I have always been investing in farming and livestock keeping for a couple of years and through these, It has always enabled me to put food to the table. At the moment, due to old age, I find working on the farm being so tiresome hence always forces me to hire labourers at times. Because of this, I have a goal to purchase an additional dairy cow since rearing livestock is much easier than working on the farm. Besides, the income I will generate from the milk sale will not only cater for my daily household needs but also pay my farm labourers. I believe I will be able to achieve this goal with the support of my children and income from the sale of my farm produce.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am happier because I am always been in a position to not only meet my basic needs on a daily basis but also managed to educate my grandchildren. Receiving transfers from GiveDirectly has greatly reduced my financial burden which has also enabled me to extend my helping hand to those in need.

My expectation in the next six months is that my life will be much better because I will have accomplished most of my goals in life. I believe that if I succeed in purchasing the dairy cow, It will really boost my income and my family wellbeing will greatly improve. Also, my health will improve such that I will no longer experience back pains as before because I will cease working on the farm and concentrate more on livestock keeping which is less tiresome

My life is currently different in that I now practice improved farming. By this I mean that I have put more land under agriculture and applied fertilizers on the crops that I grow. This has seen the crop production increase and gave me extra income to do other income generating activities for the family. These transfers have also enabled me to always have a clear plan on what I want to achieve and how I intend to get it done.

My additional plan for the next four months is to be able to put more land under cultivation. This will improve crop production in and consequently make us food sufficient as a family while we sell the surplus produced.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have been able to buy a dairy cow. For a long time we have been buying milk in our household. Buying this dairy cow has reduced the cost of living by a great extent and the money that was initially used to buy milk has now been diverted into other meaningful income generating practices such as farming. We took part in a merry go round contribution to be able to raise enough money that assisted us in buying the dairy cow.

I expect my life to change in that I shall have improved my poultry keeping project. I currently have 15 egg laying chicken and I intend to reach 50 chicken over the next six months. I will use the proceeds from my farming and the monthly GiveDirectly transfers to be able to actualize this. I also intend to build a bigger poultry unit that is going to accommodate the rising number of chicken.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because I have afforded to secure medical insurance for myself. Thus I am less worried about medication costs in case I fall ill. Besides, I have more income that I get from the sale of eggs and poultry that I have purchased using the earlier funds that I received from GiveDirectly. Accordingly, I have more capacity to support my family as a single parent (I am a widow).

The additional goal for my life for the next four months is to buy a water tank for collecting rainwater. I chose to buy the water tank to avoid the tedious task of fetching river water. Besides, I will be having more clean and safe water in my home. Thus, I will save the money that I receive from GiveDirectly to finance the project.

The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months is that I have managed to secure medical insurance or myself. Accordingly, I feel more secure since I know that in case of any ailment, I will receive timely and quality medical attention unlike before. Besides, I am delighted to serve as a role model because I tend to be less dependent on my family members for medication despite my advanced age.

I expect my life to change drastically in the next six months since I will be having more poultry. Subsequently, I will be collecting more revenue from the sale of eggs and poultry. Moreover, I look forward to purchasing another cow in the future. Overall, I will be more confident of comfortably supporting my family with little or no reliance on aid.

Four months ago i did not have a goal since i did not have any money to plan for.

I am planning to buy a cow for my family since i have been saving for it.

I am very happy now that i do not have stress any more because i am sure i can buy food for my family.

I am planning to improve my house using the saving i have been keeping.