In the next four months, I plan to direct all my transfers towards paying school fees for my children. I would wish to give them the best education ever something that my parents never gave me. Besides that, I will also set aside some amount to help in the plastering of the floor and walls of my house.

Previously, I have been living in a one-room house that served as a kitchen, living, and bedroom to my family. Today, I have a different story to tell because I have successfully built a kitchen that I have ever dreamt of. This has been enhanced by buying building materials which included iron sheets, nails, timber and paid laborers to build it using the transfers that were sent. Thanks to GiveDirectly because the kitchen serves as a bedroom for my children at night and a cooking place as well.

I expect that in the next six months, I will have built a kitchen that will double up as my children's room. This will solve the problem that we currently are in where they have to sleep in the living room. They find it uncomfortable and they have consistently complained of lack of privacy as well.

I have a new goal which is to get a new house for my eldest son who is currently around twenty-two years. This new house will also act as a shelter for the other siblings. To make this dream become a reality, I will have to make sure that I get enough construction materials in place before finally getting down to the construction process.

Building the new kitchen structure for my wife will be a big step towards becoming a free man. I currently have a very small house that I have to share with my kids, and it generally makes me quite uncomfortable. I have, however, made purchases of the building materials which will see the process become a reality.

My life will change for the better because by then I will have managed to take care of the expenses such as building a new house for my eldest son. This particular house will also house the other siblings who currently have to spend in my house, which at times is quite embarrassing considering that some of them are already beyond eighteen years of age.

The biggest difference in my life is the fact that I paid the long-overdue dowry. For twenty years, I have been planning how to pay my spouse dowry to my In-laws but in vain. I was able to finally do this using the transfers from Give Directly. In addition to that, I am happy that I can provide my family with a whole day's meals unlike before when we could only afford a meal a day. We are a happy family!

A few months ago, my kitchen burnt down including everything in it and I haven't been able to put up another one. My plan, therefore, is to save the monthly transfers and use it to construct a new kitchen.

We have been married for the last twenty years, and over this whole period, I have never paid the dowry to my in-laws. This resulted in quarrels with my wife blaming me for not finishing the process as expected which resulted in bad blood between us. I have always wished to pay this dowry in order to make this arrangement official but for lack of money, that just remained as a wish. I am glad that as we talk now, I was able to raise some money; with the aid of the transfers from Give Directly, and paid the dowry. We are now one happy family and this has been the biggest difference in my daily life.

After my kitchen was razed down by the fire, which also acted as a separate sleeping house for my children, I was now forced to sleep with my children in one room. This has deprived me of my privacy and comfort too. I am hopeful that in the next six months, I would have completed building a separate house that will be used as a kitchen and a bedroom for my children.

My family can now afford food for the whole month. I used to struggle so much to provide for the family. I do casual work that only earned me a meagre income that would pay school fees for my children in small bits. Sometimes, my daughter used to stay at home due to lack of money to clear the school fees. My daughter can now stay in school as I pay the fees every month from the transfers.

I still want to concentrate on paying school fees for my child. So far, I do not have any new goals.

I have used these transfer to pay school fees for my daughter. People from my village used to laugh at me that I will not be able to take my daughter to school. I started paying school fees for her when I started receiving the transfers. My child can now concentrate on her studies and pass her exams. Thank you GiveDirectly for making my daughters dream come.

I had a kitchen which burnt down and I had to sleep with my children in the same house. I plan to buy building materials to build a new kitchen so that my children can get a place to sleep in and my wife a proper place to cook and store food. I also plan to buy cement to plaster my house which I built and I had not finished plastering. In the next six months, I will be having a beautiful house and kitchen where my family can live comfortably.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because I ate well, my children also get satisfied and don't complain of hunger which was previously the norm. I have also managed to pay school fees on time. Thanks to GiveDirectly my children will not be sent home due to fee arrears.

My new goal is to build a kitchen which will also be used as a sleeping room for my kids because currently, we sleep with them in the main house but I feel they have become of age. We just need to sleep separately.

Getting casual jobs was difficult in our village and I had to try my best so as to take care of our needs including paying school fees for my children. When I started getting the monthly payment, I felt at ease and this is so far the biggest difference in my daily life so far since, I am able to pay school fees for my children easily. Previously, I could be in loggerheads with the teachers because I was not able to pay school fees in time. My children could be sent home due to fee arrears which were stressful and this made me quarrel with my wife as we blame ourselves for giving birth to a lot of kids whom we could not take care of.

I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have paid dowry hence reduce the burden since all in all I have finish this plan at one point.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving the money from GiveDirectly is that for the first time I paid my child's school fee without a struggle.

In the next six months I expect to have constructed an iron roof kitchen to replece the one thta burnt down.

My life is currently differently from the way it would have been had I not received money from GiveDirectly in that I'm now comfortable and I do have a lot of worries on how to meet my family needs.

I have a new goal of constructing a kitchen because my kitchen burnt down. I had this in mind but I couldn't afford it, so I didn't prioritize but now that I'm receiving money monthly I believe I can achieve it.