The other difference in my life in the last four months is that I have never missed any meal. Before the transfers, I rarely had three meals a day. It was not what I had wished for but my condition forced me to. I did not have a stable source of income because I depended on a small inconsistent casual work. I used to get very little that could not even feed me alone let alone a whole family. Sometimes I could go for two days without any food because I did not have the resources to buy food. Receiving these transfers have changed my life. I have been buying food on a monthly basis when I receiving the transfers which has helped me in reducing my daily expenditure. I do take three meals a day and my health generally has improved. I have energy to carry out my tasks and I don't look sick as I used to.

In the next four months, I still plan to continue buying more materials for building such as nails and timber. I have enough iron sheets I need for building a house which I have been buying with part of my transfers. I still need more timber and nails so that I can finally build the house and move my life forward.

Currently, I do not have my own house and I am putting up in my father's house. He passed on and due to low income from casual work of ploughing in other people's farms, I was not able to raise money to build a decent house. Lack of a house is the reason I have not married yet. This is because I am not allowed to marry while staying in my father's house. I have to build my own for me to marry and I could not stay in a rental house either because I did not have the resources to pay on a monthly basis. Right now, I have building materials such as iron sheets and nails which I will use in putting up my own house. This is the biggest difference I have seen in my life as a result of the transfers I get from GD.

I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have finally built the house I have been waiting for in the last two years. Low income denied me the chance to have my own house. I am glad with GD transfers I will soon have the required materials for putting up the house. After that, I want to marry. I am of age and all my agemates have wives except me. I feel like the laughing stock in the village. I would not want to be the same after the life-changing opportunity.

Being that I mostly depend on casual jobs, I usually have a tough time saving money for extra expenses such as clothes and shoes. Honestly, I did not have many of them to choose from a while back but, I had to sacrifice and buy some new ones which have improved my general appearance and confidence as a person.

Currently, I do not have a house of my own and I have been living in my parent's house which was abandoned by my mother who left home several years ago. I am planning to construct my own house as soon as possible and I have been buying the required materials, but I don't have enough yet. I will keep buying the materials with the rest of my transfers to achieve this goal in the shortest time possible.

My mother who was my caretaker left home many years ago and since then, life has been so tough because I have no formal employment and usually have a hard time getting casual jobs within this village. Receiving GD transfers has been a great blessing to me as I can now afford something to eat on a daily basis and even have focus and plans on projects I could never think of before. Life has been easier for me because even on those occasions that I have no jobs, I am sure I cannot go hungry.

I hope that in the next six months I will have constructed my own house so that I can be free to marry because as it is, am still living in my parent's house which I cannot have my wife sleep in as it is a taboo in my culture. Having my own house will also take away the current shame I am facing living in my parents' house at my age.

Currently, my life is different in that through the transfers; I receive from GiveDirectly, I have been able to provide my basic needs on a daily basis with ease unlike before when we could have one meal in a day or even none. I am so grateful for the support because now I have enough food to eat well without any much struggles.

I have no new goals but rather to save and use these savings to buy building materials and use them in the construction of my house since achieving this goal will be the best thing ever.

I am staying at my aunt's house and it is a struggle since I can not make any decision pertaining to my development. The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am able to plan for my money and engage in developmental projects. Through these transfers, I have recently bought building materials which I am planning to use on building my own house. Having my own house will give me the opportunity to make my own decisions accordingly hence I will have a peace of mind.

I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I shall be able to buy the necessary building materials with the savings from the transfers hence the construction of my own house will be underway.

I have enough food in the house because every month I am assured of getting the cash transfers from GD which I use to shop for the whole month. The amount of casual jobs that I used to undertake in the village have also gone down significantly because right now I do not have to work so hard to feed myself.

I have already bought fifteen iron sheets and timber that I plan to use to build a new house for myself because I no longer want to stay in my fathers house because I have become of age.

I have experienced a big change in my life because I used to struggle so much to get cash by working for people in the village and they paid me peanuts amounts of around 200 KES per day. Right now I am assured of getting 2000 KES from GD so my worries have reduced to some extent.

I I am planning to have a new house for myself which is the most important thing for me and once I achieve it within the mentioned time frame then I think I will have made a change in my life. I expect that in the not so distant future, I should be able to get a suitable lady and settle in marriage but then I cannot marry while still living in my fathers house so getting my own house remains a top priority for me.

The new goal that I have is to put up a house for myself and also be able to marry.

My life is currently different from before given that I am able to feed well without struggling to get food.

In the next six months, I will have assembled building materials and bought a few household staffs.

The biggest difference is, I am able to settle my debts that were really weighing me down.