"Adding one heifer to my livestock @ $350, adding more chicken to my poultry and building a modern poultry unit all at a cost of $150 is what receiving this money means to me. I will then use the remaining part of my transfer to buy food and clothes for my family"

"My children are growing older and I see the necessity of building them an extra room.This will cost me approximately Ksh.30,000(300 USD) for building materials and Ksh.10,000(100 USD) for labour.I also have a plan of starting a poultry unit.I will start by fencing part of my compound then setting up structures.To begin with I will buy 30 layers chicken.The eggs I get from the poultry will serve as a good source of income.I will be able to pay school fees for my children."

"Before the transfers, I did not have any business. I used to rely on income from casual work and jobs at construction sites to meet my daily needs. Since the jobs were very inconsistent, I would end up having a lot of debts just to keep my life going. Life was not very favourable for me. When I started receiving these transfers, I used part of it to buy chicken on a monthly basis to start a poultry project. Right now the project is doing well and as a result, I have been able to use the profits from the business to pay back all my debts. Through the little profits I get from the project, I have been able to buy myself new clothes and I no longer struggle to meet my needs as before."

"I usually engage myself with household chores at home after my spouse has left for work. The time i enjoy most is in the morning when feeding my chicken since the returns i get from selling eggs daily gives me the income i depend on to buy food and clothes for my 4 year old son"

"I am a single mother of 3 and raising my children has been an uphill task.It reached a point that I had lost hope that I had contemplated to kill my children.I had no source of income.My uncle came to my rescue and gave me Ksh 1,000(10 USD) to start a business.I started buying and collecting eggs in the village then selling to a dealer at a profit.I have done this for one year now and I have hope of growing the business more and more.I have bought my own chicken too in order to boost this business."

"I have been using the money to buy domestic animals such as goats and sheep where to date I have accumulated a total of fifteen animals which is a big achievement for a person who was considered to be so poor. I also started a chicken rearing project and today I can boast of forty chicken which I have in place."

"On receiving the first transfer from GiveDirectly, I had a lot of plans in my mind. Together with my household members, we sat and came up with the list of goals we wanted to achieve before exhausting the total sum of money we had received. Having lived in a single house for the better part of our lives, we decided to construct a new one. We had to buy 16 iron sheets which cost us 30000 KES. We also considered fencing all around our piece of land a project which needed a barbed wire worth 3000 KES. We also picked on the construction of a chicken coop in preparation to start a poultry project and we needed a chain link. Foodstuff for the household was also on our list and we decided to buy two sacks of maize and farm inputs. The remaining amount went to savings which will be useful later in the management of the construction project and in purchasing the chickens."

"I spent my transfer to purchase a cow, 2 piglets, chicken, foodstuffs, water drum, utensils, funeral, education, paid for weeding and transport."

"I spent my second transfer to purchase a cow, chicken, house hold items, solar, foodstuffs, a radio, 10 bags of cement, a trip of sand, paid construction labour and a debt that I had."

"in the next four months, I have a new goal to expand the construction of the chicken coop to accommodate more chickens. The initial project was to start small but with time I have seen it grow and currently it needs expansion. I have been saving towards the same and starting the expansion process will be an easy task and will not take a long time."