Alongside the daily hustles I have been doing to feed my family, I also have an additional goal to major on the tailoring work I have been doing. There have been challenges over obtaining the required materials to enhance the smooth running of the business but I have been working so hard to ensure that I save part of the transfers so that I may start it off as soon as possible. Not only that I have not been able to purchase the required materials but also paying the rental fee for the shop I have been using has been a problem which has forced the owner to be closing it down on me whenever I fail to pay. For around four months now, I have been constructing my own shop so that it may ease the struggle since I will not be paying rent anymore.

Having been born and brought up from a humble background, my life has never been any smoother than how it is currently. I struggled in my childhood with my parents who were not able to take me to any secondary school after completion of my primary school level. This saw me dropping out of school immediately I completed the primary school level. Since then, my life has been characterized by manual jobs where I have been toiling over the casual labor to earn a coin. Starting my family later was another burden that sent me to working even harder to feed them although the provision I was making wasn't good enough to sustain them. I thank God for the far we have come although we still have many challenges. One of my children has been consistently sick and his medication has ripped our household of many valuable assets that we had. We appreciated the support from GiveDirectly which has really assisted us in obtaining medication and settling of bills over every visit we make to the hospital for a check-up. We are really thankful for this project.

In the next six months, I am hopeful that the construction of the shop will have been completed and will be happily moving in with a rejuvenated effort to be more productive compared to the previous months.

Some few weeks ago, I fell sick and I wasn't in a position to engage in income generating activities in order to provide for my family as I always do. This means that I would have had to sell some assets in order to provide for them but thanks to the transfers that I always got from Give Directly since it enabled me to buy some food for them and also spent some for my medication. I thank God that right now I am back to my good health.

I am currently planning to start a poultry project with some savings that I have. The income I will generate from the sale of eggs and chicken will not only boost my total income but also substitute the amount I always get from the monthly transfers now that I still have a few months to go.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am currently less worried about where I will get my children school fees. I majorly rely on my tailoring business and the sale of farm produce as an income. Sometimes, there's is very little proceeds from these activities and so the transfers I get comes in handy during such times.

My expectation in the near future is to ensure that my children are able to school well by providing all their needs. I hope that they excel in both school and general life. This will give me as a parent that inner joy. I also expect to enjoy a good health now that I can afford to plant and buy food.

My life currently different from how it was four months ago in that now I have some income to provide for my family as compared to before when I used to depend on my dairy farming which at some point generate very little money that would not sustain the family needs. Nowadays my children can even dress well unlike before when they were looked upon by their playmates. This has boosted their self esteem as they can now play and socialize with my neighbors children without any discrimination.

In the next four months, I am hoping my business will keep flourishing to enable me to enroll my two children to a private school where they will gain a quality education. This is in top of my priority list as it will secure a bright future for them.

The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that my living standard has improved. I saved the monthly transfers and later started a tailoring business. The business has greatly grown as it is generating an income that enables me to provide basic needs for my family with ease. My children nowadays take balanced diet. I am also able to buy them mattress. Previously they used to sleep on mats on the floor as I slept on a tiny mattress which was very uncomfortable. We would always as we wake up feeling very tired. I am as well able to buy beautiful clothes for them. This has made me happy and my family is proud of me too.

I expect my life to change for the better because a I believe the income from my tailoring business will be sustaining my family needs. I also believe that I will be saving the monthly transfers to invest on another income generating project such as poultry farming.

My life is currently different because I have dressed well plus my family and it has boosted my savings.

I am planning to pay national hospital insurance fund and increase a poultry farm every month for the next four months.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that these transfers have enabled me to acquire a medical card for my family, and to start a poultry farm.

I expect to return my kids to the private school and improve livestock farming by giving them more feeds.

My new goal receiving these payment from GD is to start a poultry farming which will supplement my income to from my tailoring business. I intend to start this so that it can help me generate income through sale of eggs thereafter use the money for buying food for my family.

I am no longer stressed since I received these payments from Give Directly. Now I can easily buy chemicals for spraying my tomato crops and am assured of good harvest since I can control diseases easily.

I expect in the next six months I would be using motorcycle for transport as at now I walk for long distance on foot. This takes much time and believe with the tomatoes I planted with GD money will help me get a good harvest and in return a good profit to meet my daily expenses.

The biggest different I my life is that now am busy throughout the day.I spent time working in my farm taking care of tomato plants I planted using GD payments. If it would not have been GD to support me I would be forced to spent much time looking for money and have less time with my family.