In four months’ time, my new goal for my life is to ensure that I plant more maize that will sustain both my family’s feeding and commercial aspects. One way that I will ensure that I do not struggle in provision of food for them is to ensure I do maize farming on large scale.

The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months is that I am currently doing subsistence farming on large scale courtesy of the amount that I get. When the transfers came, I channeled everything towards procuring farming inputs which include seeds, fertilizer and hired labor. Had it not for the starting capital that I got from the organization, I wouldn’t have begun this vital farming that is both commercially and domestically advantageous.

In six months’ time, I expect to have bought a cow which should be a dairy one for one important reason – milk. I hope that once the cow has calved, I will be in a position to have plenty of milk both for family use and for sale. Selling would mean that my family would not be struggling with daily needs provision since we will be using the money we get from the sale of milk.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that I no longer spend much of my time doing the casuals jobs in the village like I used to do before. I have devoted all my time on my farm and it has given me a good harvest which I sell the surplus at the market to earn an income.

My new additional goal for the next months is to expand my acre of farming and introduce new crops like tomatoes and peas which takes a shorter time to be harvested.

The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that I have improved on my farming skills and the scale of production. Currently, I do planting at the right time because I have the money to buy fertilizers and seeds unlike before where I could struggle so much in doing the casual jobs to get the money to buy seeds. Nowadays I have a good harvest, my family has enough food to eat and we no longer spend much on buying food at the market like before. I earn an income by selling the surplus at the market to meet the additional basic needs of my family and also to pay school fees for my children in primary school. I have dedicated all my time on my farm I no longer do the hard jobs in the village like before. we have enough time with my family for bonding unlike before while the casual jobs could take all day long. I'm so happy for the support.

I expect my life to change in the next six month in that I will have saved enough money from the sales of my farm produce and I will be in a good position to buy a dairy cow. This will cut the cost of buying milk.

I am a very able young man in that I am able to buy cattle feeds for my dairy cow. I use some of the money I get to buy grass and molasses. The good feeding program ensures that I get the highest quality and quantity of milk from the project. This source of income is very much better than the menial jobs that I had to seek every day. As a result of the constant decent income from selling milk, my family is well fed. there is no single day that we have had to sleep hungry in the last four months.

In the next four months, I plan to buy chickens to keep in my farm. I will buy several of them just to make sure that I begin taking the eggs to the market.

The biggest difference in the last four months happened when I finally bought a dairy cow. I sold a heifer that I had and topped the money with the one I got from the four GiveDirectly transfers in buying a lactating cow. I had been saving money from the four-month transfers to buy it. From the dairy cow, I get about 4 liters per day that are sold and apart of it is used for domestic consumption. It is now a good source of income unlike when I had to rely on wages form menial jobs.

In the next six months, I expect my life to change because I will have two extra sources of income from the dairy farm and the poultry keeping that I am about to sart.

My life is currently different because I am happier than before. I am assured that basics needs such as food will be catered for in my household using GiveDirectly funds.

I plan to buy goats in the next few months so as to sell them in future.

The biggest difference in my daily life is an improved standard of living. We have enough food and income generating ventures such as chicken and crops (potatoes).

I expect to have my farming booming in the next six months. I will continue planting more potatoes and beans for sale. I expect to have bought some goats too as an investment for future sale.

I am planning to buy broilers using the next transfer and built a poultry house for them.I am planning to buy a heifer and pay school fees by investing in merry go round group.

My life is currently different because am now happy that these transfer has reduced hunger and stress in my life.

I expect my life to change in the next six months because I will have started a poultry broiler project.I also expect to have started investing in a merry go round group towards buying own heifer.

The biggest difference in my daily life is having a phone which facilitates my communication because it is very clear and has no network technicalities.