"I felt happy when rains started in December last year bacauuse I knew my husband's business was going to get strong again. He sells livestock and prices had really fell so low from mid last year due to the draught that killed a lot of domestic animals. During such times, livestock demand normally goes down a lot hence affecting prices. People do not buy mostly because there is no pasture to feed them on."

"I am a father of six with no formal job to rely on. The farming I do is seasonal and the market prices of different products keep flacuating. This makes it unreliable for both daily household needs and children education. To me, lack of enough resources is the main challenge we are facing."

"Buying milk has been my routine and with the recent drought that we have been experiencing in my region, the prices of milk have gone high. As a subsistence farmer, money from the sale of eggs has been of great importance to me in meeting our basic needs though it has made my poultry project not to grow. As a way of reducing our expenditure in the future, I decided to spend KES 40000 on the purchase of a dairy cow. Also, I spent KES 12000 to fence my farm to avoid my crops from being destroyed by livestock whenever I am not at home and spent KES 2700 on food and a pair of clothes."

"Farming is not easy because, at times, the produce can be good or bad and market prices can be fair or worse. This impacts the income that I earn and at times, I am forced to do other jobs to supplement the income that I earn from the job to sustain my children hence having a stable source of income is a major challenge to me."

"In the last six months, it has been very difficult for me to make ends meet. This is because of the inflation whereby food prices and prices of household items that we use on a daily basis like soap, shot up. I have a constant struggle here but I hope to overcome it when I receive the transfers."

"I have a passion for poultry farming and my main focus has always been on the layers other than broilers since they are more profitable in our community. However, this is not something that I would wish to start doing when I get these transfers. My house is on the verge of collapsing because of the ants that have been eating the poles and this has made it unstable. My children also need to be fed and money for their school fees, this is something that I am also putting into consideration when I receive this money. Building a new house is not that cheap and with the rising increment in commodities, I believe that building materials are also among the things that prices have increased with time. Considering all these, putting up a good structure will therefore cost me around 40,000 KES, fees for my children will be 60,000 KES, and use the remaining amount to start the poultry farming project."

"The new goal I have set before receiving this transfer is to invest my second transfer in to more farming activities. I want to start planting cassava, okra and corns in huge quantities. During rainly season, Cassava, Okra and plantains get scarce and their demands rises in the market. At that moment, these crops are sold at a very high prices. Thanks to Givedirectly for the cash support. I believe that when I invest in to more farming activities, I will be able to generate more money to take care of my family in the future."

"I am planning to spend my most recent transfer to buy 6cartoons of assorted nails to roof my house with a Jemican design. Jemican roof design will looks very attractive in this community .Thanks to Givedirectly for the the cash support.I am Planning to purchase used clothes bag to start selling them at for good prices in this village . I don't want to encounter any hardship in the future. I believe that by selling used clothes in this village, I will generate more money to continue with my house building process."

"With the high cost of living and high food prices, life has been unbearable for me. I struggle financially to provide food and family basic needs. I rely on my car wash business which earns me little of about KES 400 daily."

"With the cash transfer from Givedirectly, i was able to paid for a new house materials with my first and second transfer. Because of the higher prices in things for that , i haven't developed a new goal. I used my recent transfer for additional construction materials to continue my construction."