"Trying to meet all the family needs had never been easy until GiveDirectly came in. It was a real toil and moil in order to make ends meet. Those were the days when the youngest of my children could cry pushing to be provided with what she saw in the neighbor's home but it could not happen. I had to hold small talks with her trying my best to make her understand that we didn't have what it took to own all that. All we were working for and hoping to get every day was the "daily bread" and any other thing was a luxury to us. Nowadays we have taken a great leap and can at least afford what we used to see other people enjoying. Differences have been made by GiveDirectly transfer and the biggest of all can be summed up as the ease to provide sufficient basic needs to the family. We decided to start a poultry farming project which has always kept us smiling and wanting to do more. The project has seen us supply enough eggs to the nearby shopping center and also serve the immediate community whenever they want good breeds of chicken. We are really thankful to GiveDirectly for making us be part of the programme."

"I spent the larger part of my transfer to pay school fees for my brother 40,000 KES who is in high school. Paying has enabled him to sit for his final Secondary school examination with ease. The remaining amount I have put up a gate and bought ten chicken to arrear."

"When I received my second transfer, I decided to implement my poultry project. I had initially built a poultry house with the first transfers I received. So I went ahead and bought chickens for the purpose of rearing. With the balance left I bought iron sheets to facilitate the construction of a better and bigger house for my family."

"I expect to must have saved and bought building material that I plan to use to build a chicken pen to help protect my poultry from stray animals. I want to venture into poultry farming to help generate more income for my family. My family will not be having problems raising money during financial difficulties."

"I want to start a small scale business of keeping chicken birds and selling them out to my customers once they are mature and ready for sale. It is a business that requires a small amount of capital to start that is why I want to venture in it and possibly generate some profits, God willing. Once the profits start trickling in then I will have the opportunity to pay my college fees and advance my education."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is poultry farming I started using part of the transfer. We primarily depend on casual jobs to earn a living as a family making our income unpredictable and unstable. We are some days forced to forgo basic commodities-soap, cooking oil in our family to spend the little we could earn on food. I had always been stressful and ashamed of failing to meet my family daily needs. When I received the transfer from GD, I bought ten hens that have assisted me in my current daily life. I have eggs from my chicken to sell to meet other family petty needs and also for household consumption. I am so happy currently I no longer have to get daily basic items on credit like before when my debts had to grow on a daily basis. I sometimes currently have something to save for future financial needs and also find it a pleasure to see my hens multiply hence giving me hope of a better future."

"I am planning to start a poultry project. I am planning to start selling eggs and the cheapest way to get the eggs is by keeping chicken. My first step is to build a chicken house. I have started accumulating money to buy the building materials. I chose to start selling eggs because I can once in a, while take the eggs as food substitute for my family. I have already bought a few chicken to start with."

"I have been saving a lot of money recently in my bank account generated from the sale of the chicken and seedlings which gives me the confidence to face the future without being worried about financial stability. The chicks are almost ready right now so the only thing I need to do is just to get a market where I will sell them and make a profit, just as easy as that."

"Receiving this money will enable me to construct a poultry house as well as add more chicken since i already have some. The money has also come timely since my daughter who completed high school has gotten an admission letter to the university yet i had no idea where to get the money to support her from. This means i will be able to pay her school fees as well as cater for the other expenses needed with ease"

"I am planning to start a poultry project in the near future. I joined a merry go round which helps me in saving the money I normally get. When my turn finally comes, I will buy building materials for putting up a chicken house. The money will also help me in buying a few chicken to start with. This project is like a breakthrough for me. I believe my life will not be the same once the business picks up."