"I used a portion of my third transfer to pay school fees for my child who is in high school because I did not want her to be sent home for school fees. I bought second hand iron sheets and chicken mesh which I have used to build a chicken coup where I am rearing chicken for sale and this is now my major source of income. The remaining amount, I spent on buying local breed of chicken to rear for business and also bought food for my family."

"There were a lot of walk ins in my compound being that I had a weak gate. I decided to spend part of the transfer building a new strong gate and currently, one has to knock for the gate to be opened. The other part I spent installing electricity in my house. I have some home appliances that could not be run using the solar I had been using earlier. The remaining amount I spent buying chicken and sheep that I am keeping and can be slaughtered when we have visitors. I am so happy as GiveDirectly has moved me from class “B” to class “A”. I have moved a step a forward in life. Thank you GiveDirectly!!!"

"I spent my third transfer on completing my Poultry house, bought local chicks and chicken feed (28,000 KES) for income generation because I have noted there is market and this will sustain my family. In addition I invested in an MPESA business (15,000 KES) that is already running well for its size. I then added stock to my groceries business (10,000 KES) which I started early this year with just a little sugar and tea leaves . Lastly, I completed construction of our my pit latrine (10,000 KES) that we had started with our second transfer.."

"I am a poultry farmer, so when I received my third transfer, I expanded it. I bought more chicken, this I do mainly for business purposes as this will help me sustain my family more comfortably from the profits I make. Some part of the money I used to lease a piece of land where I grow corn. Actually, this has spared me the headache of having to buy corn all the time for my family consumption and that money I can channel to other development agendas, and again being that I had constructed a bigger house using my previous transfers, I had to buy more furniture to make my house look neat. I am grateful for the money I received from GiveDirectly as it has greatly changed my life for the better. ."

"Receiving this money means building a three bedroom house and a separate kitchen.My separate kitchen will serve during the day for preparing food while at night, as shelter where my chicken will sleep."

"The happiest part of my day is in the evening when i am done with a day's work, i have money and I can buy something for example chicken for my home. So far i have been able to buy four (4)hens. This puts a smile on my face because to me, it is an achievement. "

"I spent my second transfer on renovating my nursery school business by painting the class room walls and buying building materials which I will use to plaster the floor of the classes when the pupils have closed school . I expanded my domestic chicken rearing. I paid school fees for my son who is in primary school and bought school uniform .I also started a disk burning business for my son who dropped out of school after his father's death and now I am happy he is self employed and he no longer begs in the village."

"I spent my second transfer on starting a commercial chicken rearing business by buying 150 chicks, feeds and building a chicken cope.I cleared my school fees arrears that I had for 8 years now which lead to my school withholding my high school certificate.I paid deposit for partly buying a solar lamp.I started a second hand clothes vending business. I paid school fees for my child who is in an academy nursery school and bought my family clothes. I also bought food for my family's consumption and saved some money to buy chicken feeds"

"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on paying school fees for my child and my grandchildren who are in college and primary school respectively 17,500 KES. I bought a cow 15,000 KES and chicken 3,000 KES. I also bought two bags of maize and household expenditures."

"When I received my second transfer, I used a total of 35000 KES to rent a structure and stock a retail shop, which I currently operate for my family's sustained income.I then used 7000 KES to pay a debt I owed somebody. The balance was spent on buying 7 chicken for rearing in my home, and buying clothes and a rain water harvesting container for my family."