In four months’ time, my new goal for my life is to venture into the business of buying and selling milk. This is one of the businesses that do well in our region and also a manageable practice. Through this, I am very sure that the returns would be good for me and also help maintain my family.

The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months is that the transfers have given me a break from daily attending people’s farms in search of casual jobs. The work is time-consuming and the pay is so meager. Receiving the transfers gave me the freedom of mind to even think through and venture into farming on a large scale. However, how much I would go for casual work, I would spare some time to work on my own and for sure my hope is that in the near future, I would completely away from offering casual labor.

In six months’ time, I expect to have already begun supplying milk in my village. As noted earlier, this is one business that does well in our region and I am sure when it has picked, I will be able to sustain myself and even my family when the transfers from GiveDirectly have come to an end. I also hope that the business will also be an eye-opener to other business that I should plan to venture in them as well.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that I no longer do much of the casual jobs in the village but rather devote much of my time in my own farm. Before I used to work for many hours and the payment was so small. This was making me not to have time for my own work. Currently, I do horticulture farming and I earn an income through this work. I am so much grateful for the support it has changed our living standard.

My new goal for the next four months is to save the money from the sales of my farm produce to enable me to cultivate a bigger farm for planting onions. This project will earn me an income in the future to meet all the basic needs and also pay school fees for my children on time.

The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that I have started horticulture farming on my farm which was not possible before. I used to do casual jobs in the village and the amount of money I could get was not enough to meet all my basic needs and at the same time to buy seeds and fertilizers to use on my farm. I could do casual jobs to enable me to buy food and clothes. When I started to receive the money from GiveDirectly I started to save and it had enabled me to buy fertilizers and onions and planted on my farm. I no longer do much of the casual jobs in the village but rather devote half of my time on my own farm. I sell the produce at the market and this earns me an income. I have plans to expand the numbers of acres for farming in the near future. I am so great full for the support it eases my work on farming and improved our standard of living for my family.

I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have saved enough money from the sales of my farm produce to rent a much bigger farm for farming. I will also be in a position to pay workers to ease my work.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that I now dress and feed well unlike before. At first we used to take one meal a day but I am now happy since we take three meals a day. I also could not afford to buy luxuries such as clothes. My first priority was to feed my children with the little I got from the casual jobs and this was not always enough and it made my wife flee back to her parents. Although I could not afford the three meals at that time I am glad that now with the financial boost from Give Directly I will be able to live a better life together with my children.

My new goals for the next four months is to bring my children back home. My wife left her matrimonial home since I could not cater for my family needs. The support I receive from GiveDirectly has helped me stand on my feet again. I am now positive that with the help I am getting from Give Directly and a few casual jobs here and there I will be able to cater for my family needs and pay for my children's school fees.

The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that I am of good health now as I am now able to afford a balanced diet. I also take three meals a day unlike before where I used to take one meal a day as I no longer struggle to put food on the table. Initially I would spend the whole day doing causal jobs and only take one meal after I am out of my hustling spree. Since I have another source of income I do not work twice as hard as I used to before the transfers came.

I expect my life to change in the next six months in that my children and wife will have come back to live with me. I am always full of stress due to taking my meals at my maternal home. I am glad that this is going to change soon as I am planning to bring my family back soon. In the next four months, I will always be a happy and fulfilled parent since my family will have joined me and I will always live a stress free life due to the joy and warmth children always brings in a home.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving the transfer is peace and joy which I have gotten.

In the next six months, I expect to have developed a lot in the farming sector and also my wife would have come back home since currently we have some difference which made her relocate to her newly bought land.

our life as a family is currently different from how it would have been had we never received the transfer since we now enjoy a sufficient supply of foods, we are feeling healthy and and every member of the family is looking clean and happier.

I have a new goal is to improve my farming and ensure that I support my wife in buying her seeds in her currently bought piece of land.