"I have a son who is the last, last month he got sick which really deteriorated his health. In that note, I said if he gets better I will buy him a chicken. I prayed so much and eventual in that week he got better and started eating well. Last week, I bought him the chicken so that he can start owning some assets. So it was a very happy moment for me."

"It was in September when the schools were closed. My children have been in and off school for several days due to fees and lack of food. This has contributed to their poor performance. In the last examination period, my third-born daughter managed to top the class. I was amused by her excellent performance which led me to slaughter her a chicken."

"With this money, I was able to buy three chickens worth KES.900. Since I wanted to start being financially independent, I thought that the chickens would be able to multiply and I would sell them when in need. I also used KES.300 to buy food for the chickens as there is a drought the chickens can not roam free. The rest of the money, KES.1800 was used to pay for food for my family. I decided to buy dried foods like maize meals which are a staple in my home."

"Upon receiving the second transfer, I spent the first part of it on livestock - one being a cow at KES35000 and also two goats at a total cost of KES7000. All these are a build-up towards purchasing a piece of land that I am still looking for at the moment. I also obtained a chainlink that I will be using in the next few days in establishing a poultry coop. I have 10 chickens and will be adding more to the cages once the construction is done as they have been so helpful in settling most of the household bills. With the remaining amount, I obtained a plastic water tank at KES2700, foodstuff at KES4000, and saved the small amount that will be useful in paying any labor force that I will bring in during the construction process."

"I have been dreaming to start a poultry farming business for 3 years but my dream has not been fulfilled because of the financial problems I have in my house.. I received training on poultry farming from Anglican pwani on poultry farming , I have seen my neighbors succeeding on this program but I have never been able to start this productive program. Receiving this money means I will start my poultry farming. I will start my poultry farming which I will rear high breed chicken and turkey. Turkey can lay more than 30 eggs and there is a ready market for it's product in our near tourist hotels where my husband works as a gardener. I will spend the first transfer on this business and use the second transfer to complete payment for my piece of land which I have a balance of 45, 000 KES so that I get my title deed."

"Receiving this money means revival of my businesses. I currently run two businesses; a poultry farming and a retail shop in the village. My poultry farm and my retail shop are on the verge of collapsing. Hunger caused by the current drought has made it difficult to harvest anything in the farm. This has made me spend the profits I get from my businesses in buying food. I went further to using part of the capital and that's why my businesses are collapsing. I am planning to use 25,000KES from the GiveDirectly transfers to boost my poultry farm by buying more chicken feeds and increasing the number of chicken. I will spend a further 20,000KES in restocking my retail shop so that I can increase the sales translating to good profits. I will use the profits from my two businesses to sustain my family and educate my children."

"I received a chicken gift from a relative one month ago. As we speak, the chicken has already laid 12 eggs and this has brought joy in my life."

"I have a plan to start rearing the improved chicken breed. I have been rearing a few indigenous chickens and I liked it because it was of great benefit to me. I have hence decided to buy the improved breed type because I am going to get more eggs which I can sell and earn money to invest on other things such as buying a cow. I plan to use the money that I am going to get from the merry-go-round contributions of a self-help group that I am in. I am expecting to get KES 40000 from the group. This money is what I will use in expanding the chicken's house and buying the chicken."

"When I received the first transfers I encouraged myself to start a business with the money and with the funds that I received I saw the best business venture would be poultry farming so I went ahead and bought ten chicks but unfortunately three fell sick and died and I was left with seven . After the second transfer came my plan was still the same and therefore I bought eight chicks each at KES 200 which cost me a total of KES 1,600. As for the rest of the money I bought chicken feed so that the chicks would have something to eat that would help them grow stronger which cost KES 1,400."

"When the received the transfers, just like the previous ones that I received I put the money away in my savings account because I wanted to start my own chicken business the following year which I previously had during the previous year but deteriorated due to the pandemic and since no one was buying but at the time it made me lots of profit. So I took the KES 3,000 and put it in my savings account as I waited for more so that it could accumulate and I would buy the poultry and the feed."