My new goal is to start growing maize for my family. I will buy hybrid seeds that are resistant to the disease that I hear experts calling it maize, lethal necrosis. I will buy maize seeds called DK 777 from a company called Monsanto. I will also buy planting fertilizer to ensure that the crop does well.

I have not been growing maize on my farm for the last 7 years. I made a lot of losses due to a certain disease. As a result, I have been forced to change to spring onion growing which cannot be used in place of maize as food. It means that I had to spend a lot of money to buy maize for consumption. I had to rely on menial jobs on a daily basis to feed my family. Since I started using the transfers to buy food, I have gotten relieved from the torturous menial labor on other people's farms. I now feel that I have a better life than four months ago.

I expect to have produced enough food for the next year. I will have harvested maize and will have grown potatoes and beans. I think I will be living better life free from hunger and stress.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that my family no longer lack some of their basic needs. In addition to this, I am no longer living on debts since I can afford most of our basic needs. Sometimes, finding some casual work to do is a challenge but I have been able to meet our daily needs using my transfers and the little money I usually get from doing some menial jobs.

At the moment, I am planning to fully utilize my farm by planting some potatoes and onions. I prefer this kind of investment since I believe that I will have a good harvest compared to someone who will opt to plant maize. After the harvest, I will sell my produce at our nearby town and invest the money in dairy farming.

The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that I usually take three meals a day despite the economic challenges I go through. This is a season where everyone buys maize flour in our region because we hardly harvested last season due to the large infestation of fall Armyworms in our farms. Being able to afford three meals a day without much struggle has always given me a reason to worker harder so that I can be able to save some money to use in case of an emergency.

I expect my life to change in the next six months in that my family will be feeding well. I am also hoping that I will have a plentiful harvest of potatoes and onions. I will sell them and use the money to buy a dairy cow. Investing in dairy farming has always been my prayer as it will enable me to cut the cost of buying milk daily.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that I currently have humble minds since we always have enough food in my family unlike before when could some times in a year go hungry. I currently engage in less casual jobs since GD has given me support hence through monthly transfer hence have more time to relax.

In the next four months, the new goal that I have for my life is to start poultry keeping since I find it affordable for me to start and maintain it. I choose to start poultry farming since sales of eggs can help me meet my household basic need easily at the same we can consume.

I live in a small piece of land that I use for subsistence farming. Even though I always engage in farming my farm returns have not been enough to sustain my family to subsequent harvesting season hence I am some times left with nothing in my stores. These have always been straining to me since I have no other source of income. I had always been forced to go hungry with little to eat. In the last four months, I have been so happy since the GD transfer has enabled me to provide enough food for my family on a daily basis unlike before. I am happy with humble minds since my family can't stay hungry again like we used to.

My life will be better than today since I expect to have started poultry farming hence will be earning from through eggs sales. I will be in a better position to always give my family better access to basic needs since will be generating my own income. I will be incurring fewer debts unlike now I have no other source of income.

Currently, I can afford to buy food for my family. Before I use to seek casual jobs to get money for purchasing food which was tiring and I could get meager wages that were not even enough to take care of other needs too.

Before Give Directly came to our Village I didn't have any goals in life but right now am planning to build a better poultry house and add more chicken so that I can have a sustainable and continuous source of income which will help me to take care of my daily needs.

Before my life was very difficult as I could not own anything. Right now I see the biggest difference in my life because I managed to buy some chicken which has help me generate some income by selling eggs. The money which I got from sale of eggs I do spend to buy sugar and other basics needs.

In the next six months, I expect to expand my farming by planting more onions with an intention of getting more income.