Yes, I have a new goal where I want to buy a dairy cow so that I can get enough milk both for family consumption and income generating.

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I spent KES 53000 to buy a half an acre piece of land. Previously, I had a half piece of land and I used to do farming on a quarter piece of acre because it's the same piece of land that I have build on. My desire was buy an acre but I was not in a position to raise enough money because the profit that I earning from my boutique was only enough to cater for my family needs. When I was enrolled into the program, my goal was to buy land and I was able to achieve that as I used two of my transfers to buy land. I'm happy that I will be able to harvest enough food for my family during rainy season.

I was at home taking breakfast with my wife when I received a message that confirmed the receipt of my first transfer. I was very excited to receive such a huge amount since I had been hoping to change a lot in my household. My wife was also very happy when she got the news, and since I was getting ready to leave the house to the market that day, I decided to withdraw the whole amount and planned that evening with my wife on how best we will spend.

The instant slash of the cost of buying milk after buying a good breed of a cow has brought the biggest difference in my daily life. I had been working extra hard in my daily chores but unfortunately, I could not save since I had been spending the extra coins on buying milk daily. I am glad that the cow that I bought has been providing enough milk for my family of two and also a surplus that we can sell to the neighborhood to earn some income.

After several years of buying milk and sometimes obtaining some from my parents, the transfer I received opened a way that saw us obtain a lactating cow worth KES35000. With the family of two, we are currently enjoying enough supply of milk and even able to sell some every morning to the neighbors who have no cow yet. My wife had also been having an idea of establishing a poultry project. Since we had factored in after receiving the transfer, I had to construct a chicken coop and funded her project with KES5000 that she used in purchasing 15 indigenous breeds of chicken. The project is doing so well at the moment that she had been able to sell some eggs that have boosted her saving plan. I also injected KES15000 into my clothing business. I had been sourcing second-hand clothes from the large vending stores around and selling them at a profit in the markets I had been visiting daily. The project has given me a renewed hope of widening the profit margin as I had been dependent on it for a long time now. I also spent the remaining amount on obtaining a sack of maize at KES2700. I am glad that everything went as we had planned, and we are looking forward to the second transfer that will help us in starting other new projects.