Four months ago, I was nearly closing down my fish mongering business because the markets were not responding quite well which negatively impacted on my profits. I, however, managed to turn things around by boosting the business further and so far the profits have been trickling in as expected.

I have a plan of buying around three goats which I will be rearing because I know they will be of benefit in the future when they start giving birth to more offsprings. The more they give birth, the better things will be, because I will sell them out just in case I run out of finances especially money needed for school fees payment for my kids.

Right now I am able to boost my business easily unlike before when my business could collapse easily especially when there is a downturn in the markets.

My business which will keep on generating money for me on a day to day basis and based on the amount of money I will be making, I will need to make savings which of course I will later use to take care of the financial needs of the family.

Initially, I used to do business and at some point, my business could go down but then reviving the business was such a hectic job. Things have however taken a turn so far, thanks to the cash transfers that I have been getting from the organization. Today I am so sure my business cannot go down completely because I will have some little cash to keep it afloat by adding more stock from time to time using the monthly transfers.

I want to buy a few goats in the foreseeable future with the aim being that by the end of the year, the population size of the stock should have increased significantly. Come next year, I may have a heavy school fees burden considering that one of my kids will be joining High school and of course that comes with an increase in fee budgets.

I have been able to see changes in my life because I was able to start a small scale business which I now fully depend on. I used to ask for money and financial help from close friends and relatives who also became tired at some point. The good thing is that I have not been asking for any help from anyone in the recent past because I am now able to live independently, thanks to my business.

I expect to buy more goats in the near future which I know will eventually give birth to more offspring as time goes by. The good thing about it is that when the population of the livestock increases, I will then have an opportunity of selling out some of them and then buying a cow instead. The advantage of buying a cow is that it is able to provide more milk than a goat and of course if I sell out its calves I will be able to get more money than when I sell a goat.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago since I do not have to do hard labor such as making charcoal and weeding for people for small pay. My business currently generates good profit and I can with ease raise money to pay school fee for my children. Moreover, I can buy them shoes and school stationeries with less struggle.

In the next four months, my additional goal is to buy a cow. I intend to keep it and from it, I shall be able to get milk for my household's consumption. In the event I completely lack money for my children's school fee, I shall consider selling it to raise some money to educate them. This will make my children be independent thus they will not be idle to join any group that may mislead them in life.

The biggest difference in my life in the last four months is that I have not been stressed up due to lack of money. Before I started my business, I was always in financial lack thus I was always stressed up since I could not support my child as I wished. Consequently, I am able to generate some income from my business thus I do not need to borrow money or ask for financial support from anyone.

In the next six months, I expect my lifestyle to greatly improve thus it will change for the better. My business will continue to grow and from it, I shall raise more money which I shall invest in livestock and poultry farming. My sources of income will thus be diversified because when I shall be in need of money, I shall comfortably sell one of the animals.

Four months ago, I was really struggling to provide for my family which meant hard labour jobs for long hours, but with the business that I now have,things have become a lot easier.

I am planning to take a loan so that I can buy more livestock(Goats) and use my next few payments to clear the loan.

With the monthly payments that I have been receiving from Give Directly, I have been able to easily take care of my family requirements without so much of a struggle like I did before.

I am planning to quit my current business in the next six months so that I can start a more profitable and a less tedious one like opening a boutique.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am more self - dependant since I have boosted my business with the transfer and my income has doubled as compared to before hence I no longer borrow from my neighbor .

In the next six months I expect to have started practising small livestock rearing.

Currently my life is different in that I am more self - dependant since I have boosted my business with the transfer and now my income has doubled as compared to before hence I no longer borrow from my neighbors .

My new goal is to expand my business more as I had started with the ealier transfer.