"I foresee my life will change upon receiving the money. I am a charcoal vendor who generates little income of 500KES weekly which is insufficient to meet the needs of a family of six. This job is tiresome and time-consuming, therefore I plan to use the transfers to open a business selling chicken to the villagers. Through this, I will be able to collect good money that sustains my family's needs."

"I am hopeful that after expanding the chicken house, the returns will be good, I will be able to bring in more birds, is this was possible because of the transfer that I had received from GiveDirectly, I also cleared fee arrears that I had, my mind is settled mow because everything is flowing just the way we had planned. I am grateful because GiveDirectly allowed me to expand my business, this was in my plans but it never came to pass because of so many responsibilities that we had. My life is better now and I am thankful."

"Poultry farming has been my passion for as long as I can remember. Besides subsistence farming, it was my other source of income, until a mysterious infection wiped out my flock of seventy chickens three years back. Since then I have not been able to resume the business because of insufficient capital. These transfers will help me revive the business by building a structure and purchasing feeds and medication for the remaining eight chickens. Once this is set I will be buying chicks every month to expand the stock."

"Receiving this money means self employment for me. The last time I was in a formal employment was way back in 2017. I had already lost my wife through some health related complications. I was left with a young son. I later remarried in 2018. This made me have a total of 3 children, my son and two step daughters. Fending for this family was the biggest challenge. I really struggled to provide for them. I tried planting and selling cassava but the business never picked up due the low prices of cassava. I was not making any profit. I later on decided to venture into local poultry production late last year (2020). I started keeping chicken. Once the birds mature and ready for the market, I sell them at 500 KES per kilogram. So far, I have sold one lot and I made a profit of 7,000 KES after deducting all the expenses. With this kind of profit, I never saw any need of being employed. I intend to use the money I will receive to expand this business. I will first save the money for some few months then use the amount to build a bigger chicken house which will accomodate more birds. I will also buy more birds and restock. My business will be buying chicks and sell them once they hit their maturity stage. I will also be using the subsequent transfers to buy poultry feeds and vaccines. Once the project stabilizes, I will be comfortably taking care of my family without any struggle."

"The biggest hardship is financial constraint. I have a huge family of 5, among them are two orphans and my husband's mother in her old age. I am a caregiver yet I only rely on some few chicken for income. With about KES 50 per day from selling eggs, I am struggling to provide food for the household as well as school fees for the kids."

"Finding enough food for my family has been the biggest hardship in my life. Working casual jobs in different schools is quite unreliable as it is not available all the days of the month. I spend part of the wages on school fees for my child in a college, leaving another amount for foodstuffs. All the time, it is not enough for food in the household. I wish to get a constant daily income through selling eggs. I will therefore build a poultry house and buy about 30 chickens and stock their feeds."

"I raise poultry to earn a income and also buy some for sell. The biggest hardship I have faced is when I lost a total of 100 chicken to a disease and only 20 survived in December 2019, this was a loss of about 60,000. Since then, I got discouraged and have never gotten back to where I was in terms of the profits I get from it."

"For the past 10 years now, livestock farming has been the fortitude of my household income. I had been dependant on the chicken project that I started after selling a bull from the herd I am rearing alongside. Milk production, eggs, and chicken selling have been earning me quite a reasonable income and great help in meeting several financial obligations within our household. On receiving the first transfer, I spent KES 10000 on renovating the old chicken coop after obtaining an additional chain link, four iron sheets, timber, and also corner posts to enhance the strengthening of the circumference walls. This renovation will ease the restaining of chickens since they cannot always be out depending on the condition of the surrounding farms. I also constructed a new dam, as I had been struggling with my livestock in search of water. Moving them to and from the nearby reservoirs has never been easy but after the construction of a large dam that has collected enough rainwater, I am no longer required to always be around as they can access the dam within their grazing fields. With the remaining amount, I managed to obtain iron sheets, nails, timber, and other construction material that I am currently using in putting up an extra house to provide a room for my children in the future and also visitors."

"For a long time now, I had been dependent on both livestock and subsistence farming as the main source of income for my household. Poultry farming has so far been doing well as I had been able to settle school fees and other household bills through selling broilers and eggs. On receiving the first transfer, I saw a need of clearing the old stock and re-establishing the old structures to accommodate more. I spent a total of KES 31,200 on obtaining a chain link and strong poles to support the construction as I needed a strong and lasting chicken coop that will keep all predators at bay. I also obtained pains that I am currently using in renovating our roofs that were already rusty. I had to obtain two gallons at KES 4000 and since I know how to do all the painting, I am not incurring any labor cost. I also needed to top-dress my vegetable far and had to purchase 10 Kilograms of fertilizer at KES700 to boost the produce as the piece needed more nutrients after a long cultivation period. With the remaining KEs 11000, I paid school fees for my two kids currently in primary school to enable step study in peace without being sent home during the examination period."

"I have been planning to expand my poultry farming. I currently have 20 chickens that are in a free-range system. Receiving this money means that I will be able to construct a poultry unit and fence it for KES 30,000. I will also add the number of chickens and buy feeds for an additional KES 20,000. By doing this, I will be able to sell eggs and chicken after some time and have a sustained regular flow of income to cater to the basic needs of my family."