"With old age comes sickness and deterioration in health. My husband and I cannot do casual or strenuous jobs to earn a living yet the only source of livelihood, which was livestock were all swept away by unknown disease. As a result, we fully rely on our children to provide food and all our basic needs. This makes us feel like a burden to them something we are not happy about. Receiving this money means financial independence for my family. I plan on using half of the transfers in buying ten goats which will multiply and in due course I will be selling them to get money for home use. The rest of the money we shall use to expand our house so that we can have enough space for our grandchildren to sleep when they visit. I am more than happy because the transfers will change my family way of living for better."

"Given my advanced age, my son is my sole source of financial support. Since my son is the family's sole provider and earns a meager income, he occasionally finds it difficult to meet everyone's needs. This year, I want to purchase lots of goats. These goats will procreate, bringing me more money. As the number grows, I may decide to sell some and use the proceeds to provide for the needs of the family. This will help take some of the pressure off my son, who works extremely hard to put food on the table for the family every day."

"I value the assistance from Give Directly since it has made my life better. My two children, who are enrolled in basic and senior schools, owed the school $20 in tuition arrears, which I paid when I recently received the $34 in this month. Due to the program, they do not miss class because of unpaid tuition. $3 I used to buy a hen to rear with the intention of selling some of the chicks to make money for our household needs, and I still have $14 saved away. Unfortunately, my husband's mother passed away last month, therefore the entire $30 was spent on funeral costs. I used the remaining $30 to buy a goat to raise since I have school-age children. They multiply more quickly, typically twice a year, and I am optimistic that in two years I will have a sizable herd that I can sell to make money for my kids' tuition."

"My goals for this year are to raise livestock and improve the condition of my home. My two-room house is made of coconut tree leaves (Makuti), and the roof has seriously leaked over the past two years. Due to my inability to make enough money from my job selling charcoal, I am unable to replace the entire roof. In order to stop leaks, I'm going to replace the roof entirely and buy iron sheets, which will last longer than "makuti." I also want to get into raising livestock and chickens. When I sell the hens and goats that would have grown over time, I will be able to achieve my ultimate goal of owning dairy cows."

"My ambition is to self -employ myself so as to have a stable and reliable source of income. Casual jobs are seasonal whereby a day can earn me $2 only. This is only enough for food and considering other days I may lack work, I am forced to minimize on my expenditure. I neither save any money for future use and emergencies such as medication nor school fees. I am excited as my future will be different upon receiving the transfers. I plan on starting up a household goods shop at a nearby town at a cost of $ 500 which will go into renting a shop space and purchasing stock. The rest of the money I will buy ten goats and foo for my family. After setting up all this, I project on earning a minimum of $ 80 monthly which means we shall no longer lack anything as a family."

"My husband is unemployed, and we are both peasant farmers who mainly depend on planting maize and beans. At the time I got enrolled, the village had experienced drought and famine, which made food to be costly, and we had to look for alternatives to survive. My husband would work on construction sites which pay as little as $3, which is not enough for a family of six members. My first transfer was used to start a second-hand clothing business, and I paid the remaining amount for my children’s school fees and food. The second transfer of $300 was used to build a two-roomed house which was an improvement of our old house from a thatched roof to an iron roof and using cement to hold firm the foundation of the house. Food was a major challenge and used $140 on food that would last the family for another two months as my husband desperately looked for a job. I used the remaining cash of $90 to buy three goats, which I intend to keep and sell in the future."

"I have grown up admiring being financially stable and independent. My goal is to open a grocery. I am planning to sell one of my goats and start with a capital of $50, which would be enough to buy different vegetables. I intend to start small and gradually increase my stock with the demand of my customers. The business will be my retirement plan from the charcoal burning business and also a source of my daily income."

"The plan I have for this transfers is to purchase enough food. I intend to buy a bag of maize which would cost me about $30, half a sack of millet at $20 and some household products such as cooking fat and sugar. This would greatly assist me since I will be able to have enough food for months. The remaining amount I will buy goats at $400 which would be my future investment. I intend to also, give part of the money to my school going grandchildren. It would delight me to be able to offer them some pocket money since they have asked me before and I couldn't. I will be very happy doing so."

"Right now, I want to increase my return on investment by getting more goats. As a result, I won't have to struggle to pay my fees. When the time comes, it will be simpler to translate a goat into money. As a result, I am unable to specify a certain timeframe for adding the goats, but whenever I receive funding, this will be my top priority."

"I am a peasant farmer and I am among the few in my community who have not been fortunate enough to own a dairy cow. Although I have been dreaming to own one someday, I have not been able to raise the money to buy one. I have been buying milk for my two children everyday and this money would have been saved towards some other needs if I had a cow. When I was enrolled in the program, I saw this as a dream come true because I knew I would own one in the near future. I spend $200 of my second transfer to buy a dairy calf, $80 to buy two goats and I have been spending the balance to buy food for my family and other basic needs."