Currently, I have a fallback plan as I receive the transfers. I can invest more in income-generating activities udsing the transfers like farming. By hiring extra manpower, my farms are now well tended to which sees us harvest better and more proceeds. This we can sell to earn us income and also consume some to nourish our health. I have also been able to pay back some debts I had in the past and that has really made me relate well with my neighbours and relatives. I do not go around borrowing money anymore as I ma financially contented.

I have a new goal of buying building materials that I plan to use to build a new store for my farm produce. This will help in guarding and protecting my proceeds.

I have been uplifted financially as I am able to settle or fulfil my goals without having to borrow money from friends or family. I was able to pay the casual workers to plough my farm something I was not able to do in the past as I did not have a stable income to invest more in farming. I am also able to buy better maize seeds to help boost my farm proceeds and also bought bags of fertilizer to boost their growth. That is how different our lives are.

I expect to have built the store to keep the maize and other farm proceeds from the thieves who can steal them and also from stray animals and help in keeping a headcount of how much I have used and how much I have left.

There is a difference because for one, were it not for the transfers, I would not have been able to pay the casual laborers who have been helping me with the cultivation and weeding process in my farm. It is through their help that I am today able to be proud that I am going to get a good harvest within the next month.

My short term goal is to buy hybrid seeds and fertilizers which I intend to use in the coming planting season. My primary goal is to get enough harvest at the end of every season so that I can have enough food stock as I can. I know that in a family, once there is enough food in the house, then most problems remain sorted.

I would say that the biggest difference is that I have been able to finish the construction process of my house which had almost come to a complete stop. I have so far done the finishing bit including plastering both the interior and exterior parts of the house.

There are changes that are going to take place in my life because for one I will be able to pay my casual workers in a timely manner which of course will be a big motivation for them. Once they get their pay without delays, they will definitely do a good job on the farm, which will eventually translate to a good harvest at the end of the season. Once we have a good harvest, most of our problem will be solved because in the event that I run out of money, then I can easily sell out part of my stock in exchange for money.

With Gd transfers, I have been able to get hybrid seeds and fertilizers which has really improved my harvest for the last one year. I used to harvest one or two sacks of maize when I use my normal planting methods as before. Ever since I started receiving these transfers, I have been able to get a good harvest of six-eight sacks of maize per harvest. This has really helped to get enough food to feed my family and even sell the rest to raise money to solve other family needs. I know if I continue in the same direction, my life will change and I won't struggle anymore.

My new goal in the next four months is to buy hybrid seed and fertilizers to use on my farm. I have experience in farming where I have used improved farming methods such as fertilizers and hybrid seeds which have given me a good harvest to help me sustain my family needs by selling a surplus harvest to raise money for other financial needs.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving these transfers is that I have a new kitchen. I do have a small house which cannot accommodate me well with my family and even cook in the same house. In most cases, I have always had to cook from outside and it is difficult especially at night and during the rainy seasons. The new kitchen has created space in my home because my children no longer go to my neighbour's house at night to seek for a sleeping place. I am glad am not risking my children's life by walking at night. Even if I have visitors, I do not go about asking for a sleeping place from my neighbours anymore.

In the next six months, I would want to buy a goat or cow which I will name Give Direct. This will be a remembrance for what GD has done in my life and also as an investment for my family. I will sell its offsprings to raise money to handle other family financial needs.

The biggest difference in my life since I started receiving is that I am financially stable. I used to struggle financially because I depended on casual work for survival. The little I could get daily was too little to sustain our needs. Since I started receiving this transfer, I have been able to settle most of my family needs in time. I no longer have to beg for help from my friends as I used to. Give Directly has given me a new version of life.

In the next six months, I would want to ensure I pay school feess in toime for my children. If I sell opart of my harvest and add to the tramnsfers I get from Give Diretly, I would be able to achieve this so that my children cannot be sent home again.

Before I started receiving these transfers from Give Directly, I used to struggle through casual work and farming to make ends meet. My casual work would earn me very little which would support me on food mostly. I would work hard during planting seasons but without fertilizers, my harvest has just been the little I get of 3-4 sacks. When I received this transfer and bought fertilizers and hybrid seeds, I had a good harvest. In fact, the best in my life since I started farming. I managed to get 8 sacks of maize which was a miracle to me. I feel my hard work has been repaid with the help of Give Directly.

As we enter planting season next year, I would want to buy fertlizer and hybrid seed which I will apply on my farm. I have had a good experience on the same this year and I wiuld want to continue with the same next year.