My life is different. I have managed to build a house for my family as well as I can support the basic needs of my household something that I was not able to do before.

I am planning to build a kitchen that can act as a room for my children as well.

My son was very sick and needed to seek a dentist's consultation. The transfers came in handy for him this is because I had no money on me. I managed to take him to the hospital and the tooth that was causing him the pain was removed. Now he is at peace with less pain. I am now a happy mother.

In the next six months, I hope to build a kitchen for my household. This will be of great help as my children will also get a room to spend in during the night.

Buying new school uniform for my children has never been an easy thing for me in the recent past because being a widow, getting money to take care of all the financial needs of the family all by myself has been a stressful affair for me. My kids used to go to school, with tattered clothes which of course was quite embarrassing. However, so far, that has changed a lot because I am able to get them new clothes using the cash transfers that I have been getting from Give Directly.

I have a plan of building a new kitchen structure where the kids will be sleeping. My kids are growing up and I feel it is time for them to get their own privacy in their room where they can do their things privately. I no longer feel comfortable sharing the same roof with them at night.

Paying school fees for the children has not been a stressful affair anymore considering the financial help that I have been getting from the organization. Initially, my kids used to attend their classes on an on and off basis because the teachers could not allow them to be in school without clearing their school fees payment.

I expect to buy a domestic animal such as either a goat or a sheep which I will include into my already existing flock of domestic animals. The advantage of having these animals is that in the event that one runs into a financial crisis, then it becomes easy for me to offset the need by selling out the animals in exchange for cash.

The transfers have enabled me to keep my children neat and decent especially by being able to replace their school uniforms whenever they are worn out. Because it was so hard to buy new school uniforms before, I would always mend them on my own which did not look very presentable. I am happy that my kids don't have to go to school with patched clothes anymore because I can afford to buy them new ones.

Over the past few months, I have been purchasing iron sheets which I will use to construct a separate sleeping house for my children who are fast approaching teenage years. I want to keep on that path by buying the materials bit by bit untill I have enough to construct the house. I am getting very uncomfortable sleeping with the kids under the same roof and I am sure they do too because they have no privacy.

I am glad that the little money I have been receiving from GD has kept my family away from starvation that is mostly experienced during such months of the year. During these times, there are not casual jobs making it hard to earn a living especially if one depends on son such jobs just as I do. These transfers have enabled me to put food on my family's table even on those days that I am unable to get any job.

I hope that in the next six months, I will have gathered enough building materials to enable me to construct a separate house for my children so that they have the privacy they deserve as teenagers.

I now have a lot of floating cash which enables me to buy new clothes for my children so that they do not have to keep on wearing the same clothes week in week out, which is a bit uncomfortable and embarrassing.

I want to start a small scale business of buying and re-selling dagaa within the village. This is a business that I had tried pursuing before and I know it will be profitable for me.

I have been able to buy food for my children effectively ever since I started received the cash from the organization. My kids also have new school uniform which means that everyone has two pairs of uniforms so that they do not have to survive on one pair the week.

I expect to farm effectively using modern fertilizers which will see me get a bumper harvest and have enough food for my family.

My newest goal is to plaster the floor of my house.

My children have proper bedding, I now have a functional phone which I was given by Give Directly and I know I will soon have a bigger house since I have started buying iron sheet and my family will be comfortably accommodated.

I would really want to expand my house and pay school fees for my children in time so that they do not miss lessons when sent home for the same.

My children used to have difficult time when sleeping because they had a torn blanket and I was worried they could be affected by pneumonia but thanks to GD, they now sleep well in peace.