In the next four months, I plan to help my mother buy building materials for putting up a new house. The one we have now is old and leaning on one side. Our fear is one day it may fall down before we build a new one. Before this happens, I would like to help my mother build a new one.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving these transfers is that I have always been in school because I have paid my school fees arrears. Without the transfers, I would have dropped out of school by now. This is because my mother who had been paying for my school fees do not have any stable source of income and I used to be sent home for fees arrears on a monthly basis. This is because my mother was not able to pay for my fees on time. Anytime I was sent home, I would stay home for as long as a month as my mother was still looking for the money. Since I started receiving these transfers, I have never been sent home again.

My life will be different in the next six months in that I will be having money to pay for my fees. This has been my biggest worry because, in the past, I have considered dropping out of school since we did not have money to pay. With GD transfers, I know I will be having money on a monthly basis which I will use in paying my school fees arrears. I know I will never be sent home again as it was the case. I plan to pay my fees on a monthly basis as I receive my transfers.

My new goal in the next four months is to help my mother buy household items such as seats and utensils. She requested for my financial support and I promised to help.

My mother has been our sole provider in the family. She has been the one who has always paid my school fees. Due to the low income from farming, I have always been sent home for fees arrears because my mother was not able to pay arrears in time and also provide for other needs of the family. Since I started receiving my transfers, I have been paying my school fees arrears on a monthly basis which has been very helpful. So far this year, I have never been sent home for arrears. This is because we used our transfers to clear my fees in school. I do study in school peacefully because of GD transfers.

My life will be different in the next six months in that I will always have money to pay for my fees arrears. I will always use my monthly transfer to pay for my arrears on a monthly basis as I have always done with the previous ones. I would want to have ample time in school because from that I will be able to perform well and pass my examinations. I would not want to fail after the opportunity given to me by Give Directly. I would also want to help my parents as we had agreed at the time when I started receiving these transfers.school fees

My life is different from how it would have been four months ago in that we have always had food in the house. I have never been part of the planning for food in the house. GD gave me the chance to be part of it which was very fulfilling. When my mother thanked me

In the next four months, I wish to buy a cow. I will use this as an investment which will help me when I finally join college by raising college fees.

I am a student who is fully studying. I don't have any source of income and have to depend on my parents to provide money for my school fees. This was difficult due to low income from casual work but since I started receiving these transfers, I have paid my fees arrears. Right now, I have cleared the balance and even paid in advance. This has been helpful.

I expect my life to change in the next six months in that we will be having new household items. My mother has always requested for them but due to low income, we have not managed. I know that I will help her raise money for the same now that I am done with my fees.

There has been a lot of difference in my daily life because for one I can now afford to pay my own school fees as well as paying fees for my siblings. Previously, my siblings used to be sent home every now and then but currently they spend their time in school concentrating on their studies rather than spending time at home and losing out on their academic progress.

I have a plan of buying a few items that are lacking in the house such as cupboard, furniture's such as a new sofa-set and a dining table. Apart from that, I also want to get new bedding and a new bed that I really need so urgently. Currently I am forced to sleep on a mat every night because that is what we can afford but I know that very soon I will be able to buy a bed and sleep very comfortably every night.

I think I would have been living a poor life because for one I would have been at home waiting for my mum to get some cash and pay my school fees because without that, the teachers would not allow me back in school.

I have a plan of bringing up a new kitchen structure because the one we are using currently may just end up collapsing anytime because it is in such a poor and dilapidated state. We do not want any of us to be caught unawares because the rainy season is just around the corner.