My life is currently different because am getting closer to my dream of owning a dairy cow. I have been saving about KES 1000 per month. This will allow me to get contributions from my merry go round group, much enough to buy a dairy cow. I will be able to get milk from dairy farming soon and this gives me a lot of hope for a better life. The income and milk for consumption will improve my life very much,

I plan to continue saving in a merry go round group towards buying a dairy cow. In addition to this, I want to fence my compound, therefore improve my home. The compound is currently rampaged by livestock and destroy the landscaping which is not desirable. All the flowers and grass wither leaving the place bare but this should change.

The biggest difference in my daily life is the food availability in my household. I buy foodstuffs when I receive the money that has completely cushioned me from the effects of the recent drought that destroyed my food crops. I did not harvest anything from y maize field that has made daily expenditure very high. But with the transfers from GiveDIrectly, we get just enough to sustain us as we change to engaging in better yielding farming activities especially dairy farming.

My life will have gotten better in the next six months because I will have improved my home compound by fencing it nicely. Right now, my compound looks very untidy and porous that animals can just come and mess up with everything in here. I will have done a good fence by the end of the next six months. I will have milk as a source of income and for food from the dairy cow that, I will have purchased too. This source of income is what I happily look forward to having.

My life is currently different because of the constant support in providing food for my family. It was always difficult to rely on the jobs in construction projects because it was not available all the time. Unlike the GiveDirectly transfers, the income I could get was never constant. Some seasons are Leaner and I would always come home empty handed letting my family go to bed hungry. Over the last four months, this has not occurred because GD ensures that I get KES 2280 every month that cushions us on the ties when I do not find work for wages.

My new goal is to expand my house. I want to add a new room that will be used by my children. they are fast growing up and sharing one room with all of them is no longer comfortable.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to meet my daily needs including paying school fees for my children and food for the household. My eldest child is in a good private school which is more expensive than the government schools. The quality of education in this institution is higher and is only possible because of the money from GiveDirectly. I need to be paying school fees for her because it is laying a good academic foundation that's been my dream for my children. I am happy that GiveDriectly has made me able to achieve this goal.

I expect to have completed the house expansion and will have an extra room that whose construction is ongoing. This is where my children will sleep in. I also expect to be owning more livestock since I will have received my savings from the merry go round group and bought a calf. I will be engaged in raising livestock and this will be a better economic activity form which I will reap good returns.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago I have bought two sheep. Owning livestock has really made me well respected in the family. I feel that I am also capable of financial stability. When they grow and multiply I will become wealthier. My maize farm has also improved. This planting season I used fertilizer in order to boost their growth. this was only possible because of the transfers. I am happy that I will harvest a lot this time around. This will earn me and at the same time provide enough food.

I plan to buy a cow in the next four months. I really hope for this future where I earn an income from the milk.

The biggest difference in the last four months is having enough food. When I buy maize for food that takes me throughout the month, My family is food secure. The money that I get from the work I do is then used to develop my home. I have fenced my compound to ward it off cows from straying into the compound.

I will have extended my house to get an extra room. I need room to use as a guest room so that when I have visitors who sleep over, I will having a bedroom for them. This will allow me to host my extended family for family gatherings which will make me an important person in the family.

My life currently is different since I have been able to buy a sheep which I did not have before.

The only goal I now have is to buy a calf.

The biggest difference in my daily life is happiness.

I expect my life to change in that I will have bought a calf.

I am planning to build a bigger kitchen that can accommodate visitors who come to check on us. The one we have now is very small.

I see a some change in my life. i can now plan to do things I could not. My vision about the future has been revolutionized by these transfers.

My expectation is that the goat I will buy with my transfer will have reproduced and the chicken also multiplied. Therefore, my life will be better because of I have diversified our sources of income.

I can now avoid to provide for my family without having to work for longer hours. Being a mason without a permanent job use to stress me but I am a bit relaxed now.