"I had a small old house which was which was almost falling down so when I received my third transfer I build a new house and pay school fees for my children."

"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on paying school for my child who is in high school and now I am at peace since she is going to school without any school fees arrears and the worries of her being sent home for school is no longer their up to next year when she starts her final year.I built a two roomed kitchen .I also cemented my house and fixed two steel windows with a steel door as well."

"I am a horticultural farmer, so the whole of my third transfer, I spent on tomato farming. I have since harvested though it did not do well."

"I had a small house so when I received my third transfer I brought building material that I used to construct a new house and pay dowry with the remaining amount."

"I am doing Agroforestry, so when I received my third transfer, I expanded it. I am looking forward to selling them as the trees have matured. The remaining I spent on paying school fees for my son who has special needs ."

"I spent my third transfer on buying building materials that I used to build a more spacious house. The one I had was so squeezed as it doubled up as a shop. I also expanded my retail shop business and I am able to comfortably take care of my family needs. The remaining I spent on buying food for my family consumes too."

"Part of my second transfer, I spent buying a water pump, but I did not manage to buy the pipes that are required for irrigation, so when I received my third transfer, I bought the pipes and now I have a complete irrigation machine, and being a horticultural farmer, I am glad my farm can be irrigated on time. I have so far expanded my farming. The remaining amount I spent on paying school fees for my children in school and bought food for my family consumes too."

"I had a very squeezed house so when I received the second transfer,I bought building materials that I used to construct a more spacious house. I also spent some paying school fees for my children in secondary school and food too for my family consumes."

"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on buying three oxen to assist me on cultivating my farm since before the transfer I was practicing hand cultivation which was time consuming and the yields I used to get was little which made me have a meal in a day and having three meals was just a luxury .I also bought a cupboard and a sofa set seats with the remaining money I bought food too for my family consumption."

"I constructed a house in my own compound using the second transfer, but I had not plastered it, so when I received my third transfer I spent some on buying cement and sand that I used to plaster the floor. I also had a sick child who was admitted at the hospital and I spent some money to settle bills for her to be discharged. The remaining I spent on food for my family consumes. I am very excited when I speak to any GiveDirectly staff when I remember what they have done to me and my family."