"I was cleaning the chicken house at around 9 am. I received the cash and I was very happy since I was thinking how and where I would get money to be able to buy feeds for the chicken. When I confirmed I had received the money I was very happy."

"The cash has made a big difference in my life in that my son I able to continue with his education in college and at the same time I will have food in my house. The other interesting thing is that I now have two chickens and I am looking forward to the time I will have more than 500 chickens in number and this will be courtesy of cash from GiveDirectly that will have enabled me to achieve all this."

"Looking at the great projects that I have completed within a very short time amazes me a lot. I had been much grateful to see the unique fencing on my compound that has made the rearing of chicken so easier. This project has been a dream come true to me and I am glad to say that this so far has brought the biggest difference in my daily life. I can collect and sell eggs now that cushions me in settling smaller household bills that I was struggling with before."

"This money means alot to me. I have plans to venture into livestock farming particularly goats chickens. These livestock will be helping me in times of need. I will be sellin them to get money for my household use. I also intend to built a good house with iron shees. This house i am staying in leaks during rainy season and it is not of good looking plus it is small."

"I am one person that likes development and I have been for a long time wanting to have livestock for myself. I have mastered the art of rearing different types of livestock since when I was a kid. I have always wanted to have the opportunity to own my livestock and rear them. So when I received the cash I was very happy and I knew I would fulfill my wish of owning my own. I spent KSH 2800 on buying a female goat. In addition, I spent 200 on buying one chicken. I know in several months to come I will have many of these and selling is going to help me raise money to help me in my daily needs."

"When I received the money, initially I wanted to start a business of rearing poultry for sell which would manage to sustain me and my family but after trying to do so I found out that they sold one chicken for KES 1000 which was too expensive to me considering I only had KES 3000. So I changed my mind and decided to buy two sacks of maize flour which contained twelve bags that sold for KES 2400 in total. I made this choice because after all my family and I needed to eat because we did not get the opportunity to plant anything this year. The remainder of the money I bought five kilograms of beans and a quarter a kilogram sugar."

""Because of this money we have food in our house everyday now. By the help of this money we was able to buy bag of rice, enough chicken feet for eating and because of this we are happy. At first my parents were the one taking care of me and my daughter solely like feeding and everything considering my daughter school, because am not working nor doing anything but now, because of givedirectly transfer i can now buy everything my daughter need for school like, paying her school fees. I am also setting up a little business that will be able to help me continue to support her ( My daughter) in school, because she is the only child i have therefore my dream is that she be able to reach the level i didn't reach in life therefore she needs all support for her education journey which will help her reach higher level than i did"."

"There is an organization called Bamba mother to mother which deals with providing knowledge on how to rear hybrid chicken. Last month I benefited by getting 10 chickens to rear in my compound. Feeding them gives me joy and hope for a better tomorrow."

"In my compound, I rear chicken one hen laid fifteen eggs and was able to hatch them all. Feeding them every morning gives me joy knowing I can sell them anytime and slaughter for a visitor."

"For the longest I have had plans to establish my own business so after receiving the money I decided to venture into the poultry business. I chose poultry business because it if fast growing since the chicks grow quickly if they are fed right and this meant if did it for commercial use then the income would come back fast as well. Therefore I bought ten chicks that I plan to rear which cost me two thousand five hundred kenyan shillings and added an extra five hundred kenyan shillings for the chicken feed."