My life is different from how it was in that, it is my first time to own a cow. This has made me relate well to my neighbors. They used to deny me milk even when they had it in plenty due to their selfish reasons. I always thought they should consider people like me who did not have cows. I am happy I own one I will always subsidize the prices to the less privileged. I also feel good because I no longer waste a lot of time going from one homestead to another comparing price to check whether I can find someone who can sell milk to me at a lower price. I now have enough time to do other household chores.

I loved some principles that GiveDirectly used while conducting their work. There was no discrimination at all. Giving us the freedom to make our decisions to plan on how to use our money was the best thing. The officers were friendly and made us ask all the questings that we had.

I spent part of my transfer to purchase a dairy cow. I decided to buy one so that I would stop buying milk. This would greatly help me cut my daily expenses. True to my word, I have managed to save a lot. Instead of spending, I am earning money through the sale of milk from this cow. This is much better than being a housewife. I am glad that I do not depend on my husband to carter for everything but help him meet some of the household needs. Additionally, I bought two water tanks. Having them has saved me the time that I used to spend to and from the river which was far off. To add to that, the water is also clean. I was also lucky to build a cowshed. The transfer has transformed my life and it is my first time to own cows.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a dairy cow. I used to buy milk from my neighbors and it was so costly for me because I depend on the casual jobs in the village. A time we could miss to get casual jobs and this could mean that we could go without milk and breakfast. We do casual jobs in the village and the amount of money that we get through this kind of jobs is so small and cannot gather for all the basic needs and school fees for our children. Currently, I no longer buy milk and the money that I could have used to buy milk I use it to buy seeds for planting on my farm. I am so happy for the support it has changed my living standard. My children are now happy because they no longer miss having milk and breakfast as before.

The moment when I received my money I felt so happy. It was very early in the money when I heard a message from my phone and when I checked it, I felt so happy because I have never received such amount of money before. I informed my spouse who was equally so happy. We knew we would be able to buy a dairy cow and cut the cost of buying milk daily.

I spent my first transfer on buying a dairy cow , This is because I used to buy milk from my neighbors and it was so costly for me. The rests of the money I used it to buy utensils, clothes and food for the family.