My life is different from how it would have been four months ago in that I have new household items such as utensils, seats and tables. I got married and since then I have been using the items I got in the house. I have not been able to buy new ones because of my low income from casual work. I feel I have neglected my house and the condition of my items have not been very pleasing. This is why I chose to use part of my monthly transfers to buy the items. I feel the house is new because of the new items I bought with the transfers. Thanks to GD for bringing the change in my life.

My new goal in the next four months is to help my husband buy cows which he will use in paying my dowry. This is because we got married three years ago and because of low income from casual work, he has not been able to pay dowry. This has caused us the relationship with my parents. Before things get even worse, I would like us to sort the issue and restore the peace and good relationship we had before.

In the past, before the transfers, I used to struggle to raise money through casual work of ploughing other peoples' farms. To meet all my needs, we used to depend on the small income from casual work. In most cases, my children would be sent home for school fees arrears regularly because I was not able to clear the balances in time. They would stay at home for as long as a month as I was still looking for the money to pay. Ever since I started receiving these transfers, I have been paying their fees arrears bit by bit. Right now, I have not cleared their balances but they are rarely sent home for their balances. I am glad the shame has been taken away by GD.

In the next six months, my life will change in that I will have plastered my house. I used part of my transfers to buy building material which I used in building a new house. Due to strong winds in my area, I would want to plaster the house to make it durable and strong for the winds. I would also want to stop smearing on a monthly basis since it is time-consuming and tiresome. Plastering the house will make it look presentable.

My life is currently different from how it was since I now have a homestead. This means freedom, privacy and more so growth. Before I used to live within my inlaws homestead which did not allow me to make certain decisions in terms of development.

I am planning to start raring livestock now that I have my own home. There is enough space and freedom to do so.

Previously I had been living in my parent-in-law compound. It was good to have family around but I longed for growth. A place I call my home. So I had plans of building a home but resources were not adequate. But thanks to GD's transfers I now live in my own homestead and this makes me a happy person.

I am looking forward to raring livestock given that I have my own compound and freedom of space. This will be a dream come true. I have longed for this ever since I got married to my husband.

Previously, I relied on casual jobs which majorly included cultivating my neighbours' farms for a living. This source of income wasn't giving me much hence we were living a life of hand to mouth and investing in different projects would not be possible for that case. Therefore my life is currently different in that I have been able to supplement my income with the monthly transfers meaning budgeting for my family's needs is now easier and also engaging in other development projects such as a goat that I recently bought in the last two months.

My new goal in the next for months is to save and from the saving, I will use to put up a store for storing my farm produce mainly cereals hence I would no longer have to use the sitting room as the storage area in the harvesting seasons.

Previously, I relied on casual jobs meaning the income was meagre that couldn't sustain my family's needs that majorly includes cultivating my neighbours' farms. The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months is that I have been able to buy a goat with the savings from the transfers. This goat in the unforeseeable future once their population increases significantly, I will be able to sell some of them and cater for emergencies which would crop up. Keeping animals such as a goat also comes as a source of pride according to our culture and tradition too.

I expect my life to change in the last six months in that I have cultivated my farm through hiring workers and the result for it is being able to cultivate a bigger parcel of land unlike before when I used to cultivate by hand. After the harvesting season, I am certain of getting enough food for my family and even sell the surplus to earn an income to meet other household needs.

My life is different from how it was four months ago because I am now able to pay school fee for my children with ease. I normally make sure that every month I make a bit of some savings to enable me pay fees for my children so that they spend most of their time concentrating on their studies.

I am planning to save some cash so that we can buy a cow and a goat that my husband and I will use as a dowry payment that we expect to take place within the next coming four months. I hope this will come to pass and make the union legal according to the customary laws.

I have been able to buy so many iron sheets using the cash that I have been receiving from the organization. Had it been that I was not getting the help from the organization, then right now even building a new house would have remained a dream for a long time to come.

I will have built a new house which means that my family will have a more spacious and house that accommodates everyone comfortably. Additionally, my husband and I plan to go for dowry payment like our tradition dictates. This will seal our marriage and probably just make it a recognized union by both families.

The biggest difference in my daily life is the ease I have gotten in purchasing the iron sheets. I do not have to work so hard to get the money with the menial wages I get.

In the next six months,I expect my dowry to have been paid and b that time I will staying in my own compound.

My life is currently different in that I have iron sheets,something that was so hectic for me before. I have also managed to buy a few of my household items and that I lacked before.

My new goal is to ensure my husband pays my dowry as required of us by traditions.