"My new goal is to expand the chicken house and to place a wire mesh around the chicken house so that the chickens can be well looked after and will be free from being attacked by their predators. I want to expand the chicken house so that I can increase the number of chickens that I am rearing and also so that the chicks will have somewhere that they can be alone, away from the big chickens. I have a few chickens that I am rearing and I have seen how beneficial they are. I usually sell the eggs at KES 400 per tray. The money that I get from the sales, has been helping me in buying chicken feeds and vaccinating them. I also usually use part of it in buying the small essential household goods such as sugar, soap, etc. So with the increase in the number of chickens that I will rear, I will be able to get more income that will enable me make other developments."

"Receiving this money means improved living standards. We will start a poultry keeping farming which we were unable because of financial constraints. I opted to provide for the family's basic needs from casual jobs. With the current tough economy, this is the easiest investment compared to subsistence farming because it does not require a lot of resources. Having KES30,000 is enough to set up a poultry house and purchase 20 chicken at KES 300 each. I am happy because receiving this money will actualize my dreams of being a poultry farmer."

"Three months ago, I had some money that allowed me to buy three chicks. My brother had given me his motorbike to use, I used to make KES 2000 a week, which helped me meet daily needs as well as a small investment of three chicken."

"The main challenge is insufficient finances. I used to depend on my chicken, selling eggs and earning an income. Of late there has not been much egg production due to poor feeding. This means I lost my sources of income and life has been so hard for my family."

"While I was still at home early that faithful morning, I heard some of the town people rejoicing and shouting that they have received transfer from GiveDirectly. I immediately ran in search of network to check my phone. Suddenly, I saw a text from GD stating that I had received transfer as well. Hence, I decided to set up my frozen food (chicken, pig foot, pig tail etc..)business and also rebuild my kitchen that was destroyed by storm few days ago."

"Before receiving the second transfer, I had already planned how I was going to utilize it. While accomplishing my set plans for the second transfer, I developed another goal that I desire to accomplish once I get some money. I aim to buy more goats and add some chicken. I prefer goats over cows because goats are drought resistant compared to cows and also they have ready markets."

"My new goal is to build a chicken house and to place a wire mesh all around our compound to restrain the chickens from going to other people's farms and destroying crops. I want to do so because I have a plan to buy more chickens and rear them. I have ten of them and I have seen how beneficial they are. I usually sell the eggs and the money that I get I usually use in buying small household items such as salt, soap, and tea leaves. I want to rear more chickens because I am planning to hatch chicks and be selling them to get more money that will enable me to pay school fees for my three children comfortably."

"I am a lab technician earning 19,000 KES per month. Being a breadwinner, this monthly income is not enough to take care of all the family responsibilities. I had started chicken farming as a side hustle so that I can raise money to renovate my house. However, this has not been the case because of the bird flu that attacked them and caused their lives. I was hurt very much looking at how much I spent to start the project and losing half of it in a month. These transfers will help me to refurbish the house as I had planned and also expand the chicken business. My wife and I had plans of starting a few projects but lack of money did not allow us to achieve this. The transfers are coming at the right time when I needed a financial boost and since I want to make sure that my family lives in a conducive environment I plan to spend 55,000 KES on renovating the house and save the remaining amount as we plan on what to do next."

"In the past, I was practicing poultry keeping but I had to stop when a strange disease invaded my farm and killed all the chicken. I therefore have plans of starting the poultry project once again. How I plan to do this is that I will save up from my small business enough to buy an icubator worth KES 50000 that can hatch up to 50 chicken at a go. This is a project that is so desr to me and that which will help me pay school fees much more easily in the near future as well as meet other family needs that may come up. I am a mother of two and my desire is to see that my children get the best education possible."

"My new goal is to buy more chickens and a wire mesh for fencing the compound to keep the chicken from going to the farm and feeding on my vegetables. I have a few chickens that I am rearing and they have been of great help to me. I usually sell the eggs and the money from the sales I use in buying essential household items such as sugar, soap, tea leaves, salt, etc. I thus would like to increase the number of chickens that I am rearing so that I can make more income."