My life before getting these transfers was so difficult that I couldn't Imagine my children would be at school because I didn't have money to pay fees. I have four children pursuing secondary education, one in primary and one in nursery school. There wasn't anyway I could afford to keep all this children in school. Currently my life is different because I no longer have stress looking for school fees since I managed to clear fees for two terms. I give thanks to GiveDirectly because the future of my children is bright.

In my view, GiveDirectly has helped me sort out school fees for my children for both first and second term. Feeding was very difficult but due to these transfers, I was able to stock some food stuffs like cassava flour and beans and also change diet. Its through this transfers I managed to acquire household items i.e 2 mattresses and a water tank. However, GiveDirectly felt out some people from the program who really deserved this help for example orphans, marriage returnees and school dropouts who I see live in poor conditions.

When I collected this transfer, I paid school fees for my children who are in total 4 attending secondary education. The remaining money I spent it on agricultural practices and acquired household items.

There a big change in my life now, I have been able to take all my children to school. I can afford food, I no longer beg from people. I had lost hope and knew that my children would take a dead year at home.

When I received money I became very happy because It brought back my hope of taking my children to school. I thank Give Directly for choosing me as one of the beneficiaries.

I spent UGX 1,195,000 of my first transfer for paying school fees for my children. I bought seeds of UGX 70,000, shoes of UGX 13,000 and clothes of UGX 50,000. I purchased 2 trips of sand and 1 of murram at UGX 320,000 and the balance of the money was spent on food.