We have decided together with my spouse to save our next transfer so that we would spend it to buy a heifer. We believe that when we got one it will mature after some time and when it lactates we will have milk for consumption and for sale. This would diversify our source of income through the sale of milk.

In the last four months, we acquired some good beddings which have improved our comfort in our home. After a long day of work, we got to have a good rest. Nowadays, I woke up feeling fresh unlike before when I would experience back pains which would be as a result sleeping on a thin mattress and some piece of clothes on top. Now I have a good mattress and blanket which I bought with the transfers which I received from Give Directly.

In the next six months, I would have upgraded my business from selling chicken to selling goats and sheep. This would enable me to earn more profit which would empower me to do much more and meet my daily expenses with less struggle.

As compared to the past four months, there is really a very big difference in my life currently. At then I never had a new house which I have just completed constructing now; Our search for foodstuff in our household was really hard but now we are producing our own foods on our farms. Before we were buying almost all foods but when we started our farming, we grew a lot of vegetables which we have been consuming as well as selling some. This has really earned us a lot of profit which we use in purchasing other household goods. We are also happy that we art now living comfortably in our newly built house with enough space for us all. All these differences are due to the monthly transfers we have been receiving.

After completion of the construction of the new house, I have an additional goal to purchase a heifer. We have been buying milk for such a long time and it's a good time now that we start developing our own livestock. I have good fields in our home which can be good for rearing livestock but I have not been able to purchase one. Now that I am receiving transfers from GiveDirectly, I am able to save some money out of it to a point of buying a heifer. In our village, we have some formed groups where members do rotational contributions to individual members. I have joined one of the groups and the rate we are going by is 2000 KES every month. This will help me a great deal when my turn comes since a total contribution to an individual in our group is 14000 KES. this will enable me to realize my goal.

The biggest difference in my daily is the new house which we have constructed in our household. It has been our greatest hope that we find resources to construct a new house since the one we had been living in was too old and small to accommodate the whole family. On receiving GiveDirectly money, I saw it good to start constructing no matter how small it was. I did the construction bit by bit due to the scarcity of resources and I thank God that I am almost done. I started sourcing timber and other woods then bought the iron sheets much later when I was doing the roof. Although it is not fully complete, we are already living in it since we are only left with floors, windows, and. the next phase in my construction is to plaster the floors since I have bought the cement and sand for the same.

Now that I have accomplished the projects which were more crucial to our lives, I have plans to go on working hard to see that I change my life completely. In the next six months, I expect to have purchased a heifer as I have planned now. In addition to that, I have another plan which I want to venture in. This is starting of a small business. Our home area is characterized by shrubs and many members in the village are keeping goats. Starting a business to buy and sell them will be the best fit for me since they are always available for sale and have a ready market. These are the changes I expect to make in the next six months among others.

Initially, I used to depend only on the income from the farm produce. This mostly could be affected by drought thus the income was low. Having a low income means my children could not get school fees and enough food. With the transfers, I managed to purchase livestock using the money which helps me not to depend only on farm produce as the only source of income.

My new goal in the next four months is to start a small business of buying and selling goats. I will use the transfer to buy one every month and resell it at a higher price giving me some profits.

The biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that I did not had enough food but now I have. I am a subsistence farmer. My farm produces was mostly affected by drought thus I could not harvest any. This was my only income. Having money from GiveDIrectly means that I have another source to fall back on for a living.

I expect in the next six months to have improved my house. I will manage this by using the income from the small business trading in livestock and that of the farm produce.

My life is currently different because I now have adequate food,clothes and blankets unlike before which was difficult to access before.

I am planning to save towards buying a heifer because it will grow and multiply and produce milk.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that these transfers have enabled me to built a new two roomed house.

I expect to have started a poultry and sheep business to boost my income source.

My new goal receiving this payment is to build a house for my family. As a growing family currently the house we have is not enough but with the help of GD, am planning to buy building materials to construct a better house. Before I was straggling to feed my family but now with the transfers we are able to get money for food and for buying building materials.

Currently we are living in harmony and we are more happy as some time we would argue due to luck of money for use. Since we got the transfers from Give Directly I spent part of it to buy food and that we now have less arguments unlike before we got the transfers.

I expect in the next six months I would have build a house for my family to live in. I am currently living in a smaller house and my family is growing.

The biggest difference in my life is that now I can sleep well on a mattress with a warm blanket. The money I got from GD, i spent to buy a mattress, blanket and food. These were the major challenges that we had but now I and my family are happy spending on a mattress unlike before when we were spending a night on a cow skin.