"I am a stay at home mum of three while my husband works in Nairobi as a driver and so I am left to take care of our home. I do subsistence farming and sell milk in order to supplement my husband. My plan is to add another cow that goes for KES 35000 in order to boost milk supply. I also intend to expand my poultry farming (buying more chicken and feeds) with KES 20000 of the transfer. I am so glad that with the transfer from GiveDirectly, I will actualize them."

"I keep chicken for sale, a business that I have done for almost 3 years now. Though the project has been successful, I have been longing to build a separate house for them. GiveDirectly transfers will enable me built a good house for my chicken. As well, I will boost the chicken population which will help me make more sales."

"Currently, I am unemployed and also do not have any formal education. Life has been tough because I depend on casual jobs for survival. With this money, I desire to save 2,000KES every month and when I accumulate 10,000KES, my intention is to buy some chicken and goats for resale. With time, I will keep saving up more money towards buying two cows. I have always desired to learn how to drive, therefore, I'll join a driving school and look for a driving job thereafter."

"Over the school holiday, I engaged in casual jobs like Palm wine tapping and fetching water for our neighbors. The money I made enabled me to buy two chicken and two goats that I'm rearing for resale, hopefully during the Christmas season."

"My old age doesn't permit me to engage in any income-generating activity. My survival depends on other family members especially my sons. I wouldn't want to become a burden to them and having a source of income will make my life better. This money will enable me to purchase goats and chickens for rearing. With this project, meeting my needs won't be a challenge as I will be selling them as they multiply."

"With my husband's job, he does not make much money and I feel so bad when I see him toiling all day but we cannot afford decent meals and sending our children to school comfortably. With this money, we can decide to put it together and start poultry farming. It will enable us to sell chicken and eggs to compliment what my husband makes as a Mason."

"I am 75 years old and I barely have anything to do all day. I believe I still have some little energy to walk around, therefore, with these transfers, I can buy some chicken and goats to rear so that I stop getting bored and lonely seeing as my wife passed on, my children are all grown and living seperately. I need something to occupy my mind but in the past, I did not have money to afford livestock or poultry. The first five months of the transfer will be used to save a total of 8,000KES towards the same."

"It will be an added source of income for our family. I am a casual worker, a watchman at a nearby dispensary in Kinarani, Kaloleni sub-location. My wife does not work but has some tailoring skills. I wish to empower her by first getting her a sowing machine and later build a good shop for her to run her tailoring business. Secondly, I will buy a plough to help farm my land. I am a subsistence farmer, I own two cows which a use to tend to my farm. A plough would make my work easy and more effective. I also have a poultry project in mind, I will rare and sell chicken."

"Obtaining money for food is one challenge, we can go for three days without food and this weighs a lot on me since as the man of the house, I need to provide for my family. I own some poultry, to be specific chickens, when the situation becomes to much we are forced to make due and feed on them. One of my wives is the bread-winner. She makes and sells buns around the village. Her income is not enough to cater to the families needs let alone pay school fees for the eight children in school. One of our neighbors was empathetic and loaned us his cow so that at least we could get milk to feed our children. Funny thing is when you walk into my compound the cow is the first thing you see, one can quickly assume that I am well off but we really are struggling to make ends meet. My health also is a cause of concern. My wives have to assist with my self care, like giving me a birth and at times I go without one because my body cannot stand the cold. I visited a herbalist and he advised I purchase some herbal medicine to manage this ailment. The herbs are worth Ksh3000, I can not afford such an amount."

"We are so excited to be part of this program. As a man, I have been facing troubles in taking care of my family properly. The small business that I do is moving around the village buying local chickens which I sell at the nearest trading centre. On a good day, I buy 9 chickens and make a profit of MWK8,000.00 The problem of the business is that I rely on borrowing bicycle from other people at a cost of MWK1,000.00 per day. If it happens that business did not go well that day, am still forced to pay the fee. We also have a shortage of food sometimes when business has not gone well and utensils are not in good shape. I believe this money will help us to build a good house, mattress,utensils and extra food. Since I rely on borrowing a bicycle, my ambition is also to own my bicycle and do the business comfortably."