I get my second transfer."

"When I get this money I want to start a business selling livestock mostly chicken and goats to be able to earn good amount of money. I have been depending on building simple traditional structures for people who can pay me averagely 9000 KES for each. It used to be lucrative but that type of housing is no longer in market meaning I hardly get clients. As a backup I do burn and sell charcoal during those hard times to be able to support my ten children. My wife also sells firewood to help but it's not enough."

"I work as a watchman guarding a nearby primary school. For the last two months, they did not pay me my salary because the children were on a half-term break. The lack of income made me struggle a lot in providing for essential needs (buying food, medication, and clothes) for my family. My wife could not help with the expenses because she does not have a job. When I received my transfer, I spent a large portion of it on buying food (12 2 kg packets of maize flour, 2kgs of beans, 500 grams of tea leaves, and washing detergents) for the family worth KES 2000. As a family, we adopted to reduce the number of meals from 3 to 2 per day. Besides reducing the number of meals, we bought food on credit to prevent us from sleeping on empty stomachs.Besides buying food for the family, I spent KES 1000 on building structures to house the chickens. I plan on starting a poultry project that will be an alternative source of income because I am facing challenges with my current job."

"I am the main breadwinner of my family (husband and 3 children). I run a small business selling vegetables in the market. The high cost of fuel and increase in prices of vegetable has contributed to the drop in profit margins I am currently earning. My husband earns a living selling pal wine in the village. His business became unprofitable because of the drop in the quantity of palm wine from the coconut affected by the prolonged drought. We both are struggling to feed our children because of our low income. This forces us to survive on one meal a day and also buy food on credit accumulating debts. They sent my 3 children to hope at the start of the month due to school fees balances. They have since spent over two weeks at home missing important classes. Therefore, when I received my transfer, I spent KES 1000 to clear the debt, and then went back to school to continue with my studies. In addition, I spent KES 2000 buying chickens. This will act as a proper investment for the future when they multiply and also as an alternative source of income when I sell some."

"I am a farmer and I believe more in poultry because they breed so faster. Since I already have experience in this project, I am planning to restart it using these transfers. I aim to save my money to hit 20000 KES which will help me to buy some chicks and also facilitate the construction of the cage. Within a year, these chickens will have multiplied to enable me to sell and earn a profit. On the other hand, I also have a small kiosk which I also intend to stock, to have an opportunity of serving and satisfy the needs of my customers. Therefore, receiving this money means financial independence as a woman, a transformation that I have desired for a long time."

"I used to keep chicken for the past two years though due to the prolonged drought it reached a point when my parents had no money for food and theft cases had increased in the village and I opted to sell all of them. Receiving this money means reviving my project. I will use 1500 KES to buy four chicks and 1500 KES to buy chicks' feeds."

"Because I cannot take up strenuous jobs at my age, I would like to start selling fish. This will keep me occupied. This money will help my daughter and I to buy food and seek medical attention. I could also buy some goats and chicken for myself."