My new goal now is to start a saving account which I will use to buy sheep or goat. I feel I need to have an investment which I can name after Give Directly. An investment which will remind me of GD and I can as well sell to get an income. The sheep or goat will reproduce which will increase the number I own. It is a good source of investment too.

I have always relied on farming as my main source of income over the years. Since I have a limited number of plots, I have already overused them up and their production has really gone down. The production of maize reduced to 5 sacks per harvest. This has not been very helpful because it could not sustain our needs until the next harvest, But since I started getting my transfers from GD, I have been using the money to buy hybrid seeds and fertilizers which I have been using on my farm every planting season. As a result, my harvest has gone up more than I used to get before. Now I get at least 15 sacks of maize every harvest. This has ensured we have food in the house and the extra, I sell to raise an income to meet other family needs.

In the next six months, I want to have a small business such as a retail shop business which will help sustain my family need well for the future. I cannot depend on farming as my main source of income for long because very soon I will grow old and will not be able to work on my farm as I do now. I would want to have an income-generating activity which I can carry out even in my old age. This is why I want to begin small with a retail shop business which I will be boosting on every month as I continue receiving my transfers so that by the time the transfers stop, I will have a stable source of income to help me meet my family needs.

I have a new goal of saving and paying casual workers to work on my farm. I have bigger farms which I cannot work on by myself so I need the extra manpower to help.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to pay casual workers to work on my farm. I have bigger farms that require extra manpower to work in and by paying them there is an assurance that my family will get better harvests at the end of it all. I have also been able to buy pesticides to help in the control of the pests which ensures quality proceeds which we can sell to earn income for our upkeep and also use some for our daily consumption.

I believe by then I shall have expanded on my farming which will help in the generation of income for the family. We can sell the proceeds to raise income and also consume most of them for nourishment. This will be our main source of income so I believe it is best to invest in better seeds, fertilizer and extra manpower in order to achieve this.

My life is different from how it would have been in the last four months is that I was able to plant trees in my home. I have always desired to plant trees in my compound but because I was not able to get trees seedlings with my little income, I was not able to plant them. I would want my children to remember with these trees when I finally die. I thank GD for making this dream come true in my life.

My new goal in the next four months is to buy household items such as a water tank and four plastic chairs. This is because I would not want to go through the struggles I have been going through during dry seasons because of lack of water.

I am a widow and I only depend on my farm produce for survival. This is because I am old to keep up with going for casual work on a daily basis. I also do not have another source of income and any form of employment to sustain myself. I have been depending on farming for the last three years. I have been not been harvesting the expected amount because I have been using the local methods such as local seeds and without fertilizers. With GD transfers, I was able to buy hybrid seeds and fertilizers which I used on my farm. Through this, I was able to get an improved harvest from 2 sacks to 7 sacks of maize which is a reflection of the hard work. I thank GD for the change.

I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will continue investing my transfer on my farm. I would want to use the transfer to better my life and can only happen through farming. I will be using the transfers to buy farm inputs such as hybrid seeds and fertilizers to use on farm.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because l am now able to get enough profit from my farming project and spend the money on my up keep. Paying school fee to my grandchildren has come so easy .

My new goal is to build a poultry house for my chicken to have a nice place to staying in because right now they are staying in the kitchen and this is really inconvenience me because the kitchen now is also too small.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that, l have manage to do tomatoe farming where l am getting enough produce and selling to the market and getting enough money for my up keep. I am also now able to pay school fee for my grandchildren comfortably without too much worries of where to get the money. When l got this money it was like a dream because in my life have never received any support from any none government organisation, being that people in our village always believe that l always have money. So l decided to change my life through farming by using the money.

In the next six months l expect to have improved my tomato farming from small scale to large scale farming and this will enable me have more profit. In the next six months l would have completed building poultry house and l will have a very spouse kitchen being that the chicken will not be in the same place.

Currently, I have improved health since I always eat good food from poultry farming i.e eggs and chicken. I am now dependent on myself as I earn some money from the sale of eggs and chicken. I have also engaged in vegetable farming which provides me with additional income and enough to eat.

Currently, I do not have any new goal.

My dream has always been to practice poultry farming. When I received my first transfer, I immediately began investing in this activity. My intention is to ensure I get enough income that will enable me comfortably provide for my family and even save the rest for any emergencies. Currently, I have many chicken which provide eggs for both consumptions and for sale.

In the next six months, I intend to increase poultry farming activity and hire more land to grow my vegetables and tomatoes. This will increase my profits which will enable me to buy more livestock for rearing. This is some kind of investment which means I have future financial stability.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving money from GiveDirectly is that I feel so proud I have finally managed to achieve my dream of keeping poultry and growing trees. This has been a dream but I couldn't afford them, thanks to GD.

In the next six months I expect to have constructed a bigger poultry house.

My life is currently different from the way it would have been had I not received the money from GiveDirectly in that currently I'm sure of receiving money monthly which has really improved my living standards.

I have a new goal of constructing a bigger poultry house and a cage for them so that I do not let them for free-range as I do currently which is so risky.