My life is currently different from the way it was four months ago in that I got an improved harvest this season which has made life easier. This is because through the transfers I got from Give Directly I was able to cultivate a bigger portion of my farm which led to improved harvest. Nowadays whenever I don't have money I can easily sell a few tins of the maize or beans instead of taking loans. Thanks to GD for making this happen. I am planning to keep most of the sacks I got until when the grains are out of season. I know I will get good money and do something tangible with it.

Currently, I'm staying in my dad's home. I always feel I'm under pressure because at my age I should be having my own home. I have a family also and my children have grown. They are past the adolescent stage which means they will soon need space where they construct their houses. I, therefore, have an additional goal to save the coming transfers and purchase the building materials which I'll use while constructing my home in my own compound.

The last four months have been easy in terms of meeting financial needs. The transfers I have been receiving from GiveDirectly have helped me a lot in meeting some of these demands on time. Previously, I couldn't afford to facilitate activities such as hiring laborers to plow my farm therefore in most cases, I would work on it on my own. This was not efficient because I ended up cultivating a small piece of farm. I would then get a very low harvest. I'm glad that through transfers I get from GiveDirectly, I was able to cultivate a three-acre farm which led to an improved harvest last season.

I'm currently saving some money for purchasing building materials that I'll use to construct my home. Staying at my parent's home with my age makes me uncomfortable. Neighbors have called me names and I have lost respect due to this. In the next six months, I believe that I'll have saved enough money and constructed my home. This will make me more independent, regain both my respect and honor back.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because l am eating well without missing a meal as compared to, before when sometimes I would go to bed without eating anything.

My new goal is to embark on a new project of putting up a nice, spacious and comfortable house that can easily accommodate my family. I am currently living in a small house that can barely have all of us fit in it. Moreover, the house is so old and in such a dilapidated state that it can collapse anytime, which makes it risky for us to continue staying in such a place.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that l have started buying building materials as I am preparing to put up a house in my own home, since I want where I am free to do my own development. I am also eating very comfortable because I am now able to save some money I am getting and spend to some on food.

In the next six months l expect to have bought quite a number of building materials and planning to put up my home.

For the last four months, I have bought a few domestic animals which I could not have bought were it not for the cash transfers from Give Directly. Being a peasant farmer, it becomes an uphill task to be able to buy these animals because they are so expensive.

I have a plan of making some savings every month so that I can able to pay some cash to the Kenya power company company so that they can drop their cables into my home. I am tired of using the kerosene lamps which are quite harmful to my health.

I have seen a lot of changes with the cash transfers because for one I have been able to buy ten new iron sheets which i started buying when the organization started sending us transfers one year ago. I need a new house because the one I live in currently is very old and keeps leaking excessively whenever it rains. The walls are so old so I have to keep on swabbing every time using cow-dung.

After the house will have been constructed within the next few months to come, I will get into a savings plan that will enable me to buy a few bags of cement and sand tat I will use to cement my house and make it a semi-permanent structure which can last for several years to come.

I have managed to buy more iron sheets and this makes me a happy man because this is an indication to me that I am soon getting closer to my dream of building a more spacious and strong new house that will accommodate my family members comfortably. I am also eating well due to bumper harvest we received during last season having spent well my transfer on farming, my health has really improved and I have even added more weight.

Currently, Iam still planning on how to build my new house which was my initial and greatest goal. Immediately I finish building the house, I wish to furnish it immediately with new sofa sets.

I no longer sleep hungry unlike before when we used to drink porridge for three consecutive days without eating ugali due to food scarcity. I have been investing my money in buying fertilizer, hybrid seeds and also hiring labour hence getting a bumper harvest. I have enough food to feed my family. We are now eating a well-balanced diet which has even in improved our health . I thank Give Directly for having changed my life.

I expect to have build my new and spacious house because that is my greatest dream. In the next six I months I will be staying in a more decent house. I also have plan of buying a new sofa set once I finish building my house I surely will be the proudest man in my village due to Give directly transfers after accomplishing all these.

I am planning to build a house for my family and acquire livestock to be rear in my compound. This will bring joy in my heart.

My life is currently different from how it would have been had I never received the transfer because now I do not struggle to get money thanks to the monthly income I get from give directly.

In the next six months, I will have build my house and bought livestock for rearing.

I have been longing to replace the roofing of my house but I could not because of lack of finances bu t now I am able to do so thanks to the transfers I received.