I am yet to plaster the kitchen walls to ensure it's smooth making it easy to clean and also safe with kids around. A rough wall can easy hurt the young ones since they are playful.

Previously, I did not have a kitchen so cooking was quite hectic especially when visitors were around. I had to prepare food in the corner of the living room. This bothered me and it gave me sleepless nights. Upon receiving my transfers, I decided to construct a kitchen and solve this problem once and for all. To my surprise, the kitchen also plays as my children's room at night. That is what we call killing two birds with one stone.

I have always wanted to have a cow in my homestead. I am looking at a probability of owning one in the next six months if every aspect remains constants. That is, with the GD transfers streaming in every month added to the income from the farm produce then I can comfortably buy a cow for rearing and harvesting milk.

Currently, GiveDirectly transfer has enable me to start saving when I combine with the existing tailoring income that allows me to see my children through a quality education four the last four months. In addition, I am hopeful that I will be able to renovate my kitchen into a semi-permanent one that I have never expected to achieve anytime soon before GiveDirectly came.

My new goal for the next four months is to continue saving in the merry go round. I intend to use the savings to buy construction materials that will be used to plaster my Kitchen. I will be happy after constructing it into a semi-permanent one since it shall no longer get weakened by rains, as a result, it's sustainability will be assured.

The biggest difference in my daily life for the last four months is that my heart has been enlightened and peaceful since I no longer burdened my self with the worries of providing for the family. With income from my tailoring business which I supplement by GiveDirectly's transfers. Today, my family's health has improved even looking at them they have increased in weight as compared to before when they were very skinny because we could afford one meal in a day.

I expect in the next six months to use the savings from the merry go round that we formed as the beneficiaries of GiveDirectly in my village. I intend to use this saving to buy construction materials and cement my kitchen with them. I shall be one of the happiest individuals since I will own a very clean kitchen free from dust and I believe it would last for a long period of time because the plaster will make the wall very strong.

Currently, my life is different in that I now have my own kitchen where my visitors can sleep in and I longer get worried about the time to cook. I stay next to a river and there was a day when the river banks broke because of too much rains and destroyed my kitchen and I was rendered without a kitchen hence I had to invent a place to cook in that was in the open air beside my main house. This situation was very frustrating in need.

My additional goal for the next four months is to plaster my store. This is because its state at the moment is deplorable with the presence of dust. Keeping it tidy is a bit tedious since any time I clean the dust, it accumulates in no time. Smearing it every month too is not easy hence I would want to plaster it and focus on other family needs. I feel there is a likelihood of food contamination due to the untidy environment.

I stay next to a river and there was a day when the river banks broke because of too much rains and destroyed my kitchen. Since then, I have been cooking outside which has forced me to cook supper early. In most cases, my cooked food gets contaminated because of exposure to dust which is caused by heavy winds in my area. The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have my own kitchen where my visitors can sleep in and I longer get worried about the time to cook. I feel much safe and at peace.

I expect in the next six months my life to change in that I shall have saved part of the monthly transfer and buy building materials which will necessitate the plastering of my store. Having this goal achieved I believe have confident store food and other items in it since the environment will be clean and hygienic.

We have been able to save part of these transfers as a family and purchased sand and cement which we used to plaster our house(floor) which was made of mud before. We live near a river which is very swampy especially during the rainy seasons. This made our house very damp throughout the rainy season which led to constant infections and diseases which was quite costly, but now that we have managed to plaster it, this will no longer the case in the next rainy season.

I feel motivated seeing all that I have been able to achieve with these transfers and my goal now is to construct a separate house which will serve as a kitchen. Having no kitchen has been tough because I am forced to cook under the scorching sunlight during the day and have no option but to deal with the smoke whenever I am cooking inside my main house at night, especially during the rainy seasons.

These transfers have really enabled us to take care of my family's daily needs especially during this dry season when food is scarce and expensive. It has been easier getting through the famine season because whenever we receive the money,we are able to purchase the most critical household requirements and foodstuff.

I expect that in the next six months, we will have saved enough money to enable us buy more materials(Sand and cement)so that we can plaster the entire house and solve the dampness problem caused by the swampy area that we live in once and for all.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that I have made a great step in repairing my seats and now I have decent seats. I have also been able to shop in bulk which is more economical as compared to shopping in small quantities.

In the next four months, I have a new goal of saving money for plastering my floor to avoid water sipping through the floor during the rainy seasons.

The biggest differences in my daily life in the last four months preceding the transfers is that I'm proud I now have enough decent seats, so I do not have to borrow seats from neighbors whenever I have visitors.

In the next six months, I expect to have plastered my house to solve the problem of water sipping through the floor.

My new goals are to put up a kitchen and improve the status of my house.

The difference in my life now is that I use solar lamp regularly and we eat well.

In the next six months, I plan to get new seats in my house, to improve the status of my house to semi-permanent house and to build a kitchen which I will help me in serving my family well.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving this transfer is that I have been able to use solar lamp in my house because the accrued debts are paid already.