"My new goal for the next four months is to boost my poultry farm. I started small, and I need to add a few pieces of equipment eg for feeding and feeds. I had added a few chickens a few months ago and I was worried they might die due to lack of enough food because I had no funds to buy more food. I am glad I was able to save this business and there is hope for it being successful because I now have money to buy their feeds more frequently."

"My life is currently different from how it was four months ago as I have been to diversify my sources of income. This is because I have been able to start selling my farm proceeds after setting aside some for my family consumption. In addition to this, I have been able to build a chicken coop. This is a major step towards achieving my goal of starting a poultry keeping project."

"My first transfer was spent to buy two cows and chicken. I bought household items like a mattress, bedsheets, clothes, a radio, utensils and a bicycle. I hired cultivation land, then bought building materials such as bricks, sand, cement to begin constructing a house."

"I am so much excited because i managed to complete my secondary school and aquire my certificate which i was not very sure that i could but through give directly support it was successful, truly it was a like a miracle. The poultry keeping that I also started is also doing very well that I have sell a number of chicken and got good profit that I have kept for my college fee. I am also now very sure that soon I will be joining college and i woll be able to achieve my dream of becoming a teacher."

"My first priority when I get this money is buying a dairy cow.The milk I get from this cow will help me get money to pay school fees for my children.I will also buy around 10 chicken to begin a little bit of poultry farming which I will keep on expanding with time.I have a daughter in the university who needs school fees and therefore this money will help a great deal."

"The transfer has enabled me to get my driving license since I did not have any. It has been a year since I completed my driving course. I am happy that at least I am eligible to work as a driver now. I also began a chicken rearing project at home. I am expecting that through this project, I will be able to sell them in the near future and raise sufficient capital to venture into other business opportunities. I am grateful to GiveDirectly because I would not have fulfilled this at my own cost."

"I have plans of investing my transfers on livestock such as goats and chicken. In rural areas like where I live, there is not much going on in terms of businesses and the only way I can surely invest the transfers I am receiving is through livestock which I can afford to take care of without any stress. I will, therefore, save my next few transfers so that I can start off by buying some goats which I can later sell to raise enough money to buy a cow which is my ultimate goal."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I now have more than two sources of income; motorbike and chicken that I rear. Whenever my husband is done with the scratch card distribution, he engages in motorbike taxi to earn some money. I am also able to sell the eggs produce by my chicken at the local market. The chairs that I bought using the transfer has too, given me some peace. I no longer worry whenever I have visitors on where they would sit. I am so happy about the transfers."

"My new goal is to start poultry farming. I have a passion for rearing chicken. It is also a good business that I believe will do well in this area. I only need to have enough capital and learn the logistics of how to manage this business."

"Poultry farming has been my greatest desire in my life but because of financial constraints, this dream has never materialized. This has forced me to remain a house wife and my husband is also doing casual work that does not earn him enough to support our basic needs. Receiving this money means fulfilling my inner desires. I intend to start the poultry project which will act as my reliable source of income. This is because through it, I plan to supply chicken at Bamba market and this will earn me more profit. The remaining amount will support me to buy an oxen and ox plough in order to upscale my farming. This will will change my life for the better, a transformation that I have longed for."