"I spent 200 dollars of the money I received from GiveDirectly on purchasing heifer. This had always been my wish since I sold the one I had to pay school fees for my children. I bought a goat, eight chicken, bedding and food for the family. Poultry keeping is the best investment that I have always had. It earns me an income through the sales of eggs, I then use the money to buy other household items. I am so grateful for the support because GiveDirectly has enabled me to own a dairy cow."

"I have always wanted to own a poultry project. Starting point is to establish a poultry unit. My plan is to rear at least 150 chickens. Their production of eggs will boost my disposable income and sustain my young family because I will be able to sell their products and earn income. I have preferred this kind of venture simply because it is easy to start and does not require alot of space. I have been keeping poultry albeit on a small scale , getting this money therefore means I will scale up the project. I have come up with a budget of USD 7500 that covers on building the poultry house ,buying chicken,food and medicine. The rest of the money will go towards purchasing of furnitures and buy clothing for my family."

"The biggest hardship I have faced has been insufficient capital. I work as a school security guard and get paid $70 per month. My wife is a stay at home parent who sometimes sells chicken to generate extra income for the house. My earnings are not enough to sustain my family's needs such as better housing, school fees as well as clothing for my children."

"My ambition in life is to be a renowned poultry farmer. Currently, I have forty chickens. I normally collect an average of ten eggs a day and out of these, I can sell a tray of eggs every week for 300 shillings. Receiving this money means that I will increase the number of layers of chicken by twenty for 10,000 shillings. I intend to also build another additional poultry unit for 8,000 shillings. I project that I will be getting an average of 25 eggs meaning I will be pocketing a cool 250 shillings daily. For the remainder of the transfer, I plan to buy dairy cattle for 30,000 shillings and other basic needs."

"As a single mother of one, the outbreak of the pandemic destabilized not only the sources of income I depended on but also forced me to halt my Certified Public Accounting course I was taking with no hope of resuming later. At first, it was because of the school's closure to combat the pandemic but on reopening, I was not able to raise the required school fees. This has kept me home for more than a year now. With my first transfer at hand, I have decided to simultaneously take two sections for a total cost of $400. Over the period I had been home I had also accumulated a debt of $50 in the nearby shop that I managed to clear. With the remaining $90, I obtained construction materials which included iron sheets, nails, and also chain-link with the plan to construct a chicken coop and venture into poultry farming as an extra source of income."

"Life would have been different had I not received the transfers. I would not have managed to buy food for my family that we would have died of hunger as I only harvested 2 bags of maize which would have not been enough to feed my family of 4 members. I also managed to buy clothes for my family that now they go to school happily. Life has been easy since I received the transfers as I can afford to give my family everything they need. I also managed to start a business of selling fish, chicken and pieces of cloth which has made it easy to support my family with basic need. Before receiving the transfers, I used to go a distance of 5 km to look for a piece work in order to find money food. All that is a thing of the past as I am no longer poor after receiving the transfers."

"Receiving the first transfer was a great deal of blessing to me as I had a lot of bills to settle as well as pending projects that needed a huge sum of money to be completed. This first patch saw my five children acquire new school informs with the elder son's school fees both for the previous and the next three terms cleared. I also obtained foodstuff worth 70000KES, and constructed a new chicken coop with the remaining 20000KES after purchasing iron sheets, woods and also putting up a circumference wall with a chain link."

"Receiving this money means so much to me and I am very grateful. I will use the money to buy cement, fertilizer and I will start business, I will be selling Chickens."

"Receiving this money means my long time dream of have a better house will be fulfilled. I have a grass thatched house and it tends to get smoky when cooking. It's even difficult to cook when you have visitors. I plan to construct a iron roofed house. This means i will be able to collect rainwater. To get clean water you have to buy from the water kiosk within our village but it's not sustainable. I expect to cost around 200 dollars. My husband love chickens and he has always wanted to start eggs business. So when we get this money we also plan to purchase layers. This will help us generate more income and also household use. I plan to use 200 dollars of my transfer to buy them. The rest of the money we use for our personal needs."

"I am employed with the county as a Lab technician in a nearby health center earning a monthly income of 150USSD and with this together with my husband we can meet our family needs but we hardly save for our future lives. To me receiving cash transfer means, I will be able to invest in more incoming generating activities that will ensure me a better future. I am planning to spend the entire transfer on farming. First, I will buy a dairy of approximately KES60000 to add to my herd. This means I will have more milk for my household consumption and sales. In addition, I will use another KES50000 to improve my poultry farming by building better chicken houses and adding more birds to my farm. With an increase in my farm produce, I will be able to invest more in other activities like my children's education and save some for our future lives."