In the next four months, I have a new goal to purchase a cow. I have been working hard in the merry-go-round trying to make a monthly contribution of 1000 KES monthly to the other 15 members. This will boost my savings a great deal and enable me to buy a cow when my turn in the group is due.

Receiving the transfers from GiveDiretly has been a solution to a lot of struggles we were facing before. We have managed to settle a lot of issues, problems related to finances are all manageable at the moment among other differences. In the last four months, the biggest difference in my daily life is the purchase and supply of enough foodstuff to my household. This for sometimes had been a great challenge since we could not work up to the targets when it comes to expenses. Maize and milk purchases have been that expensive that we would always find ourselves either taking a loan or obtaining them in credit which is not the case at the moment. We are thankful to GiveDirectly for great support.

My expectation in the next six months is to have completed the construction of the new house I have been working on and also to have received my turn from the merry-go-round which will enable me to purchase a cow.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that I have been able to furnish my house by cementing it. My aim is to turn it into a semi-permanent house so that it be presentable. Cementing the floor has made my work easier as I now take less time cleaning it. The amount of dust circulating inside has also reduced thus I am no longer living with the fear of my family contracting a respiratory disease.

I have been buying milk on a daily basis and it is always expensive especially during dry seasons. My family at times are forced to take tea without milk. As a way of minimizing my daily expenses and creating a source of income, I am planning to buy a dairy cow in the next four months. I will use the savings I will be given from our merry go round group to achieve this.

The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that I am now able to cater for my family needs on time. Before, my family would at times take one meal a day when I did not have money. I am now glad since we now take three meals a day even without me working on other peoples farms the whole day. Due to this, I have always been able to get enough rest which my body needs.

I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have bought a dairy cow. Being able to get the dairy cow will make me very optimistic that very soon, I will stop buying milk from my neighbors. In addition to this, I will also be able to earn an income through the sale of surplus milk when it reproduces.

My life is currently different in that I am now able to meet most of my family's needs without much struggle like I used to do before.Able to meet family's needs without much difficulties. I have had more money in circulation which has enabled me meet some of the family's objectives with much ease. We can now sit with other people and be equal in all squares of life. My children can afford to wear new clothes and feed well unlike before.

When I get the merry go round contributions for the second time, I will buy another dairy cow to bring the number of dairy cows to two. I want to venture into dairy farming as a business where I can get enough money to pay school fees for my children and meet other family needs with much ease. This, I plan to accomplish in the next four months.

Before I started receiving GiveDirectly transfers, life for us was really difficult.We lived from hand to mouth since we entirely relied on casual labour to earn a living. The transfers enabled me to join a merry go round where each member contributes KES 1000. It is through this merry go round that we have been able to buy a dairy cow that is almost calfing for the family. This has been the greatest difference in my daily life in the last four months.

In the next six months, I expect to have bought a cow and embarked on serious dairy farming to expand my income base.

The biggest difference in my daily life is happiness.

I expect my life to change in that I will have bought a cow and furnished my house.

My life currently is different since my children are no longer being sent back home to fetch school fees.

The new goals I now have is to buy a cow so that I will stop buying milk daily and lease a farm so that I can inrease the size of my farm under farming.