"This cash transfer has enabled me to expand my poultry farming, something I could not afford to do before for lack of money. I have built a chicken roost and acquired more chicken. I can sell these at KES 500 each, to earn money to provide the basic needs for my wife and I."

"I always look at my house and think of where I will get the money to at least put up a door and erect pillars. When the house was built my husband could not afford to put up a door, at night it gets cold and mosquitos tend to be many. There is also a lot of disturbance from dogs and chickens because they easily come in and out of the house. The house also is not stable because it lacks pillars. These two are my priority, once my house is taken care of and is safe I will have better sleep at night."

"My daughter gave birth to her second born last month. I paid her a visit. The warm reception tied, not to mention the ugali and chicken meal served, has left mean yearn to pay her another visit."

"I recently harvested about seven litres of honey from my bee hives and sold it all at 4900 KES. This was my happiest moment because I was able to buy my children school uniforms, pay part of their school fees as well as buy three chicken to rare."

"I have a plan for project that I would like to fund with my transfers. I had been conducting feasibility studies for commercial raring of chicken, both hybrid and local breeds. Right now I have a lot of information about it and because I'm a mason, I'll only need to buy materials then I can personally construct a structure for my project costing less than 6000 KES. Chicken has a big market locally and I believe this is a business that will earn me a lot of money for a long time."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that as a farmer during this drought we have barely survived with unripe cassava and now we can buy proper food for the family. I am also able to buy food for the chickens and even water which would reduce the number of livestock dying from hunger and thirst. I am grateful for the transfer."

"Going out every morning in search of casual labor to ensure that I provide food for my children has never been easy. At some point, I could go for days without securing one and this would always push me to borrow from the shops, friends, and also from the family members that later get difficult to pay them back. On receiving the first transfer, I needed to start a poultry project that will at least earn me an extra income every day through the sale of eggs and even chicks. I spent KES4500 on obtaining 10 mature chickens that are now laying eggs. I also obtained a piece of new furniture at an equivalent cost of KES4500 to add to the single bench that I have been having in my household. I have always borrowed some from my neighbors whenever I have visitors and by obtaining an additional three-seater and a table, I am confident to have more than ten people seated in my house. During the enrollment period, I had a wider scope of ensuring that I construct a new house to replace the two small ones that are currently getting older especially on the roof since they are both grass-thatched. I managed to purchase 25 iron sheets at KES18750. I also settled school fees for my child currently in a private school worth KES15000. With the remaining KES10000, I sought medical attention since I was not feeling well when I received this first transfer."

"I used to live in a community land before located about 15 Kilometres from my current home. However, family wrangles emanated because the land was no longer enough. I later opted to buy my own land away from the community land. The cost of the entire land was 100,000KES and I managed to pay 70,000KES in installments. I have been unable to pay the 30,000KES balance because of the financial constraints attributed by the prolonged drought in my area. Therefore, I am planning to use the GiveDirectly transfers to offset this debt so that I can live a peaceful life. I will use a further 40,000KES to start a chicken rearing business to boost my family's income generating sources. The profits from the sale of chicken and eggs will enable me pay for my children school does and at the same time attend to different family needs such as food and clothing."

"Since the day I was enrolled into this program, I knew that I would start buying livestock and poultry which after raising I can sell to earn an income to supplement when I do not have enough money. I may also have enough to make it a small business. I used the amount of KES.1000 to buy the five chickens to start me off. The rest of the money, KES.200 I bought food for my family. I am thankful to Give directly for starting this new journey to financial freedom."

"With this money, I thought about starting to buy poultry that would help me later on whenever we are short of money. I would rear the chicks and sell them bringing in some income. I was able to spend KES.1500 on three chickens. For the rest of the money, I was able to buy food worth KES.1500 which would ensure that my family goes to bed full which has been hard due to the famine we are experiencing at the moment."