I did use part of my transfer on farming, by hiring people and buying fertilizer hence got bumper last season, we have plenty of food. I do not expect much change in the next six months because I still have school fees to pay. I have several school-going children and it would be difficult to start a new project at the moment. Although I am planning to save the little money I get from casual jobs and start an income-generating activity.

I don't have any additional goals at the moment. I still want to invest in my farm by hiring labour for ploughing and weeding as well as buying hybrid seeds and fertilizer. I am striving hard to get more sacks of maize and beans than the one I got last season. I am working hard to ensure I have all it takes to guarantee me a bumper harvest. I know if I work well, I will be able to get to a better level, I will have enough food to feed my family and also to surplus to sell to get money for school fees for my children.

I have a reliable source of income, and this gives me a lot of confidence to take loans from my neighbors to invest in farming, and return later on as per our agreement. I am even able to hire labor unlike before when I had no money to even buy seeds. I used to get almost nothing because I didn't have enough inputs to invest in my farm. I am glad because I now have enough money to hire labor and buy the necessary farm inputs, I have been getting a bumper harvest unlike before. The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that I have enough food since I have been investing my money in farming, thus we are eating well and I sell surplus farm produce to get money to support my family financially.

I do not expect much change in the next six months because I still have school fees to pay. I have several school-going children and it would be difficult to start a new project at the moment. Although I am planning to save the little money I get from casual jobs and start an income-generating activity later

Before, I would borrow money from some of my close neighbors when I lacked money and there were no odd jobs which included mainly to cultivate my neighbor's farms. Therefore settling most of my pressing needs such as food was difficulty. Currently, the biggest difference in life is that my family and I are so happy and healthy because we are able to get daily meals and access medical services on time using the monthly transfers without many struggles which give me a sound mind.

I have no additional goals at the moment since we are in the farming season and people are running up and down preparing their farms for planting. I would not wish to be left behind, so I am using more of these transfers to hire laborers to till my farm and also buy fertilizers which will eventually boost my farm produce.

Before GiveDirectly came, I could not get enough yields due to the fact that I did not have money to lease land and cultivate. My family did missed meals during those times because of meager harvest every season. We could engage in labor work which was so tiresome and the payment was little. Therefore, the biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months is that I have been able to lease land with support from GiveDirectly. I am certain of enough yields at the end of the harvest hence I will be able to get enough to feed on. Our nutritional status will be improved due to this, my family and I are so happy for the support from Givedirectly since it has really changed our standard of living.

I expect a change in my life in the next six months in that I will have bought a dairy cow for milk production with the saving from the merry go round that includes GiveDirectly's transfer. This dairy cow in the unforeseen future. I believe it will reproduce in the future and I will be able to save the money from the sale of milk that I will be getting. I will be using part of this money to meet other additional needs for my family.

My husband felt I was a bother at a particular point since all the household responsibilities was on him. I feel the transfers I receive from GiveDirectly has brought a great difference in my life since I have engaged in cultivating my farm with the intention of selling part of the harvest to make a living, as a result, I believe I will able to feed my family without asking money from him occasionally.

My new goal for the next four months is to hire workers to assist me in cultivating my farm and through this, I will be been able to cultivate a bigger parcel of land hence my harvest would double meaning my family members will never lack food.

My family would go without a meal often because I didn't have money before since I was a housewife. The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months is that I able to afford meals with the monthly transfers from GiveDirectly and now my children are healthy hence they do not fall sick easily due to deficiencies that use to weaken their immunity.

I expect in the next six months to have cultivated a bigger parcel of land and through this, I will be been able to feed my family members with ease from the doubled harvest and pay school fees for my children after selling a portion of it as well.

I feel proud of myself and my self-esteem has really been boosted because I can also take part in providing for my children unlike before that we totally depended on my husband.

I am planning to save some of my next few transfers so that I can later use them to start a business of my own and support my husband with the family provisions.

These transfers have really changed our lives because they have enabled us to feed better and healthier because ever since I started receiving them,my children no longer go hungry due to lack of money.

I expect my business to be thriving so that I can take a bigger portion of the family responsibilities.

I have a new goal of opening a toy shop to fill the gap that exist in the market around my village.

My life is currently different than it would have been without the transfer in that today I don't struggle so much in acquiring loans from friends and relatives. With my savings in mshwari, I am qualified to borrow a good amount of money.

In the six months, I expect my living standard to improve to a higher level because I shall have began the business that I am currently saving for.

The biggest difference in my daily life is the happiness I have developed with an assurance of getting a monthly income.