"I am happy that I was able to purchase a dairy cow worth KES 30000 after receiving my transfer. Obtaining it has given me hope that it will soon give us milk when it calves and I will be able to save the money I would have otherwise spent buying milk from my neighbor since the only heifer that I own is still young. Also, I spent KES 15000 to build a chicken coop since I am planning to start poultry farming soon. This will be my alternative source of income and I will be using money from the sale of proceeds for basic needs. Using the remaining KES 9000, I purchased some foodstuffs to last my family for some time."

"We are currently facing food security, there is drought and we depend on our farm produce of maize and beans. My husband sells chicken but lately there is no market and he barely makes an income from the business."

"My family has been having a tough time during this drought season as there is a shortage of food and water. Things have become relatively expensive due to the lack of fresh produce from the farms. I have been able to spend all the first transfer on water and food. I have also thought about a passive income which is rearing some chickens and selling them whenever there is a need for money. I was able to buy ten chickens worth KES. 1000. My child also fell ill and I had to take them to the hospital and paid KES.1200 for malaria treatment. He is doing better now. The rest of the money, KES.800, I was able to buy a thatched roof to repair my house."

"For more that two years now, I had been running an egg business in a nearby town that had been doing well despite some few challenges.I had always wanted to improve on the storage space of the eggs and also buy a big trolley that I would use to supply but the eggs but due to financial constrains I couldn't afford one.With Kshs.19,000 I added more stock, built a spacious storage and also bought a trolley that would carry about 700 eggs per day unlike the one I had which I used to carry 200 eggs per day.I am happy that my business has grown tremendously with a profit margin of Kshs.8,000 from 2,000 per day.With Kshs 18,000 I used to purchase two calves which I added to my livestock for domestic purposes.With Kshs.10,000 I purchased some construction materials for kitchen since we didn't have which will serve as cooking place and also partioned to get a space to keep my chicken.With the remaining amount used to buy clothes and food for my family who have been of great support in all my strides."

"Receiving this money will mean that I will be able to complete the house that I had started to construct. I plan to use KES 40000 of the transfer to complete the house. I plan to use the remaining amount of the transfer to do poultry farming, that is, constructing a shed and buying the chicken. I am a county law enforcement officer and rely mainly on my salary to feed my family. We are often paid on time and sometimes the salary may delay for months before being paid. I saw that it was better to have a business that I run that will aid me when our salary is uncertain."

"It has been a year now when my husband lost a job from a security company in Nairobi. Since it was a source of income in our family, we were all left bankrupt. We embarked in doing farming at home which then disappointed us because of poor climatic conditions. This misfortunes have left us in poor living standards. I have a family of 7 and 2 of them are in secondary school. I am overwhelmed by this responsibilities of the family. Today I am full of excitement for Givedirectly transfers as it will unleash my ambitions of poultry farming. I plan to spend KES. 40,000 to build a chicken coop, KES. 30,000 to buy 300 one day old chicks each at a cost of KES.100 per chick. The remaining amount will cater for feeds and medications to keep the chicks growing."

"The money from Give directly has made a big difference in my life, especially with my chicken project. I can now confidently tell you that my chicken is increasing in numbers, and the project will become profitable thanks to the help and boost from Give Directly."

"My husband's health condition is what is currently challenging me as of now. I gave birth three months ago and I still do not have the necessary energy to work. Two weeks ago my husband got chickenpox and he has been in the bed because of his condition. He works as a motorbike rider in the nearby trading center but due to his current condition, no one wants to be carried by him. They say the disease is contagious and all his customers use other riders to be carried to their respective places. This worries him and he is sure when will the customers be ready to be carried by him."

"Being a farmer by passion, the first thing I considered was buying gala goats. I bought five of them for KES 30000.00 and some chicken for KES 5000.00. I have been doing the chicken business for a while and it has been assisting me in taking care of my family. But due to the dryness that has affected our area the business collapsed. I saved the remaining amount for family upkeep."

"After several years of buying milk and sometimes obtaining some from my parents, the transfer I received opened a way that saw us obtain a lactating cow worth KES35000. With the family of two, we are currently enjoying enough supply of milk and even able to sell some every morning to the neighbors who have no cow yet. My wife had also been having an idea of establishing a poultry project. Since we had factored in after receiving the transfer, I had to construct a chicken coop and funded her project with KES5000 that she used in purchasing 15 indigenous breeds of chicken. The project is doing so well at the moment that she had been able to sell some eggs that have boosted her saving plan. I also injected KES15000 into my clothing business. I had been sourcing second-hand clothes from the large vending stores around and selling them at a profit in the markets I had been visiting daily. The project has given me a renewed hope of widening the profit margin as I had been dependent on it for a long time now. I also spent the remaining amount on obtaining a sack of maize at KES2700. I am glad that everything went as we had planned, and we are looking forward to the second transfer that will help us in starting other new projects."