My life is currently different from the way it was four months ago in that I'm always happy and proud of my self. This is because I have been able to purchase most of the items which I couldn't afford previously. I no longer borrow most of the things including clothes for attending special events. Poverty had ripped off my self-esteem and was almost losing my self. I thank God I am back on my feet and have regained my respect and self-worth.

Currently, I have a small kitchen which is not in good condition. It has a leaking roof and at the same time, it doesn't have either a window or door. Therefore, I normally get a hard time cooking especially when it's windy or raining. Therefore, for the next four months of my life, I have an additional goal to save the coming transfers so that I can purchase the building materials which I'll later use to construct a new kitchen.

For the past four months, I have been able to comfortably purchase most of the household items such as utensils. I have also been able to afford a balanced diet and even bought a few decent clothes. These are the things I wanted badly but I couldn't afford. I relied on farming which isn't reliable considering the unpredictable weather patterns that come as a result of climate change. I would hardly invest the money I got because it was very little. I'm happy because through the GD transfers I was able to afford all these items.

I have a child who will soon join preschool next year. I feel happy for her progress but I again feel worried because I had not saved any money for her school fee and school equipment. I'm therefore planning to start saving part of the money I am receiving from Give Directly so that come next year, I won't face any financial challenge while enrolling him in school. In the next six months, I expect to have reached my target savings

We were living in a leaking grass-thatched house until last month when we were able to construct a new iron-roofed house. This is the greatest change I have seen in my life because I now live comfortably and in a decent house that GD transfers enabled us to build. The previous grass-thatched house that we were living in was in a very dilapidated state as re-roofing had become a challenge due to the scarcity of grass in our area. Those who had grass to sell were also selling them at a very expensive price that we could not afford owing to low income.

We just recently constructed a new house which were are planning to plaster for durability and presentability. We are now planning to save and combine our transfers so that we can be able to buy the required materials such as sand and cement within the shortest time possible.

Because I have no source of income, life was very difficult because I had to solely depend on my husband who also does not earn much from the casual jobs that he does for income. Receiving these transfers has improved our daily lives as we are able to afford better meals even on those tough days when there are no casual jobs available for my husband. Before these transfers, we would have no choice but go hungry on such days because we had nowhere else to get help.

I hope that in the next six months, we will have plastered our house so that we can fully settle in a neat, decent and a spacious house where we are not uncomfortable hosting guests. This will also give us enough time to invest the rest of our transfers in any business that will generate us income after the project is over.

I have been able to buy new irons sheets that I intend to use to erect a new house in the near future. The idea of building a new house came a s result of getting the cash from the organization.

I expect to buy new clothes and look descent just like any other member of the village. A part from that I also intend to make sure that the house construction process is completed in a nice way, and the finishing done appropriately both for the interior and exterior parts of the house.

I have been able to buy enough food for my family unlike previously when I used to struggle so much in the past. Right now my husband and I have joined the one acre fund project where we acquire high quality fertilizer and seedlings that will see us get a bumper harvest at the end of the season.

My plan right now is to buy household items such as new furniture because the ones are in a dilapidated state. I intend to plaster my house once the construction of the external area is completed.