I am staying in a house that is almost collapsing, the walls have big cracks thus it is not safe for a human being. I have been endearing my life by staying their simply because I have nowhere to go. My new or additional goal for my life for the next four months is to build a better house, I am planning to build a better house that is iron roofed.

The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer is that I am now self-dependent. I want to thank Give Directly for having given me an additional source of income hence I now provide for my family with ease. The business I am doing gives me very little profit hence providing all basic needs for my family has been a hard nut to crack because it is also not reliable. When I started receiving money from Give Directly I managed to invest some in farming by buying fertilizer and hybrid seed, this resulted in a bumper harvest. I now have enough food in my house hence I do not have stress from lack of food unlike before. As I continue with my business I am able to save part of the profit towards my future goal of renovating my house.

I expect to have a new house in the next six months since this is my major goal. In addition, I also expect to have expanded my porridge business because it is my major source of livelihood. Having expanded my porridge business will give me more money to enable me to provide for my family the basic needs with a lot of ease,

I currently have easy access to cash that I can use to fulfil my goals. I have bought the household stuff that I have used to furnish my house. My house now looks beautiful and my visitors are always at home whenever they visit. I have been using the transfers to put on the table for my family on a daily basis. I work less as compared to when I did not receive the transfers when I would work twice as much just to put food on the table for my family.

I have a new goal of buying building materials like iron sheets that I plan to use in building a new kitchen.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to buy household stuff that I only dreamt of ever owning. This was only possible through the savings I put in place and it was not possible previously as I earned so little that would on cater to our daily provision of food we eat leave alone buy any other household item. I bought a water tank to help in storing rainwater when it rains as we would walk long distance looking for water something that would eat into my time and energy that I would put into other income-generating activities.

I expect have bought the building materials and built a kitchen as I do not have one currently. I look forward to having a new kitchen that will be the envy of the entire village. I would not have to prepare family meals under a tree any more or worry about the rains too.

Currently, my life is different as I renovated my house through the transfers I receive from Give DIrectly. I bought building materials that I used to renovate my house. My family can now eat well as we can afford to buy a well-balanced diet. My children also get to stay in school and concentrate on their studies as I am able to pay school fees on time.

My new goal is to save and buy household items to beautify my home.

The biggest difference in my life in the last four months is that I have been able to buy building materials like cement, iron sheets and poles to renovate my house which was leaking when it rained and was also in the verge of falling as it was so old. I am at peace now as my house in good condition and I do not get rained on anymore, Thanks to GiveDirectly.

I expect to save the transfers in a merry-go-round towards venturing into livestock farming to help raise income for my family. By then, I shall have bought livestock for rearing so that I can generate income to change our livelihoods as a family.

Currently, my life is different in that I no longer get sick most often since I have been able to raise money and repaired the side of my house which used make the house cold unlike before when I could go to the hospital due to respiratory attack from exposure to cold hence nowadays these cases are rare. .

I don't have any new goal now but rather I am still saving to complete renovating part of my house which has cracks since my priority is to have a decent and comfortable shelter for myself and my family .

My house had cracks which were resulted from the heavy wind and within two years I tried raising money from friends, relatives and neighbours but all was in vain. The biggest difference in my daily life is that I no longer get sick most often since I have been able to raise money and repair the side of my house which used make the house cold unlike before when I could go to the hospital due to respiratory attack due to cold and nowadays these cases are rare. I am so grateful for the support from GiveDirectly.

I expect in the next six months to have renovated my house and through this, I will be able to live a healthier life unlike now that my house is cracked which predisposes me to cold mainly at night.

I am now staying in a decent house that is not leaking when it rains because I renovated it.I am happy and I have less financial stress, because I am sure of monthly income.

I do not have any new goal because I have not achieved my initial goal of buying a goat.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I eat well, I eat three meals in a day unlike before when I could not afford three meals in day, I also eat balanced diet.

I expect to have bought a goat because that is my dream goal since it will multiply and I can sell it to buy a cow.

I am planning to hold a remembrance ritual for my deceased husband,build a house and buy livestock.

My life is currently different because i am more peaceful and less worried as i am receiving transfers from GD.

I am planning to save to build a house since my husband died and left me in a house that is not so good and spacious.

The biggest difference in my daily life was that i was able to buy manure to plant my seeds in order to get enough produce to feed my family.