My new goal is to continue saving money in a merry go round group. I intend to save towards buying a dairy cow.

The biggest difference that has happened in my life in the last four months is the savings that I have in a merry go round. It gives me hopes that I will be able to buy a dairy cow. I look forward to this day because I will be earning an income from selling milk. This hope keeps me going.

I expect to have increased my savings in my merry go round group. Since schools have been suspended, I will be adding the money that I would have used on fees and school supplies for my child into the merry go round group. This way I will be saving double the money that I have been saving in the past up to the time when the coronavirus pandemic will have subsided. I will have more savings in the next six months that I have ever had in any equal period of time.

My additional goal for the next four months is to be able to continue taking part in the merry go round and be able to use the money accrued from it to buy a dairy cow. I will use money collected from merry go round as well as that collected from selling my goats to buy a dairy cow that will enable me feed my family well and give them better living standards as well.

The biggest difference in my daily life over the last four months are the two goats that I have bought with the help of these transfers. I took part in a merry go round with other beneficiaries of these transfers and when I received money from GiveDirectly, I thought it wise to buy these goats and be economically empowered even in the future to pay school fees for my children.

In the next six months I expect my life to change in that I shall be more empowered economically once I buy assets with the help of these transfers. I plan to do this by buying livestock that will help me in meeting the cost of the daily basic needs as well as meeting any financial emergencies as well.

My life is currently different from how it four months ago in that I have been able to join college and pursue my dream course. As a result of this, my knowledge has widened as I have been able to learn new things which I did not know before. Also, I no longer take some of my clothes to the tailor to mend them as I can easily do so on my own.

I do not have any new ar additional goal in for the next four months as I am channeling all my transfers to my school fees. This is because I do not want to reach a point where am being forced to stop studying due to a lack of school fees.

The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that I have been able to pay for my school fees on time. I am glad since I will soon be able to acquire some skills which will help me to be self-employed. Being a tailor has always been my dream as I will be able to not only make and mend clothes for others but also socialize with different people.

In the next six months, my life will have changed in that I will be almost finishing my studies. I also believe that I will have learned and known so many things which will be useful after am done with my studies. Due to this, I will have made a major step towards achieving my life goals which seemed impossible before.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that I have joined college. I no longer do casual jobs in the village because I am now in school. I am glad I finally got an opportunity to turn my life around. Were it not for Give Directly I would have depended on doing casual jobs for the rest of my life. At least now there is hope for doing a more decent job

I do not have have any additional goal at the moment because I want to focus on paying my school fees. Since I will still be in school I won't be flexible enough to do much. But once I finish God willing I will maximize and size all the opportunities that come my way

The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that I have been able to save the money I received to pay my college fee in the last few months. to enable me to join college. This could have been so challenging because my parents cannot afford to pay my college fees. I have other siblings in school which also need school fees. I'm pursuing a course in tailoring. This will enable me to do my own job to earn an income to support my parents and siblings who are in school. I'm so happy because my dream of starting my own business will happen after I clear my college.

I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have started a small business. I am planning to open a retail shop near home so that it would support me in paying my school fees and even for my siblings. I am glad that I will be able to assist my parents. There is also hope for me finishing school and becoming independent.

Four months a go, I did not have a shop of my own. I could not sit down on my own and have any plans about my family or that of my future. I am now a happy person and a proud parent

In the next four months, I am planning to continue participating in the merry go round and pool my resources that will enable me buy a cow. With ownership of this cow, I am sure I will earn more respect from the community and be able to gather for any unforeseen or foreseen family needs at home. I am also looking forward to paying church tithes to thank God for the much support He has supported me through GiveDirectly.

In the last four months, I have been able to make all my contributions to the merry go round without much difficulties. I have used the proceeds from the merry go round to construct a new shop something that I have always desired to have and be self reliant. Although I have not been able to fully stock my shop, I am optimistic that in the near future I will be able to fully stock my shop and earn a better living with that.

In the next six months, I expect to be self reliant. At this time, I will be owning my own shop . It is at this time that I will be operating my shop.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that my farming practices have drastically changed and nowadays I am using a certified seeds unlike in the past when I would use the same seed right from the store which in turn would not do well.

In the coming six months I expect to have accumulated enough money to purchase a cow since my turn to receive the contribution from the group members would have come.

Currently I am a member of a self-help group which we have been contributing 1000 KES monthly - something which I never had before. This has enabled me to have a new goal to obtain my own cow in the near future.

A plan to purchase a cow in our household is a new goal I have gotten after receiving the transfer.