"I am so tired of burning charcoal for a living, I just want to take a breather and start my own business. The little research I have gathered is that the poultry business is idle and manageable even in our region. I plan to put up a structure that can house about 20 chickens. Raise them and sell them for meat purposes. We hardly eat meat and chicken meat can get a lot of customers here. The remaining amount I will use to support my daughter who is joining high school this May. Buy the stationery she needs, pay her admission fee and any other thing she might need."

"I have seen a few changes ever since I started receiving the funds from give directly. Despite it being my first transfer, I have made some progress in my life. That is, the four chickens I bought have already started laying eggs."

"Yes, the money has made a big difference in my life. With, the two chicken I bought I optimistic that all the plans I have for having an alternative source of income and also creating wealth will be successful. This will be an enormous boost for me towards being financially dependent and living a better life"

"Even though I am old, I have always strived to make ends meet through farming. I often sell farm produce such as bananas, eggs and chicken to earn income. It's through this, that I have been able to build a 2 bedroom timber walled house for my family of 2. Regrettably, I have not been able to complete it for I have depleted the finances I had accumulated. It is a sigh of relief now with Givedirectly's transfers, for I purpose to use KES 50000 towards this course. I will be delighted that my family will have a comfortable shelter to live in."

"I am a housewife and I am fully dependent on my husband for financial support. He works as a butcher man in the city where he stays. He only comes to visit us, my infant child and I, utmost, thrice a month. When I received the KES1200 from give directly, he had informed me that he did not have any money and since my child and I were in need of some food, I used KES500 to buy maize flour and bought 4 chickens with the remaining amount as I had plans to start poultry farming."

"I bought a dairy cow worth KES 30000 upon receiving our second transfer and KES 8500 on farming by hiring a tractor for land preparation purposes and to buy hybrid seeds for planting. I am a passionate farmer and I have been planting different crops depending on the season we are in and the period it takes before harvest. It has always been my dream to own a dairy cow but I had not been able to purchase one due to lack of money. I am glad that I have been able to actualize this and very soon, I will be earning money from the sale of income and my family will always have enough milk for consumption. In addition, I spent KES 8000 to purchase some chicken feeds since I had started a poultry project using my first transfer, KES 5000 on utensils to replace the old ones since I usually had to borrow some from my neighbors when I had visitors and a table worth KES 3500 since the one I had was small."

"Receiveing KES 53150 came as a big relief of joy as the goals I had set were actualized. I spent KES 20000 by buying 5 sheep for raring. I was also able to spend a further KES 20000 to purchase second hand clothes which I started selling them to atleast enhance the income received. Having that farmer mentality, I spent KES 2000 to buy 4 chicken, KES 3000 to get a bag of maize for commercial and personal purpose. The remaining KES 6000, I got a chain link fence to build around the silo and the chicken house."

"After completing my secondary education in the year 2008, my dream has been to further my education to college level so that I can get academic certificates that can help me seek employment. My husband is a milk vendor and he earns KES 4000 profit every month and all of it is spent on buying food as well as paying our son's school fees. In May last year, I got a letter from Kisii University to pursue a course in Business Information Technology. By that time I had managed to save KES 12000 from my chicken business out of KES 57000 that was required for me to be accepted in school. Thank God my father came through for me as he offered to pay the balance. As we speak, I am supposed to be in school but I do not have KES 43000 that is meant for this term and this is making me sad. Receiving this money will give me ample time in school as it will help me clear this term's school fees."

"In the month of January, I realize my dream of poultry farming. This is because, I was able to sell 6 sacks of charcoal at KES 3000 and it was my first time to earn this amount of money at once. I used this money to buy 2 chicken at a cost of KES 500 each. I am now a happy lady owning chicken."

"When I graduated from primary school, I wanted to join a vocational collage to take driving course because my parents were not capable of taking me to high school. Because of poverty, they couldn't not even afford KES 20000 to pay for my driving course. I resulted to stay in the village where I used to do casual jobs which were which were not reliable because they were seasonal. When I was enrolled in the program, one of my goal was to go to college and which I have already enrolled. I spent KES 20000 of my recent transfer to pay my school fees, KES 30000 to to buy 7 goats and KES 2700 to buy 15 chickens. I'm hopeful that after I'm done with school, I will get a job to provide for my family while my wife will be looking after livestock at home."