The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am nowadays happy and contented. I am able to meet most of my needs unlike before when I couldn't afford to cater to my personal items. It was too bad to an extent where we would miss meals because I couldn't afford them. I'm happy through the GD transfers I was able to meet most of my goals and provide all the basic needs for my family. I thank this organization for bringing me this far.

Currently, I do not have a house. I'm staying in someone's house. My family is in Nairobi and I'm afraid I can't bring them home because I do not have a place to host them. I, therefore, have an additional goal to save some of my monthly transfers and use it to purchase building materials which I'll use to construct a house. This will finally remove the shame and guilt of being homeless.

For the last four months, life hasn't been as challenging as it was before. The financial boost I received from GiveDirectly has made life better. I feel proud of myself because I can now save and meet some of my goals. I know life will never be the same. I will still be able to sustain my self because I have enough capital to start a business that will sustain me for a longer period of time.

I have always believed that cows are sources of wealth because they produce milk which is usually a rare commodity in this area. They also reproduce at a relatively short period of time which means I get to own additional cows. My plan is to sell the young one in case an emergency arises.

I have already bought two sheep that I will rear within the compound and I am sure that they will give birth within the next few months. Once they give birth and the population increases, I will sell them out and earn some cash. That is about the future but the difference is the sheep that I have already purchased yet I could not be able to buy the sheep four months ago because I never had the finances that could see me do that. I had to save some cash for almost three consecutive months in order for me to be able to buy the sheep and I thank God for bringing me this far.

I have a plan of saving some cash so that I can buy new iron sheets that I intend to use in erecting a new house in the near future because the house I live in today is too small for my family. I know that it will not be an easy affair considering the little money I make but I know that this dream will eventually become a reality.

The money has been of so much help to me in the recent past. I can say that the biggest difference is that I have been able to buy enough food for the family without straining so much unlike how I used to struggle in the past where I had to look for casual jobs offered within the village and earn some very little cash which I would then use to buy food for the family. Right now I have enough stock of food that can take us through the next three to four months from now. Getting money in the past was so hard for me because I had to work for long hours in order to get even 400 KES per day, but right now I no longer have to overwork myself because I am always sure of getting some cash every month from GD.

I want to become a full time poultry farmer because I know that this venture has a lot of profit. The reason why I say that is because I have tried it in the past and I am so sure that it works, it only needs dedication and patience. Having tried the business before, I know there is a ready market for the business and the buyers are always available, so long as the birds are mature and ready for sale. I am eager to get into this business because for one it does not require so much capital to kick-start, and the more birds I keep the more the profits I will be generating.

Biggest difference in my daily life is that I bought iron sheets that I am planning to use to build a new house as I had a smaller house that could no longer accommodate my growing family.

I have a plan to start buying some goats which I want to rear and sell later to create more and and vast source of income for my family. I am also planning to venture more into farming to get more produce which I can consume and sell the surplus.

My life is different as I can now afford a better life and healthy meals for my family. We do not go hungry as we used to most of the time before I started receiving the transfers.

Currently am planning to rear chicken for sale to generate family some more income.