Two of my children are in their final year in secondary school. One other child is in form three. This calls for so much attention in terms of raising money for school fees for them. My desire is to see them do very well in school and we therefore will be concentrating on raising enough money to clear their school fees in time. I still rely on dairy keeping to raise income and small business that I run on market days. My husband too relies on small business to raise income that helps us in running our family. It is my hope and prayer that in the coming year, I will be able to pay all the school fees in time. I know this will be more clear and realistic once we make our first harvest from our farms-this will leave us fully concentrating on payment of school fees contrary to now where we struggle to raise money to buy food and pay school fees at the same time.

In my opinion GiveDirectly does very well by giving support in form of cash. This cash gives people freedom to choose how to spend the money and prioritize according to their needs. Having cleared school fees for my children and the fact that I was able to seek medication for one of them really gave me some sense of satisfaction. I did not find anything that I thought GiveDirectly could have done better.

When I received my second transfer, I used $300 to pay school fees for my three sons who are currently in their secondary level of education. I then used the remaining amount of $230 to seek medication for one of my sons who has been ill for quite sometime now. I normally rely on dairy keeping and small business that I run on market days to raise income for both payment of school fees and meeting other needs for my family. At the time that we received the money, we had huge school fees arears for our three children while at the same time we were facing hunger threat brought about by prolonged droughts in our area. Had I not received this sum of money then I would be having the fees arears until today and which would have even been higher as at today. We are so happy as a family that one of my sons who has been sick is now feeling much better after the medical attention that he received after getting this transfer. The payment of school fees also gave me an opportunity together with my husband to plan ahead in raising enough money for school fees as the new year begins.

It was 6.20 pm while on my way to check on my sick brother. That's when I heard a message alert on my phone. On checking, I had received KES 55,000 from was very happy and grateful for the money.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving the transfers is the purchase of a heifer. This will lead to increased milk production once it reproduces hence increased income for school fees payment. Secondly, I have bought more comfortable sofas through the transfers something that I couldn't afford before.

I am a mother of nine and a food vendor for the past twenty years and on a good day I get up to KES 1000. When I received my transfers, I spent KES 30,000 on a heifer. This is because I had only one dairy cow which normally produces 3 liters, two of which I sell to schools. This second one will also be helpful in school fees payment. Secondly, I also spent KES 20,000 on clearance of school fees arrears for my three kids in high school. Earlier on, they used to be in and out of school. As a result, my son who just cleared his fourth form performed poorly in his final exams and opted to repeat this year. Lastly, I spent KES 5,000 on two sofa set seats. These are more comfortable compared to the locally made benches and armchairs.