"I am a charcoal burner with six children and lately my challenge has been educating my children and providing food for them, when I received my cash transfer I spent KES 1000 on school fees for one of my children.I bought four chicken for KES 1450 and spent the remaining cash on food.I am grateful because have started chicken rearing with this particular transfer."

"Having a loan without any plan to clear it can be very frustrating, receiving calls every time of the day with threats to pay is so stressful, so when I received the transfer, clearing the loan was the first thing I did to save myself from the frustration. Besides the loan, I wasn't sure how I was going to pay for my school fees so that I can go back to school but here I am now in school with zero arrears and I am also running a small chicken business, that I try to grow it so that my family and I can rely on it going forward."

"I have been keeping chickens and they've always come in handy when my children were sent back home. Unfortunately, I have sold all of them and spent the money on paying school fees for my children and I do not regret it since, with the help from GiveDirectly, they were able to resume their studies after staying at home for a long time. My daughter will be through with her secondary school education in a month's time and it is my wish to start poultry keeping project. This will enable me to continue supporting my son in his education by paying for his school fees on time."

"When I received my first transfer, I bought three chicken at a total cost of KSH 900. I bought the chicken because I view this to accumulate wealth through livestock farming. I have depended on crop farming for the better part of my life, but because of the harsh weather that we have been experiencing, I plan on venturing into other avenues of making money. For a start, I will rear them and once they multiply in numbers, I will sell some and buy goats and even cows. This will be a wonderful investment for me such that in case I need cash, sometimes in the future I can sell part of the livestock and sort out my needs. I then spent the remaining KSH 300 to buy some airtime and paying charging fees for the new phone that I received from GiveDirectly. I am happy that I can now talk to my relatives who live very far away unlike before when we had to meet physically to talk."

"I have plans of starting agribusiness specifically raring chicken and and growing vegetables. Because the area is too dry, I plan to do this through irrigation either using pipe water or rain water. Considering the cost on other side, I think I'll settle for rain water where I'll add water gutters around the roof of my house to be collecting the water during rainy seasons. I'll then store this water in either an underground concrete tank or plastic tanks again depending on which one is cheaper. This means reliable source of income for me and my family."

"The second transfer was so transforming that I managed to obtain construction materials and initiated the construction of a large chicken coop with the plan of introducing more birds to the brood. I had to bring it to an abrupt stop when my husband purchased two large water tanks that we had to construct a proper base that needed some sand, cement, and also gravel. I could not resist diverting the little amount that I was left with since I equally needed the water storage facilities installed. At the moment, I am still working on the completion of the coop thus no new goal that I could have thought of."

"I spent my recent transfer on an egg incubator worth KES 45000. I recently started rearing chicken for laying eggs. So far I have 160 chicks but my target is 400 by mid this year. The egg incubator will come in handy and once they get to 400 then I will start selling them. By then I believe I will be earning a good income from the sales. I am hopeful that with the additional income I will be able to set aside some savings for my children's school fees once they get to secondary school. KES 20000 I spent on building materials (iron sheets, nails, and timber) which I used to construct a business premise. I currently own a retail shop in one of the local markets but since I want to monitor the poultry project, I will open another retail shop near home so that I can get time to closely monitor the progress of the poultry. I am hopeful that my household's living standards will improve with the additional income."

"My goal was to buy chicken and start poutry farming and since this was achieved, my new goal is to look for market whereby I can start selling eggs."

"At first, I had a goal of buying a piece of land that I shall use for farming. Although I have not yet accomplished this goal, I have saved some money, KES 50,000 for that purpose. In addition, I developed a new goal of raising chicken through poultry farming. This is a very lucrative venture that can help me raise some money for supporting my family of 3. At the moment I have about 15 fully grown hens that are yet to begin laying eggs. I am grateful to GiveDirectly for the financial support."

"My new goal is to buy more chickens for rearing. I currently have ten chickens and I would like to add more so that I can get more income that can support my family. I want to stop going to my place of work which is very far away to do casual work of farming. I am at times sickly and I am no longer able to walk long distances or do heavy work. I usually wake up at 4 am and leave my house for work at 5 am. I usually reach there at 7:30 am and I leave at 5 pm. I plan to start with 30 chickens but I currently do not have the money to buy them."