"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on paying school fees for my two children who were in high school and now I am proud that out of Givedirectly support one of them who is my daughter was able to finished her high school education last year.I also bought a sofa seat set and started a small scale fish vending business to boost my household income ."

"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on paying school for my son who is in high school and seeing him go to school without being sent home for school fees was my greast joy as her parent .I bought a matress ,a bed and five cushions to place on my sofa set seat. The remaining transfer I bought food for my family's consumption ."

"I spend my third transfer on cementing my house into a semi- permanent house from a mud one and now I have a peace of mind since I am staying in a clean enviroment thus the rate of respiratory diseases that were affecting my children due to exposure to dust has reduced . My neighbors are also perplex with the change on our living standard which GiveDirectly has brought."

"I spent my third transfer on cementing my three roomed house from a mud one with that it has saved the time and resources that I use to put on searching for cow -dung in the village most frequectly to smear my previous mud house for its stability hence that time I now spend on my small retail business to provide for my family."

"I spent my third transfer on buying fishing nets and built a boat as well which my spouse use to caught fish and sale in lumpsum , truly speaking this has doubled my household income since from the profits my spouse and I can buy our household expenditure with ease without depending on anyone unlike before the transfer where we would hire fishing nets and the boat which expensive hence less profits from this business . "

"I spent my third transfer on buying an ox which assist me in cultivating my farm at the moment and now I no longer practice labour exchange .I also bought building materials that is 30 pieces of iron sheets which I am still planning to use them on build my homestead ."

"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life was losing my brother because he left behind orphans and i had to assume responsibility over them since there was no one else to. This wasn't and still isn't an easy task because our financial struggle only increased since we(my husband and i) have to provide for both our biological children and the orphans left behind. "

"To me receiving this money means I get a chance to educate my child being the fact that I am a single mother and also buy livestock for myself like cows and goats."

"To me receiving this money means buying a piece of land, buying livestock and also starting up a business for myself for daily income."

"Receiving this money means to me buying a motorbike so as to start a boda boda business from which I will generate money to support my family financially. "