"For most of the seasons, I am a farmer growing maize, cowpies leaves, and green grams. But during the drought season that we are currently facing, it is expensive to get water for irrigation. I have ventured into a new business, burning timber for charcoal and selling it at $5 a sack. I have eight children that depend on me and it has been difficult to pay school fees for all of them at once. Most days the school sends them home and they miss a lot in school. I use Givedirectly money to buy food for them as I save money to pay other bills."

"After achieving the goal of ensuring that My children are getting better education, the new goal is to start irrigation farming at our half an acre piece of land. The intention is to grow vegetables such as tomatoes, sukuma wiki and spinach for sale. This is a good venture that would transform our living standard for the better since we already have tap water in that in the firm. The income I would make will assist me in taking care of the basic needs like food for the family."

"Since our area has a shortage of vegetables, I saw it prudent to set a goal of doing a grocery business once I get some money. This idea came after realizing that some people order veggies from another location while others travel to get them. Since I live near a dam, I aim to carry out irrigation to plant the vegetables. By so doing, I will have a source of income from the sales and this will enable me to continue paying school fees for my children."

"My new goal now is to focus on purchasing pipes for irrigation on my farm. I bought a water tank and I wish to start horticulture farming. Planting crops like tomatoes, potatoes, and beans. I have harvested the water and I wish to do irrigation on my farm. This will enable me to conduct horticulture farming throughout the year without being affected by the drought."

"After buying a one-acre plot of land near a river, aiming to start growing vegetables for sale, I developed a goal of making my farming successful. I aim to buy a water pumping machine for irrigation purposes from the river water. By so doing, I will be able to succeed in the project even if there will be less rain provided the river does not dry."

"Currently, I have a goal of securing a title deed for my piece of land. I bought a 2-acre piece using the first transfer and finalized the payments with part of the second transfer. Therefore, once I get some money I aim to get the title deed which will be a mark that I own the land. Thereafter, I plan to fence it and construct a dam for irrigation purposes because I love agriculture and this will help me to have a source of income from the produce."

"At the time I received the transfer, we were going through a hard time as a family as far as food is concerned. We had not harvested anything from the last two planting seasons thus hunger was at the brim. Based on that, I bought a sack of maize for KES 6350.00 on the withdrawal day. Thereafter, I went back to my plans which I set earlier on how I was going to spend the money to curb the prolonged hunger. I used KES 30000.00 to construct a poultry house where I keep chicken for sale. Being a farmer by passion, I chose to keep chicken because crop farming has not been doing well nowadays due to unstable rainfall, and doing irrigation is very expensive compared to poultry farming. I also bought four goats for KES 16500.00. These goats act as a quick investment. Once I am stuck, I can sell a goat at a profit because they have ready markets. For the remaining amount, I bought some food for my family."

"The irrigation activities that had started on my farm with the assistance of my transfer gives me confidence of a better future. I am very grateful that I would be able to achieve a lot when I start selling vegetables. The income for this activity will help me in educating my children without any problem. Therefore, being able to start crop farming is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"We are sometimes hit with a persistent water shortage in our region and at times I use a lot of money to buy water for domestic use. To curb this problem, I decided to install my own water tap using the transfer. I purchased the water pipes required and paid for the water meter. I will no longer be incurring any cost on the water once this project is complete, which makes the biggest difference in my daily life. Not only will I be using the water for domestic use but I will also be selling thus earning some money. I am also planning to do some irrigation on vegetables on my small farm as well."

"At first after being affected by cyclone Ana all I was thinking was that I should improve my house. Part of my house got damaged such that it was not safe for me and my family members.I improved my house and used the little money which remained to restart my irrigation farming because all the crops from the 5 dambos got washed away by floods.After receiving this transfer then I thought of investing more in my irrigation farming.I used all my 60000 to buy seeds as am taiking know i have tomato, maize, cabagge , rape , chinese and many more vegetables .Before receiving this transfer I did not have an idea that I can go back to being a lange scale irrigation farmer like before. I have also started selling some vegatables which I planted using part of the first transfer."