My new goal for the next four months is to save money and pay school fees for my children so that they will be able to pursue their dream without any interference. I am also planning to purchase a goat for rearing purposes and as a way of investing.

Previously, my children used to be sent home for school fees frequently. This really affected their performances but I had no option because my casual job was not generating adequate income. Upon receiving this transfer the biggest difference in my daily life is that I was able to settle the school fees arrears and now my children are confidently going to school with no worries of being sent home for school fees and their performance has improved so well.

In the next six months, I am certain that I will have bought a goat and my children will be having school fees. This will make me a happy man.

Through the transfers I got from Give Directly, I was able to raise enough money to purchase building materials that I used to construct a new house. My life has changed a lot as a result of this since I can now afford to sleep comfortably. We no longer get distracted during the winter season because we now have an ironed roofed house. In addition to that, I was able to clear the school fees for my child. This enabled him to sit for his examinations.

I managed to complete building a new house although the money I had was not enough to plaster it. I, therefore, have a new goal to save some money so that I can use it to purchase cement and sand which I'll use to plaster the house. Since plastering is a long term solution to constant repair of the mud-walled house. I believe the house will last longer compared to the house I was living in previously.

Previously I used to live in an old house that was in a very bad condition. I could always be rained and I really dreaded the winters season. The house I had was a grass-thatched with a leaking roof. Being that grass is currently scarce, it was hectic and expensive to repair it. I'm glad this is not the case anymore because through the Give Directly transfers I was able to purchase building materials (iron sheets, nails, timber) which I have already used to construct a new house.

Farming is the most lucrative income-generating activity in our area. My neighbors have been getting good farm produce through the help of One-Acre-Foundation. Therefore, I have plans of joining the foundation with the hopes of getting a good harvest. I will keep a few bags until there is high demand and then sell it when the prices and demand are higher. I believe this business will be able to sustain me and meet most of my needs and goals.

I have accomplished several goals ever since Give Directly came into our lives. Not only do I feel proud for relieving my spouse from the struggle of smearing the house with cow-dung despite her old age but also managed to buy a few cattle. I was able to cement our house with the previous transfers. Apart from that I also bought a few goats. I consider this as an investment because goats gives birth to multiple young ones and they also give birth twice a year. I thank Give Directly for giving me the support to accomplish all these within a short period of time.

I have always considered cows as an investment worth risking for because they provide milk both for family consumption and for sale. In addition to that they multiply within a short period of time. For the next four months of my life I have a new goal of saving some money so that I can use it to purchase a few cows. I the space and technique to keep the cows. I have all it takes to own one its only that I did not have the means to buy them. I am glad I will soon be among the few people who own cattle in this village

Both my spouse and I are old, we can't do heavy duties because our muscles are now weak. I always empathized with my wife whenever she had to look for cow-dung to repair the walls so that it could look presentable. She used to struggle so much to carry the dung from the cowshed then mixed it with soil. She used to force her self to do all these because she likes it when her surrounding looks neat and tidy. Since she did not have the means to employ someone, she had to do it by herself. I'm happy that she will no-longer go through the struggle again. This is because I was able to use the recent transfers to purchase cement and sand that I have already used to cement the house.

In the next six months, I expect to have saved enough money and bought a cow. Cows have several benefits that is why I am working very hard to achieve this goal. I know six months is enough to save the required amount to purchase a mature cow. I have already built a cowshed and collected several sacks of hay. I only need to accumulate more money and buy the cow.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because I had begun poultry farming with the transfers I received from GiveDirectly. I now own some hens and cocks which can fetch me some once they are sold. I had been longing to start a good poultry farm but could not due to the constant lack of money.

My additional goal in the next four months is to buy and own either a sheep or a goat. I am planning to add this to my flock so that I can have an increase in the number of the flock. This will be a form of investment which will help me later even to raise money for paying school fees for my children or use for an emergency.

In the last four months preceding the current transfer, the biggest difference in my life is owning an iron-roofed house. I saved my transfers and used them to buy iron sheets which I used to build my new house. I was previously living in a grass thatched house which was old, weak and leaky. It had taken quite a long time to renovate its roof since there were no mature grass available for use.

In the next six months, I expect to buy sand and cement to plaster the house I currently live in. For years we have been smearing its walls and floor with the cow dung but this is not easy since it always takes my wife a whole day to make the entire house. Plastering my house will relieve her from such a regular but tedious work.

These transfers have enabled me to start livestock farming which has always been my dream but was not possible because of little income.

I would like to use the shares I will get from the group savings in December to purchase a dairy cow which will be a great incestment of these transfers.

I mostly depend on casual jobs which usually don't provide enough money for my family's needs, but these transfers have really helped me reduce the burden because whenever I received them, I am able to purchase a few household requirements and even pay the monthly table banking charges. I am happy I no longer have to strain like I did before.

I am planning to take a loan from the group to renovate my house and I am sure that in six months time, the projects will be over and my family will be living in a better house.

My new goal is to own initially small livestock and finally cattle.This I could not plan before.

My general life is currently no different since I only received payment once.

In the next six months I expect my life to change in that my family will have a new kitchen and stop cooking from the outside, which has been a bother.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that GD payment enabled me buy planting fertilizer and maize seed on time, when it looked like I was going to delay. Consequently I Hope to get better harvest this time round.