I have been planning to hold my late husband's memorial service in March this year since it is will be a year since he passed on. I have been saving some of my tranfers to help in the planning of the service but I do not have enough money for the budget yet, so I wish to keep saving the transfers to help with this plan. After the service is done, I will then shift my focus onto purchasing construction materials for the renovation of my house which is not in a very good condition.

The weather has not been so favourable over the past farming seasons which is why we did not harvest much from our farms. This has caused a rise in food prices especially maize that we mostly use as our staple food in this region. Without maize, most families usually face starvation, but I have been lucky enough to be receiving the transfers which have enabled me to purchase the maize even when it is too expensive for others to afford. I have never faced hunger all thanks to the transfers which without, I know life would be tough especially after the death of my husband who was the family's breadwinner.

My house is old and the iron sheets are rusty and leak in some areas. The walls have become very hectic to maintain through smearing because it needs to be done frequently which I can't keep up with due to my age. For this reason, I need to renovate the house entirely which is why I need to save to purchase the materials. I hope that in the next six months, I will have started saving and purchasing the required materials because this way,I will know whether I can do it or not.

My new goal in the next four months is to continue saving in merry go round and get enough money to carryout memorial service, so that I have peace with my family members and focus on other developments.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that since I started receiving the cash transfer I am able to provide for my family, since then I am always sure of getting three meals per day not like before when I used to go without food. I was also able to join development groups where I am able to save money and get it in lump sum which is enabling me to do something which are very constructive that I have been longing to do. I am also able to pay for my grandson school fee with ease without to much struggle as I used to do before.

In the next six months l expect to have done the memorial service and focused on other development and become stress free.

My life has improved in the last four months because I have been able to meet the family's needs without much struggle. I didn't have a reliable source of income previously and the little that I earned could barely meet the family's needs. I'm grateful to GD because through the transfers I have been able to budget well and meet the family's needs without much struggle.

I'm planning to hold a memorial service for my late husband after six months. Currently, the additional goal I have is to use the next transfers that I'll be receiving to put everything that I'll require for that occasion in place.

I didn't have a reliable source of income previously and the little that I earned couldn't at times afford a whole days meal. At times we were forced to go hungry without food. I'm glad through the GD transfers I have been able to comfortably afford a whole day's balanced diet for the family.

For the next six months, I have plans of organizing a memorial service for my late husband. My expectation is to have put all the resources that will be required on that day in place so that I won't borrow money from people for the occasion.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because l am able to eat and get sertisfied. I also have goat that l can sell when l have emergency.

My new goal is to buy goat which l will sell later and get money to conduct memorial service for my late spouse.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that, since l started receiving the money l always eat and get sertisfied, since l always buy enough food as compared to before when, l would buy very little food, so long as we have tested something it do not matter whether you are sertisfied or not.

In the next six months l expect to have improve my business since it is not doing very well

Right now I find it easy boosting my small scale business using the money that I normally get from GD. The business therefore is able to generate some little profits for me that sustains me together with my family.

I am planning to buy a number of chicks that I will rear and become a household name in the village. I had several of them but they all died one month ago due to a disease outbreak but I know I will bounce back to where I used to be before.

I have been able to buy food in bulk as opposed to the small quantity that I used to buy. most of the times I was forced to leave the food I wanted to buy due to limited finances but right now I am able to buy what my heart desires.

I want to buy two sheep that I will also rear within the compound and once they give birth in the future I will be able to sell them out and make some little cash out of such a business venture.

I am planning to rear livestock hence I will be purchasing them in bits as the transfers keep coming to me.

My life is currently different from how it would have been had I never received the transfer is I no longer have to toil to put food on the table .

In the next six months I will have set up a poultry project and I have enough food for my family.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from Give Directly is I am able to feed well without skipping a meal.