"I spent all my third transfer on school fees and my house renovation."

"I spent my third transfer on the acquisition of land which I will build a house on. The land I currently have is small and is shared among three families. I have not yet built a house on that land but that is in my plans before end of year."

"I spent all of my third transfer to build a new house since I had a small old house which was almost falling down."

"I spent my entire third transfer on construction materials which I planned to use in construction of a new house in October. Being the first born son in the home, my spouse was required by the customary law to establish his own compound in order to pave way for the follows to construct their houses as well. For the last two years, we've had this pressure but poverty could not allow us do anything. We lived from hand to mouth, having absolutely nothing to save. The coming of GiveDirectly was therefore not just a luck but an eye opener for my family. The transfers restored in us all our lost hopes and we currently began a completely new life. I am so delighted."

"I leased a one acre piece of land where I have grown sugar cane using part of my third transfer. This will help me in paying school fees for my son doing his last year in primary and will soon join secondary school. If I do not start early enough I am scared he might not go to school and again I am not sure if I will ever get any such an amount in the future, so I have to plan for it, Similarly, I paid school fees for my other son who is almost, clearing his last year in secondary. I used to pay school fees for him after applying for bursaries from the government which was not even a guarantee that he would get. I also spent part of it to replace a wooden door I had with a steel one."

"When I received my third transfer, I had a big short in terms of shelter. I was in a very old house which I constructed 26 years ago. The house had become so weak, ugly and very risky to human life. We feared a lot staying in the house during rainy seasons and had therefore to shift to a nearby primary school for hostage, something that left everybody with a laughter i the entire village. I am more happier today that I possess one of the most spacious and beautiful house in the entire village."

"I never used to have seats in my former house. Every time I used to have visitors I used to be very ashamed because there were no seats for the visitors to sit on. Therefore, when I got my third transfer I decided to buy seats for my new house. The remaining part of the money I used to buy household items which formerly I did not have in my house."

"I had school fees arrears so I spent my third transfer on school fee then bought food and furniture with the rest."

"When I received my third transfer, I had two children out of school. One had dropped out in form one two years ago and the other was about to join form one. I therefore enrolled the former for a tailoring a course and the latter to secondary school. I was so happy that the shame the two kids brought me was done away with and those who had lost their respect for me for failing to educate my kids, restored the respect. Secondly, I finished the construction of a house that my late son had began. I never thought this could happen because raising even a single cent towards food for the family was such a challenge, leave a lone construction of the house. Surprisingly, GD came in and bailed me out. As we speak, I have vacated my old house for the new one which has brought me much comfort."

"I spent my third transfer on finishing my house and pay school fees for my children, I also start fish business for my daily upkeep."