"I plan to add more stock of the chickens because that is where my passion lies. I love doing more of agricultural practices and that is why for me my main focus right now is to dig deeper into keeping livestock."

"I have an idea of starting a small scale business where I will be rearing chicken just within the compound. I have a desire of getting a new structure where I will be keeping the birds so that they remain secure from daytime and night hours predators."

"I now own a few livestock all thanks to GD. I never had any and never thought I would ever own them any time soon because I mostly depend on casual jobs that cannot raise enough to buy even a goat. I am happy that I have managed to buy two goats and a few chickens using these transfers which is a great way to start off on livestock keeping."

"I want to use my next two transfers to buy 50 chickens to start me off on the chicken project that I will launch soon. I have been planning to start such a project ever since I bumped into a friend who is reaping out of such a business and gave me a few tips and encouragement to try it out while I still have no formal employment."

"In the next four months, my focus shall be on implementing a poultry keeping project. Considering how old I am, I can no longer engage in bigger projects that may require much of my time and energy. Poultry keeping is the most viable project that I can engage in and I am determined to start this in the next four months. I plan to do this by saving the monthly income that I get from GiveDirectly and be able to build a poultry house and start small with a few poultry chicken."

"I have been using a part of the transfers to buy chickens every month. Over the last four months, I have acquired a brood that now requires a poultry house. I will be building one for them soon. This is because poultry keeping is a very profitable business. Already, one of them is preparing to hatch 13 eggs. This investment has given me hope of having a source of income that I can use to meet the needs of my daily household. Without the GIveDirectly transfers, I would not have afforded to start the farming enterprise. In addition to this, I have been able to pay school fees for my son. For the first time since he joined the secondary school, He was not sent home to collect school fees which means he has had all the time to study in school"

"Through the business I started, we can easily generate income which we use to buy food for our consumption. We can eat healthy food daily. I can also buy clothes for my children who previously had very torn ones. I could not even bring myself to go with them for a visit somewhere because I was embarrassed. I also bought chicken for rearing to sell and earn myself more income for my family upkeep."

"The other difference is that I have building materials such as iron sheets, timber and nails which I want to use in building a chicken shed. I have always desired to have poultry business but due to my low income, I have not been able to have one. I have given up on the dream because there was no way I could get money to kickstart the business at my age and with my low income. With GD transfers, I have bought the materials which I want to use in building the shed ready for the chics. I know with the next transfers, I will buy chics to start the business."

"Had I not received the transfer from GiveDirectly, I would not have bought the cow and chicken that I am now keeping. This would mean that I would always be reminded of the pain of losing my family members and the effect that It had on us including using up most resources. So having the livestock keeps me busy and this helps me with the road towards recovery for me and family. I am grateful to GiveDirectly for holding my hand in this journey. I have now fenced my compound well with a chain link and I can now focus on livestock keeping. This will be a good source of income for my family."

"For the past one and half years, I had been operating a very successful poultry business. The task of taking care of my children's needs was very easy despite my husband's meagre income. However, around late last year, there was an outbreak of the bird flu virus in our village and it ended up killing over forty of my hens because I did not have enough money to purchase the vaccines on time. This greatly affected my business thus leading to its collapse. All my efforts to revive it have proven futile because most of the time I spend the little that my husband sends me to buy food for my children. With this money,I plan to construct a chicken pen, stock more poultry and save some amount for buying vaccines so that I can start my poultry business again. I will also purchase a pair of oxen and an ox plough to expand my farming so that my family gets to be food secure all season through."