"Receiving this money means I will be able to buy a cow as well as keep some chicken.Having young children requires that one has a source of milk to substitute their diet.I have not been able to buy one because of lack of money and these transfers have provided me that opportunity to actualize it.I will also build a poultry house and then buy some chicken and through sale of eggs be able to provide the daily needs of my family"

"Buying has been my routine and it is always costly especially during the dry season. As a way of reducing my expenditure, I had always yearned to buy a dairy cow but this was not possible due to lack of money. I am now glad since I was able to achieve this using the savings I was given in our table banking group. I am now a happy person since I believe that I will stop buying milk very soon when it reproduces."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have bought a dairy cow. I used to buy milk from my neighbors and it was so costly for me. I do casual in the village and the amount of money I get from this is not enough to gather for all the basic needs of the family. Sometimes we could miss getting casual jobs and my family had to go without milk and breakfast and this was so demoralizing especially when we had visitors in our home. Currently, I have enough milk for my family and I sell the surplus at the market to earn an income to meet other basic needs and also save some amount to pay school fees for my children in primary school. I have devoted most of my time to work on my farm and this has resulted in a good harvest. I am so much grateful for the support from GiveDictely it has changed our living standard."

"I expect that my life to change in the future because I have a plan of buying a cow which will act some short term saving going into the unforesseable future. The advantage is that I stand a chance to gain back my cash by selling the cow in the event that I run out of finances."

"In the last four months, I have been able to accomplish my plan which I had in mind which is owning a cow. Through the transfers which I received from Give Directly, I get empowered to work much more to provide for my family. we use to buy milk and so it was good for us to buy our own cow. I had saved part of the money through a merry-go-round and this enabled me to buy a dairy cow. Since I bought it, I have been a really busy man. Every morning before I go to work at a nearby centre I got to feed the cow and doing so is fulfilling as in my culture when you got a cow you are considered a hardworking and responsible person."

"I was able to save my monthly transfer over a period of seven months in a merry go round that I joined recently. The savings helped me to buy a dairy cow for rearing. I am glad that I bought a healthy cow that was already expectant. The cow may calf in next few months. I thank God for the double blessing. At least I have one extra asset in my name!"

"Comparing my current life with the last four months, there is really a great difference. The projects which were never in existence are now up and running, some completed while some are underway. I used to buy milk for our domestic use in the household but currently, we are producing our own since we bought a cow. We really thank God that we have been able to complete all that and still planning for other new projects for the coming months."

"My new goal is to start saving the money from work of house construction to buy plastering materials and plaster my house. I am currently staying in a very dusty house I am also not able to smear it using cow dang. "

"I wake up early enough to milk the cows on time so that I can go to school.I am a primary school teacher and a class teacher to the candidate class as well.I therefore have to arrive at school very early.I arrive at work just before 7am and work till 6 pm. I am passionate of my profession and therefore the moment I enjoy most is when I am in school educating the children."

"I spend most of my time on the farm and I love livestock keeping. I currently have two cows and I plan to add a heifer in the next four months. I prefer adding one since I have already started livestock keeping and I have enough gracing land hence I will not incur much. This will improve my milk production thus increase our family income."