With the expansion of my main house and constructing a separate house for my male grandchildren to sleep, I am so relieved that they do not have to squeeze in a small space. I also bought layer chickens with part of my first transfers which have now started laying eggs that I can sell for an extra income or even use for family consumption. This has generally improved our daily feeding habits as we can get money to buy our daily needs.

My main aim was to enlarge my house and construct a separate kitchen and a sleeping area for my grandchildren which I already did. I am contented with that, but if I can manage to raise extra resources, then I would love to plaster the houses for durability and presentability. This, however, may not be easy due to my low income.

When I received these transfers, I decided to construct a new kitchen and enlarge the main house which was very tiny and could not comfortably contain my large family. I have five grandchildren who all had to sleep in the living area because there was no extra room for them so sleep, but now, the boys can sleep in the new kitchen while the girls sleep in the extra bedroom in the main house. I feel much more at ease because my grandchildren now have privacy and I do not have to wake them up very early even during the weekends to clear the room in case any visitor arrives.

With what I am currently earning from the sales of the eggs that are produced by the layer chicken I bought using my first transfer, My desire is to improve the project by adding more chickens and constructing a chicken pen where they can be confided and turn it into a huge project that will be able to produce enough eggs to supply to the entire village.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly is that, I am relieved of selling my farm produce to take care of my daily needs since after selling them, I had to buy the again after sometimes at a higher price which was expensive.

I expect my life to change in the next six months is that, I will have managed to restolk my wife's business and I will also be doing well in farm work.

My life is currently different from how it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, I could not have managed to renovate my kitchen by extending it and fixing iron sheet roof.

My new goal is to cement my house so as to relieve my wife from smearing it which is normally hectic.