Our family has a small piece of land which is not enough to do large scale farming. With this in mind, my goal in the next four months is to save as much money as possible to enable me to purchase a dairy cow. Having a cow means my family will no longer spend some amount to purchase milk and so the amount that was to be used can be channelled into other family needs.

The biggest difference In my life currently is that I am happy because I have succeeded in initiating a poultry project. I chose to do this because poultry multiplies faster hence within a short time, the number will increase. Besides, It will generate income through the sale of eggs which will sort my personal needs.

My expectations in the next six months is that my life will have changed. Since the poultry project will have picked up so well, I expect a constant income from the sale of eggs. I also expect that by that time to have purchased the dairy cow hence we will no longer spend so much on purchasing milk since we will now have sufficient both for my family consumption as well as for sale

Being the only workforce together with my sister, providing for the entire family had always been a nightmare. I had been relying on menial jobs to meet the needs but the transfer has played a major role in aiding the family. Using the transfers, I have been buying food for the household as well as investing in more income sources especially in poultry keeping. I have also a maize stand on the farm that I established using earlier transfers. It is ready for harvesting and this will surely keep my family well fed for a really long time.

In the next four months, I plan to buy another cow in addition to one that I bought last year. This will be a heifer that I intend to raise it in order to become a milk producer. I will buy it using a part of the transfers and also from selling maize crop that Is almost maturing. I will put the money that I get from the farm that I did using a part of the transfers together with some of the transfers to come and buy another cow. This way, I will be getting a certainly bright financial future.

The biggest difference in my daily life is the new income stream from poultry keeping. With every transfer, for the last four months, I have been buying more and more chickens. I now have over 15 birds and the number is growing. The eggs I collect gives me about kes100 in the sale of eggs. I use part of the money to support my sister in providing for my family and meeting my personal needs. I feel proud that I am a part of my family's source of provisions unlike before when my sister was the only one who was providing for all of us.

In the next six months, I will have mastered the trade of keeping poultry. The income from the project will help me to invest more in maize farming for food in my household. These two investments including owning livestock will have empowered me financially. Meeting the household needs and those of mine will be easier and better done during the next six months and beyond.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that I am currently an independent person. I had always expected my mother to support me in everything single need in my life. I had always looked ashamed of asking for my personal basic needs from my mother at my age. I had been sometimes forced to forgo my needs due to the shame of asking for everything from my old growing mother. I am currently so happy since GiveDirectly has made me an independent person. I am so happy I can also help my family in the daily basic needs unlike before. I happier and have high self-esteem in my society since GD gave a phone. I had always look down upon myself when I was with my fellow youth since I was lack behind the digital world that fellow youths enjoyed. I can currently keep in touch with my friends, relatives and neighbors easily. I am happy that I live the really currently life due to GiveDirectly.

In the next four months, I have a goal in my life of buying a heifer since with GiveDirectly money I can afford one. I want to buy a heifer since I always see it as a valuable asset and will be simple and cheap for me to look after it since I will be looking after together my mothers cows.

The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months is the happiness that the heifer I bought using GiveDirectly transfer has given me. It is everyone's goal to acquire assets and grow financially in his or her life. I have always wished to see myself acquire assets as I grow but it has never been simple. I am a son of old window hence I am always forced to step in assist in family daily chores. I have no time to develop my own. I only rely on the little that I could be given by my mother for my personal basic needs. Saving has always been my dream but I had no source of income to help get what to save. Since I started receiving money from GiveDirectly, I have always saved some. Recently I used my savings to buy a heifer and I am so happy that I have an asset. I am always happy to see it grows.

In the next six months, I expect my life to be better than today in that I will be happier since I will have bought another heifer. I expect the one I bought recently to be about to calf this will always be my happiness and hope of good things in my life. I will be happy since my heifers will have grown hence will be of higher value than now which is always my dream.

My life is currently different because I have bought a young bull of which I could not before.

I am planning to a buy a dairy cow to boost milk production.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that these transfers have enabled me to acquire adequate food and I have started poultry farming.

I expect to have bought a dairy cow and hire a farm which will boost food production and income.