The difference in my life in the last four months is that my children are not always sent home for school fees anymore. I have always had food on the table for my family. This is because I have been using the transfer to pay my children's fees arrears bit by bit on a monthly basis. This has been helpful because I have cleared the major part of their arrears which has given me an easy time with the teachers. Secondly, I have always used the transfer to buy food in bulk on a monthly basis which has also helped me in feeding my family. They have never missed food.

In the next four months, I wish to start a hotel business. I would not continue suffering through farming as it is the cases now. I would want to have a stable source of income and since I cannot get any employment, I have decided to start a business to help me meet my family needs in time with easy.

In the past, I used to farm using local seeds without fertilizer. This was not productive at all because I used to get 2 sacks as my main harvest. I felt I used to overwork and would get very little. The harvest would not sustain the family until the harvest. Ever since I started receiving these transfers, I was able to buy farm input such as hybrid seed and fertilizers which I used on my farm. I am glad my harvest has really improved from 2 sacks to 6 sacks which have changed my life in a great away.

My plan for the next six months is to save my transfer. The reason for saving is to enable me to get the resources needed to start a hotel business. I would want to use the savings to buy equipment and stock to start the business. I know through the business, I will not struggle anymore financially.

I now own a few livestock all thanks to GD. I never had any and never thought I would ever own them any time soon because I mostly depend on casual jobs that cannot raise enough to buy even a goat. I am happy that I have managed to buy two goats and a few chickens using these transfers which is a great way to start off on livestock keeping.

As we are in the farming season, I will spend most of my next transfers to hire labourers to help in the weeding of my farm in good time. This is because the farm is too large for my family to weed as we have been struggling in the past. It took us a lot of time to weed it therefore generally affecting our overall harvests.

During the beginning of the year, it is usually very dry making casual jobs such as farm jobs not available at all. This usually makes it hard for those who depend on such jobs as me to make enough money for family needs. Over the past four months though, life has not been as hard as other years because of the money that I have been receiving from GD. My family has never gone hungry because we are able to plan with the monthly transfers and even borrow in confidence whenever we are totally broke because we know we'll clear the debt at the beginning of the month.

With the great plans I have put in place for my farm this season, I anticipate a bumper harvest which I know will we use for a long time and even have extra to sell to raise more income.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that, I managed to paid school fees for my daughter on time. I am stress-free since I know that she will not be sent home due to fee arrears. I also ate well unlike before where I could skip some meals.

My new goal is to hire workers who will prepare my farm on time. I also plan on purchasing hybrid seeds which match with the climate and that will translate to good produce.

The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months is that we have enough produce which we still eat to date. I had invested so much in farming which bore fruits because of the grains that I greatly harvested. I am a happy person because I no longer buy most of the foods which are normally expensive. Previously, it was a real hustle because I did not have money to hire workers. I just struggled to till the land by myself and due to this, I could lag behind. Those were the tough days where we could skip meals but right now we get all the meals. Thanks to GiveDirectly.

I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have invested in farming with the main goal of having enough food for my family. I will also venture into poultry farming simply because it has a ready market in our village and from this, I am sure of getting extra income that I will channel towards taking care of the basic needs which have been a burden on my side.

I am able to pay for children school fee comfortably without too much strangle as before.

My new goal is to start poultry keeping as my future investment.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that l am eating very well and comfortably because l spent the GD money on farming last season and got enough produce.

In the next six month l expect to have started poultry farming.

My new goals are plastering my floor , go on with poutry keeping and buy goats .

My life is currently different than it would have been if I had never received the transfer in that, I feel at peace because Ieasily manage to put food on the table table unlike before where I had to struggle .

I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have already ventured into poultry farming hence my family would be able to eat eggs and I can even sell the hens to buy whatever is needed in my house.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that my family can eat well unlike before where they could go hungry due to lack of money which is a great relief.