"My life is currently different from the way it was four months ago in that I bought a few chicken for rearing with the previous transfers. Apart from that, I have been able to save a lot of money after selling a few in the market. I am targeting next Christmas holiday. I believe I will have grown the business and I hope the demand will still be high by then. I thank Give Directly for enabling me to start this business."

"I bought a dairy cow from my inlaw using part of my first transfer. When it reproduces, I will be able to supply milk to our cooler plant so that I can earn an income. I can also sell the heifers in case of a financial crisis, for instance, paying school fees for my children. Also, I started a poultry keeping project by buying some chicken. I settled on this since the demand for eggs in my locality is always high. I will be using the income from this project to meet our basic needs. I used the remaining amount to buy three sacks of maize flour and decent clothes for my family."

"I have spent my second transfer on purchasing chicken, paid labour for weeding and harvesting my crops. There is a balance which I plan to spend on buying farm produce and livestock."

"I have always wanted to fence my compound with barbed wire and wire mesh in order to restrict my poultry and cattle from destroying my neighbour's crops, something that has seen us quarrel day in day out. Receiving this money will therefore help me fence my compound thus earning back my respect. I also intend to add more chicken to my farm in order to boost the income i usually generate from selling poultry products"

"In the next six months, I expect to boost my poultry project since my aim is to get double production as to compared with the ones I am generating at the moment. I shall get a number of eggs and chicken not only for sale but also for my household's consumption. Therefore, we shall be obtaining high nutritional food at a low cost even after GiveDirectly has phased out of our village."

"My life is currently different from how it was four months ago since I have been able to start two projects. I was able to use part of my transfers to start a poultry keeping project and opened a restaurant at our nearest shopping center. I have not employed anyone at the moment and I am operating both projects with my wife. I settled on these two projects since no restaurants are operating in my locality and also chicken is highly marketable in this region. The income from the restaurant business has enabled me to cater for our needs on time."

"My new goal in the next four months is to boost my poultry project by buying chicken feeds and treating the chicken. This will give me an income which will help me meet my family needs in time as I have always wanted to."

"The difference in my life in the last four months is that I have ten chicken. I have always desired to have chicken as part of farming. Since I did not have a good income, I was not able to spare some amount of money to buy the chicken. After I had finished paying for my tailoring course, I used part of the money to buy the chicken. I am glad that the transfers have helped me realize my dream."

"In the next four months, I have a new goal of building chicken shed. I have poultry and I find it very hard to share the house with poultry at night. This is because they attract bugs and it affects my family hence I want to build them a shed."

"My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that I invested in chicken rearing. Chicken rearing has been a lucrative business for me and I am looking forward to selling them in December when the prices of the chicken shall be high. I am therefore planning to sell most of the chicken by then. This will help me raise enough capital for starting up a business and hopefully get an improved income."