My life is different from how it would have been four months ago in that I have a solar system. I had desired to have a solar system in my home but due to limited resources, I was not able to buy one. I used to feel sorry for my children when doing their homework because of health risks from smoke from kerosene lamps. Sometimes when they run out of kerosene, they would have to finish their homework in school the following morning. This would not go well with the teachers. I am glad that is no more because of the solar system I bought. We have enough light at night and I do not strain to buy kerosene on a daily basis like before.

My new goal in the next four months is to buy houseehold items such as cushions. The ones I have now are very old, torn and worn out. I would want to improve the status of my house by doing away with old stuff in the house.

It has been a struggle to pay school fees for my children. I was not able to raise money in time to pay and yet I wanted my children to be in school. I was forced to do odd jobs in the village just to get money to pay in school. Sometimes I was in debt and I would really struggle to pay back. Life was very unfair to me financially. Since I started receiving these transfers, I have been able to clear all the fees arrears for my children both in secondary and university. I am glad they are rarely sent home for the balances as before. I have also paid the debts I had with all my friends.

In the next six months, I plan to buy new household items such as mattress for my children since the one they have is old and thin. They do not have good nights of sleep and I would want to give them the best as a parent.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because l am able to feed well as compared to before when I use to miss meals because I was not able to buy enough food for my family . My children too are also in school going on with their education like other children without being sent home for school fees.

In the next four months I am planning to save the money and spend it to pay school fee for my children since I have fee balance in their schools. I am so worried they may end up not doing their final examination if I do not pay in good time.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now sleeping on a very comfortable place since I spent the money I got in the last four months to buy a very nice mattress. I am also able to pay school fee for my children with ease even if my business does not do well. I am always sure of paying for my children school fee through the money l received from GD. I am very happy that I now have my own cushions since I bought furniture sometimes back but I could not afford to buy cushions because of lack of money, so that made me to borrow cushions from my neighbors each and every time I had visitors. in that any time I have visitors I would borrow cushions from my neighbors. I was so embarrassed since I did not have control over the cleanliness of cushions and sometimes I could be given the cushions when they are very dirty.

In the next six months I expect to have completed paying school fee for my children. They will be able to go to school like any other children without worrying of being sent home for school fees .

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because l am now sleeping very comfortably without feeling any cold.

My additional goal is to invest in large scale farming since l am planning to spend the money to hire people to work on my farm.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that, l manage to buy a very nice comfortable blanket that l did not know that l would use to cover myself in my life, l am now sleeping very comfortably with without feeling cold as compared to before. I also always have easy time when it comes to paying school fee because any time l get the money at least l have take half of it to school.

In the next six months l expect to have got enough produce from my farming being that l am planning to do large farming.

Four months ago I used to engage in a lot of casual labor such as making and selling of charcoals in the village but right now I have toned down on the charcoal business because of the cash that I normally get from the organization.

I plan to save some cash so that I should be able to pay school fees for my kids efficiently as we get into the near.

This money has helped me in buying enough food for my family and provide a balanced diet for my people. Before the organization started sending me the cash I used to do a lot casual jobs

I plan to make major transformations on my house that is currently made of mud. So the plan is to buy a few bags of cement and sand that i will use to plaster both the interior and the exterior part of the house to make it more durable than it can last right now.

I am planning to take my children to school. This money will assist me in paying their school fees.

My life is currently different from how it would have been had I never received the transfer given that I am entitled to an income without having to toil or labor. This is a blessing to my life.

In the next six months I see my living standards improved. I will be able to purchase house hold items and foods will not be a problem.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from give directly is my family is able to have plenty of food.