"Receiving this money means that I will be able to offset this year's school fees arrears for my children.One of them joined college recently and another is in secondary school.We were able to pay a part of the fees from our farm proceeds but are yet to clear.Having done that,I will also expand on my poultry farm by first building a better unit and then buying more chicken as a means of investing my transfers"

"I used part of my transfer to buy a chaff cutter machine and a generator to help in improving my dairy farming activities. I used the remaining amount to buy food for my children and chicken feeds to help in my poultry keeping project."

"I sold my two dairy cattle two weeks ago in order to pay school fees for my children; one in secondary school and another one in the university. Replacing my cattle by buying others is therefore what receiving this money means to me. I will then use the remaining part of my transfer to add more chicken to my poultry since selling poultry products has been a great source of income to me. This will ensure i add more savings in our local savings group hence i will be able to pay school fees for my children with less struggle in future."

"The biggest difference in my daily life in the past four months is the poultry project which I started in our household. This is a promising project which we have seen many starting and running it successfully. Currently, we have 35 improved indigenous chickens after losing around 20 chicks when they were young. Wed decided to adopt deep litter system which is seemingly easy to run and also manageable in small scale. This project to us is bringing a grad deal of a difference to our household since we are set to collect a projected good number of eggs per day which we'll later sell to earn us some income."

"After the completion of the construction of the new house, I have an additional goal to buy start livestock farming. I have a plan to buy a goat and some chickens so that I can start rearing. This goal is coming in since I am planning to purchase a cow in the future. It will act as a saving plan since I would breed the goats and on regeneration I could sell and add up to my savings to purchase a cow."

"I was once a dairy farmer but due to financial challenges I had to sell all the cattle I had.The transfers from GiveDirectly will help me start with buying one dairy cow.The milk I get from the cow will help me a great deal in boosting my income.My second plan is starting poultry farming.I will start by building a good poultry unit and then buy a few chicken.Finally,I will build another kitchen;an iron roofed one this time round.The current one is grass thatched which leaks during rainy season."

"Looking back to where I have come from, It has really been a great journey. With the last four months, I have recorded a number of changes which has brought a lot of differences in my life. The chickens I am rearing used to live in the kitchen but at the moment I have completed the construction of a decent chicken coop for them. I never had a cow also which I am now milking. All these have happened within a span of four months."

"The biggest biggest difference in my daily life is the source of income that I have setup from poultry farming. I have been using the money I received from GiveDirectly on buying chickens that are now laying eggs. They are also hatching more chicks that will strengthen the income source. I don't have to rely on my husband on everything especially the daily needs such as food items. I am happy to be able to rely on myself which is timely unlike when I have to ask and wait for long before he pays for the requested items. I am a happy mother now."

"Poultry farming has been my dream for sometime now.I chose this because I am always at home.With the first transfer I will start by building a poultry unit and then buy indigenous chicken with the remaining money.For the second transfer I will buy a dairy cow.I feel dairy farming is also a good source of income for me."

"I started a small business;I buy chicken around my village and take them to sell in nearby markets.I invested my hard earned savings from casual jobs in the business but unfortunately it didnt yield any profits.In fact,I incurred huge losses.At that time,there was a high supply in the market and I was forced to sell at throw away prices hence I lost most of my capital.This is the biggest hardship I have faced"