"Raising livestock is my main occupation since for a long time it has enabled me provide needs for my family sufficiently. I therefore plan to add more sheep, goats and one dairy cow to my herd using money from give directly. I will also use part of my transfer to buy furniture and beddings for my house"

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house, take care of the education needs of my child and buy a cow that can provide milk for my household. I believe I will be healthier by taking milk. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced is raising school fees for my children.My son recently completed University where he had been enrolled as a self sponsored student.The fees were very high and this forced us to sell most of our cows in order to manage as well as pay for the other children.This was with the hope that once he completes,he will secure a job and in turn assist us with paying for his siblings' fees.With the current unemployment crisis,he has not gotten one and we have therefore had to keep struggling more especially because we fully depend on farming which sometimes fails us."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a chaff cutter machine to use in processing feeds for my cow. Before I used to struggle so much in doing these activities, It could take much of my time and there was a lot of waste. Currently, I save a lot of time on processing feeds, something I could not do before. I have devoted my extra time saved in doing horticultural farming which also earns me extra income. Milk productivity has increased so much compared to the previous months because my cows get enough feeds in time. There is an increment of milk production and this has resulted in higher income after the sales of milk at the market. The money I get from this is saved to be used in paying school fees for my children and meeting other expenses."

"I'm planning to save the coming transfers so that I can purchase a dairy cow. With the cow, I'll be assured of enough milk for both family consumption and for sale. This will earn me additional income thus my living standards will improve. I believe I will be able to achieve several goals such as building another house which could not be possible when I only depended on the wages I got from the casual jobs."

"I bought an ox with the previous transfers which we are currently using to plow both our farm and other people's farm at a fee. We have been saving the income we have been earning from it with the intention of purchasing a dairy cow. Therefore, for the next four months, I have an additional goal of raising money for purchasing a dairy cow. With the dairy cow, I'll be assured of enough supply of milk both for the family consumption and for sale."

"My additional goal is to save and buy a dairy cow for rearing. This will be an additional source of income for my family from the sale of milk produced"

"I recently harvested some fodder feeds which I had planted a few months ago. I used the transfers I received from Give Directly. This fodder feeds is a guarantee that my livestock will have enough food throughout the year. I am glad that I was able to address this challenge at last. I had lost a few cows as a result of hunger since I couldn't afford to buy fodder that would sustain them for a long time. I feel proud and hopeful that all will go well moving forward."

"I spent my transfers to purchase a dairy cow. I had all album along wished of owning a cow since we normally incur a lot of expenses purchasing milk for my family. I also bought some ceiling boards for completion of our house as well as furniture and other household necessities. The remaining amount I used it to purchase some foodstuff which will last us for a longer period of time"

"Despite the payment of school fees being a continuous process, I also have a new plan to purchase three sheep. This has been my long term thought which I have been wishing to accomplish. This plan will at least help me in growing the number of sheep which I will then sell in the later days to purchase a cow."