My life is different from how it was in that, I am able to take care of my needs easily. I am also focused and ambition on meeting my goals. I have been able to allocate some amount of money on my investments which are; poultry farming and keeping goats. So far I can not complain because I get money from selling milk and eggs.

My new goal is to start a business probably selling maize. This business is a good one because most of the people are not doing it. I intend to buy maize at a cheaper price and sell them later on at a higher price when they will be in demand. I am a patient person and waiting for the right time for me to operate the business will not be a problem.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am able to take care of my needs easily. I was also able to buy goats and started poultry keeping with the transfer. So far I can not complain because I have been able to sell milk from the goats and eggs as well. Generally, my health has also improved because I eat a well-balanced diet by including milk and eggs in the diet as well as buying other kinds of food with the transfer.

My expectation in the next six months is to be a known entrepreneur in our village. Apart from the projects that I run currently with are; poultry and keeping goats, I want to start selling maize in bulk. I will be buying them when the prices are low and wait for the prices to rise them sell them. This will bring more income which will improve my living standards.

Currently, my life is different from how it was in that, I spend so much less on food but I am still able to eat well more than even before. Previously, I used to buy eggs daily for our use at home and this really costed me. I was able to start a poultry project and from this, I get a good supply of eggs for use as food and even sell the excess to my neighbors for an income. I am more peaceful that I no longer worried about how to feed my family unlike before where I could only depend on casual jobs which were unreliable to provide for my family.

I do not have a new goal. I still want to continue buying animals because when I have then under good care, they will increase in number and there are various benefits like getting milk and plough my farm. I will rest from the hard work of tilling my farm by myself.

Before I started receiving the transfer, I never had any hope of ever owning any livestock since I majorly engage in casual labor as my daily source of income. The proceeds from this casual jobs were meager that could barely sustain one with the basic needs hence thinking of having livestock for rearing only remained a dream. When I started receiving the transfer, I was able to save and bought a young calve and sheep. The biggest difference, therefore, is that I am so happy to own the animals that I had yearned for a long time and I have understood that no situation is permanent.

In the next six months, I expect my life to change in that, I will have added more animals and that the few that I recently bought would have grown. I also expect that the production from my farm for both milk and eggs would have improved and that it would lead to improved profits from proceeds after the sales. I pray that all these will help me improve my financial strength, that I can look after my family well. I expect our general lifestyle to have improved for the better.

Currently, my life is different in that I able to earn an income from the business and using the profits to meet the basic needs and even pay school fees for my child in school unlike before where I could struggle so much and the little I could get was only enough for food.

My new goal is to join a merry go round group in our village to save some money and expand my existing business.

I was employed as a house worker. This casual job would earn me a small income which was not enough to cater for food and school fees for my child. My child would be sent home to collect school fees and this was affecting their performance. When I started receiving the money from GiveDirectly I started my own business which I earn a daily income. Therefore the biggest difference in my daily life is that I am able to buy enough food for my family and at the same time pay school fee using the profits from the business hence I no longer struggle so much. My child is no longer being sent home for school fees and the performance has improved so well. I am so grateful for the support.

I expect in the next four to have expanded my business using the saving from the merry go round group and this will earn me an extra income to meet other basic needs.

My life is currently different from how it was in that, I was able to combine effort with my parents and used the amount on purchasing a sheep and a calf.

My new goal is to buy iron sheets which I intend to use in building a kitchen and an animal shed too.

The biggest different in my daily life in the last four months is that I managed to start my business hence nowardays I get more money unlike before where I could depend on casual jobs which could pay less.

I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have started drinking milk from our cow. I believe that my health will have improved too.

To buy two cows to cultivate land for people and be able to save school fees for my children.

My life is different because i do not have stress as am more happy and expecting to fulfill my life goals as i will be receiving transfers monthly.

My life is different because i do not have stress and i can reach my plans smoothly as my life is made easier.

The biggest difference in my daily is that am happy because i now look forward to receiving the transfers every month.